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Aug 12, 2009 @ 13:50
It really makes me laugh when my Swiss friends deride me for the quality of the food and cooking in my home country...good old England. Who are they kidding? The food I have found so far here is rubbish.( I am not even going to mention cost in this thread) Restaurant food is generally a bad pastiche of classic French cooking, with a lot of bland cheese and ham thrown in. The supermarkets here are unbelievable.It's like being transported back in time to a 1970's U.K co-op. Have these guys ever been to a waitrose or M&S? There is a total lack of variety of ingredients; the fruit and veg quality is appalling; the meat is just that: meat. Have they never heard of breed varieties, organic or free range with clear labelling. I have never found any decent fish here, and can someone tell me what is floury about the potatoes sold as farineuse. I pine for my Maris Pipers for my roast potatoes. So please,please tell me where I can go to get away from this nightmare..... good restaurants, decent dellies, farm producers etc etc
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It really makes me laugh when my Swiss friends deride me for the quality of the food and cooking in my home country...good old England. Who are they kidding? The food I have found so far here is rubbish.( I am not even going to mention cost in this thread) Restaurant food is generally a bad pastiche of classic French cooking, with a lot of bland cheese and ham thrown in. The supermarkets here are unbelievable.It's like being transported back in time to a 1970's U.K co-op. Have these guys ever been to a waitrose or M&S? There is a total lack of variety of ingredients; the fruit and veg quality is appalling; the meat is just that: meat. Have they never heard of breed varieties, organic or free range with clear labelling. I have never found any decent fish here, and can someone tell me what is floury about the potatoes sold as farineuse. I pine for my Maris Pipers for my roast potatoes. So please,please tell me where I can go to get away from this nightmare..... good restaurants, decent dellies, farm producers etc etc
brucelawsonAug 12, 2009 @ 13:50
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 14:48
Basically, brucelawson, the forum agrees with you. There's nothing wrong with a bit of healthy derision.
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Basically, brucelawson, the forum agrees with you. There's nothing wrong with a bit of healthy derision.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 14:48
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:07
Have you tried:
1. The Manor supermarket in Chavannes des Bois (I find the veg., fruit, meat and seafood selection better than the Manor in Geneva).
2. The outdoor markets in Rive and Carouge on Saturdays or on Plan Palais on Fridays.
3. Shopping in France (pre-wrapped cold cut selections are better there as is the cheese/butter selection (more variety)).
That said, when my family and I first moved here 20 odd years ago, the Coop and Migros supermarkets had shopping carts that were the size of those found in toystores so something has been modernised!!
1. The Manor supermarket in Chavannes des Bois (I find the veg., fruit, meat and seafood selection better than the Manor in Geneva).
2. The outdoor markets in Rive and Carouge on Saturdays or on Plan Palais on Fridays.
3. Shopping in France (pre-wrapped cold cut selections are better there as is the cheese/butter selection (more variety)).
That said, when my family and I first moved here 20 odd years ago, the Coop and Migros supermarkets had shopping carts that were the size of those found in toystores so something has been modernised!!
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Have you tried:
1. The Manor supermarket in Chavannes des Bois (I find the veg., fruit, meat and seafood selection better than the Manor in Geneva).
2. The outdoor markets in Rive and Carouge on Saturdays or on Plan Palais on Fridays.
3. Shopping in France (pre-wrapped cold cut selections are better there as is the cheese/butter selection (more variety)).
That said, when my family and I first moved here 20 odd years ago, the Coop and Migros supermarkets had shopping carts that were the size of those found in toystores so something has been modernised!!
Tasmin67, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:07
1. The Manor supermarket in Chavannes des Bois (I find the veg., fruit, meat and seafood selection better than the Manor in Geneva).
2. The outdoor markets in Rive and Carouge on Saturdays or on Plan Palais on Fridays.
3. Shopping in France (pre-wrapped cold cut selections are better there as is the cheese/butter selection (more variety)).
