Raclette

My aunt and uncle are visiting this week to celebrate their 30th Wedding Anniversary. They are having a great time exploring Paris and we are having fun touring the city as well. Now that we live here, we forget about all the cool places we discovered when we first got here.

Since we have company, we thought it would be a good time to try out our Raclette grill. Raclette is a traditional Swiss dish, but it's popular in the Alpine region of France as well. The grill was given to us by a co-worker of Lori's who didn't want it. The idea is to grill your meat (typically ham or other cured meats) and vegetables on top, while you melt your cheese in little trays underneath at the same time. Then you pour the melted cheese over your ham or potatoes or whatever you are grilling. We had three different types of Raclette cheese. It's very mild and it melts very well. It is a similar experience to Fondue, where it's very social and you cook your food at the table while talking and drinking wine.

It was a lot of fun and very delicious. In fact, it was so good that I forgot to take a picture of the food covered in cheese. I was too busy eating.

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