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(OT) raisinée

 

Hi MTF!
Raisinée is a thick syrup that is made out of apple and pear juice that is boiled down under continuous stirring in about 18 hours.  200 liters of juice makes about 20 liters of raisinée.  Every fall when the apples and pears are ripe there are raisinée parties all over the region where people making it invite all their friends to keep on stirring a big kettle over a wood fire and generally have a big party.  They start at about 5AM in the morning 'til sometime the next night when it is done and filled into glasses.

Raisinée is used as a condiment and to make tarts or pies.  It is one of those things where most every family has their own recipe for gateau raisinée and claims that all others are more or less un-edable.  But you hardly ever get bad raisinée pie.  It is a matter of pride.

Glad you liked the SlowUp,
Don

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Watch Valley SlowUp

 
By: DonCorson : July 1st, 2007-12:05
This Sunday, July 1st, was the SlowUp Vallée de Joux. What is a SlowUp? Take an approx. 30km circuit of road in beautiful countyside, close the roads to all motorized traffic for the day and let the people go. Any and all forms of non-motorised transporta...  

Kinda like a TRAVELogue of Vallée de Joux

 
By: MTF : July 1st, 2007-19:57
Don, Thanks for the report of a quirky Swiss pastime, albeit very S-L-O-W It's good enough to be in our PuristS TRAVEL forum...... Now, of course - the 'raisinee bread' caught my eye - what is that? Literally - raisin bread? Something else? Regards, MTF

(OT) raisinée

 
By: DonCorson : July 2nd, 2007-10:29
Hi MTF! Raisinée is a thick syrup that is made out of apple and pear juice that is boiled down under continuous stirring in about 18 hours. 200 liters of juice makes about 20 liters of raisinée. Every fall when the apples and pears are ripe there are rais...