That said, when my family and I first moved here 20 odd years ago, the Coop and Migros supermarkets had shopping carts that were the size of those found in toystores so something has been modernised!!
Tasmin67, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:07
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:16
Bruce, if our significant ones sucked half as much as the food you mention, we would be kings!
I truly relish my regular trips to England for it reconciles me with the stuff my quartermaster so generously called subsistence lol
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Bruce, if our significant ones sucked half as much as the food you mention, we would be kings!
I truly relish my regular trips to England for it reconciles me with the stuff my quartermaster so generously called subsistence lol
swisskiss, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:16
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:26
Jan 1, 70 01:00
Actually I agree with you Whovian and I don't see the reason to apologise.
Would be the same as living in England and complaining all day about the disgusting fish&chips, chips with vinegar, beer without foam, etc, etc.
@ brucelawson
If you want better food then you have the following options:
1. stay at home and make your own food
2. start your own English food resto (but there's already LadyG, PW, Clubhouse and many more)
3. stop eating (I do not recommend this one)
3. move to another another country. Sure you find much better food at a lot of other places.
I suggest you take a look at the globus, they have realy good stuff (and don't complain about the price there, you're in Geneva remember? ;) )
Would be the same as living in England and complaining all day about the disgusting fish&chips, chips with vinegar, beer without foam, etc, etc.
@ brucelawson
If you want better food then you have the following options:
1. stay at home and make your own food
2. start your own English food resto (but there's already LadyG, PW, Clubhouse and many more)
3. stop eating (I do not recommend this one)
3. move to another another country. Sure you find much better food at a lot of other places.
I suggest you take a look at the globus, they have realy good stuff (and don't complain about the price there, you're in Geneva remember? ;) )
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Actually I agree with you Whovian and I don't see the reason to apologise.
Would be the same as living in England and complaining all day about the disgusting fish&chips, chips with vinegar, beer without foam, etc, etc.
@ brucelawson
If you want better food then you have the following options:
1. stay at home and make your own food
2. start your own English food resto (but there's already LadyG, PW, Clubhouse and many more)
3. stop eating (I do not recommend this one)
3. move to another another country. Sure you find much better food at a lot of other places.
I suggest you take a look at the globus, they have realy good stuff (and don't complain about the price there, you're in Geneva remember? ;) )
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:26
Would be the same as living in England and complaining all day about the disgusting fish&chips, chips with vinegar, beer without foam, etc, etc.
@ brucelawson
If you want better food then you have the following options:
1. stay at home and make your own food
2. start your own English food resto (but there's already LadyG, PW, Clubhouse and many more)
3. stop eating (I do not recommend this one)
3. move to another another country. Sure you find much better food at a lot of other places.
I suggest you take a look at the globus, they have realy good stuff (and don't complain about the price there, you're in Geneva remember? ;) )
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:26
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:45
Horseshit. We don't (ordinarily) chose to move somewhere just because of the food. Usually one balances the opportunity plus advantages against whatever you see as negative. Food in itself is -- what? -- a secondary or tertiary consideration. It sounds like your assumption is that when you move somewhere, you automatically forfeit the right to point out its flaws. Which is categorically not true.
How about :
Person 1: Jesus, the endless red traffic lights in Geneva really piss me off
Person 2: Quit your whining or get out of Switzerland.
The last time this came up -- about a month ago -- I seem to remember the bulk of the forum agreeing with brucelawson's point. Not 100%, of course, some people got ratty, but there was a concensus, wasn't there? (Yeah, there is a population bias.)
How about :
Person 1: Jesus, the endless red traffic lights in Geneva really piss me off
Person 2: Quit your whining or get out of Switzerland.
The last time this came up -- about a month ago -- I seem to remember the bulk of the forum agreeing with brucelawson's point. Not 100%, of course, some people got ratty, but there was a concensus, wasn't there? (Yeah, there is a population bias.)
