Who's in the Kitchen Makin' All that Raclette?

Why that would be Christian, of course!

Yikes…who's that creepy guy lurking in background?!

Not to be outdone our Luxembourg Man-Friday, Christian, hooked us up with what may be the tastiest treat we'd had in quite some time. Jeni and I had our first taste of Raclette at the annual Bazar International here in the Ville. Each year, all of the expat communities gather and set out their traditional foods, drinks and hand crafts to be sold with profits going to various charities. The Lebanese sell falafel, the Russians sell Vodka, the Americans sell crappy junk food, the Canadiens sell maple syrup and Moose Milk…on and on this goes from Burundi to Japan! We went with Michele and Natalia, so it was a great time with truly international companions! It didn't, however, quell our desitre for melty cheese and potatoes! Rather, it only whet our appetites.

A true Swiss-Miss at the Bazar International de Luxembourg serving up our first taste of Raclette.

Natalia (Russian/Belgian) and Michele (Italian) - super cute, non?

Moose Milk is a better version of Eggnog - Milk, ice cream, spices and Canadian Whiskey!

I can hear you asking, "So what, exactly, is Raclette?"Glad you asked, dear reader. It's basically a cheese melting apparatus like this…

…with grilled potatoes and ground beef patties (if you're into that kinda thing)…

…the cheese is baked in these little trays under a hot element…

Oh this is heavenly!

…then garnished with pickles and a side salad...

…and VIOLA!

It is sooo good, and not at all healthy.

True, our palette hasn't really grown that much with the introduction of Raclette, but we are certainly willing to see how many different ways we can consume potatoes and cheese. Let's see…we can choose from omelets, fondue, stuffed Zweikartofflen, au gratin, cheesy-potato pizza, roti and now raclette! I'm pretty sure Santa is going to get one hastily written letter from two rubes in Luxembourg  asking for such a device :-(") Yumm-O!