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Horseshit. We don't (ordinarily) chose to move somewhere just because of the food. Usually one balances the opportunity plus advantages against whatever you see as negative. Food in itself is -- what? -- a secondary or tertiary consideration. It sounds like your assumption is that when you move somewhere, you automatically forfeit the right to point out its flaws. Which is categorically not true.
How about :
Person 1: Jesus, the endless red traffic lights in Geneva really piss me off
Person 2: Quit your whining or get out of Switzerland.
The last time this came up -- about a month ago -- I seem to remember the bulk of the forum agreeing with brucelawson's point. Not 100%, of course, some people got ratty, but there was a concensus, wasn't there? (Yeah, there is a population bias.)
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:45
How about :
Person 1: Jesus, the endless red traffic lights in Geneva really piss me off
Person 2: Quit your whining or get out of Switzerland.
The last time this came up -- about a month ago -- I seem to remember the bulk of the forum agreeing with brucelawson's point. Not 100%, of course, some people got ratty, but there was a concensus, wasn't there? (Yeah, there is a population bias.)
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:45
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:52
as the old joke goes...
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian,
car- mechanics German,
the lovers French and it's all organized by the Swiss
Hell is where the police are German,
the chefs are British,
the mechanics French,
the lovers Swiss,
and it is all organized by the Italians.
... of course it's all cliché, of course...
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as the old joke goes...
Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian,
car- mechanics German,
the lovers French and it's all organized by the Swiss
Hell is where the police are German,
the chefs are British,
the mechanics French,
the lovers Swiss,
and it is all organized by the Italians.
... of course it's all cliché, of course...
swisskiss, Aug 12, 2009 @ 15:52
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:15
At least the German police speak English. And while we're on the subject, yeah, I honestly can't speak for the rest of Switzerland, but aren't the organisational skills of the Genevois universally derided in the remaining 25 cantons?
Maybe you should start a thread about how bad the Swiss are in the sack. I'm sure that would go down well.
Maybe you should start a thread about how bad the Swiss are in the sack. I'm sure that would go down well.
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At least the German police speak English. And while we're on the subject, yeah, I honestly can't speak for the rest of Switzerland, but aren't the organisational skills of the Genevois universally derided in the remaining 25 cantons?
Maybe you should start a thread about how bad the Swiss are in the sack. I'm sure that would go down well.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:15
Maybe you should start a thread about how bad the Swiss are in the sack. I'm sure that would go down well.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:15
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:27
sure! dunno much myself about it but feel free to start... could actually be hilarious
as for the organization, you're entirely right. Geneveses been trying to secede from the Confederation for almost 50 years now and look where we are lol
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sure! dunno much myself about it but feel free to start... could actually be hilarious
as for the organization, you're entirely right. Geneveses been trying to secede from the Confederation for almost 50 years now and look where we are lol
swisskiss, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:27
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:26
Hayes,
thankyou for pointing out the obvious( well to you and me, anyway)
There is a lot I love about Switzerland, just as there is a lot I dislike about the U.K.
The food in England in the 70s was simply dreadful, but with the advent of a new post war generation with money to spend, but unhappy with the restaurant, bars, shops etc, then by dint of criticism and voting with feet and wallets, things changed for the better. It amazes me that the Swiss , with their history and tradition of farming seem to care so little about the origins and quality of their agricultural produce.. In the supermarkets here, beef is just boeuf, pork is just porc, etc etc.... As an example of the difference google "free range pork" You will see all the sites that come up are UK ones.
Oh and I did laugh at the food criticism of our friend from the land of Orange...my dutch collegues here tell me that if you took all the indonisians restaurants out of Holland , all you have left is Cr*p..... obviously i don't know enough to actually verify that....
thankyou for pointing out the obvious( well to you and me, anyway)
There is a lot I love about Switzerland, just as there is a lot I dislike about the U.K.
The food in England in the 70s was simply dreadful, but with the advent of a new post war generation with money to spend, but unhappy with the restaurant, bars, shops etc, then by dint of criticism and voting with feet and wallets, things changed for the better. It amazes me that the Swiss , with their history and tradition of farming seem to care so little about the origins and quality of their agricultural produce.. In the supermarkets here, beef is just boeuf, pork is just porc, etc etc.... As an example of the difference google "free range pork" You will see all the sites that come up are UK ones.
Oh and I did laugh at the food criticism of our friend from the land of Orange...my dutch collegues here tell me that if you took all the indonisians restaurants out of Holland , all you have left is Cr*p..... obviously i don't know enough to actually verify that....
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Hayes,
thankyou for pointing out the obvious( well to you and me, anyway)
There is a lot I love about Switzerland, just as there is a lot I dislike about the U.K.
The food in England in the 70s was simply dreadful, but with the advent of a new post war generation with money to spend, but unhappy with the restaurant, bars, shops etc, then by dint of criticism and voting with feet and wallets, things changed for the better. It amazes me that the Swiss , with their history and tradition of farming seem to care so little about the origins and quality of their agricultural produce.. In the supermarkets here, beef is just boeuf, pork is just porc, etc etc.... As an example of the difference google "free range pork" You will see all the sites that come up are UK ones.
Oh and I did laugh at the food criticism of our friend from the land of Orange...my dutch collegues here tell me that if you took all the indonisians restaurants out of Holland , all you have left is Cr*p..... obviously i don't know enough to actually verify that....
brucelawson, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:26
thankyou for pointing out the obvious( well to you and me, anyway)
There is a lot I love about Switzerland, just as there is a lot I dislike about the U.K.
The food in England in the 70s was simply dreadful, but with the advent of a new post war generation with money to spend, but unhappy with the restaurant, bars, shops etc, then by dint of criticism and voting with feet and wallets, things changed for the better. It amazes me that the Swiss , with their history and tradition of farming seem to care so little about the origins and quality of their agricultural produce.. In the supermarkets here, beef is just boeuf, pork is just porc, etc etc.... As an example of the difference google "free range pork" You will see all the sites that come up are UK ones.
Oh and I did laugh at the food criticism of our friend from the land of Orange...my dutch collegues here tell me that if you took all the indonisians restaurants out of Holland , all you have left is Cr*p..... obviously i don't know enough to actually verify that....
brucelawson, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:26
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:42
Hey, that's borderline ad-hominem. Just because Arnovd thinks the number that comes after three is three, doesn't mean his opinion isn't valid ;)
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Hey, that's borderline ad-hominem. Just because Arnovd thinks the number that comes after three is three, doesn't mean his opinion isn't valid ;)
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:42
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:48
Well, Whovian, at the risk of pointing out the obvious (again) the only way you can assess these things is to compare them to what you have already experienced. I don't think there is an objective, quantifiable measure of how tasty or cost-effective the food is.
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Well, Whovian, at the risk of pointing out the obvious (again) the only way you can assess these things is to compare them to what you have already experienced. I don't think there is an objective, quantifiable measure of how tasty or cost-effective the food is.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:48
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:55
I knew you were just words hayes... you have no balls to post that thread you mentioned.. all in the keyboard but really nothing in the sack
lame... so laaame
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I knew you were just words hayes... you have no balls to post that thread you mentioned.. all in the keyboard but really nothing in the sack
lame... so laaame
swisskiss, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:55
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 17:00
I knew you were just words hayes... you have no balls to post that thread you mentioned.. all in the keyboard but really nothing in the sack
lame... so laaame
Aug 12, 09 16:55
If you read my post -- you know, with your eyes -- you'll see that I said maybe you should start the thread... You were the one that said the Swiss were inanimate, uncreative, and inhibited, not me.
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If you read my post -- you know, with your eyes -- you'll see that I said maybe you should start the thread... You were the one that said the Swiss were inanimate, uncreative, and inhibited, not me.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 17:00
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 17:20
Totally agree with the thread over-priced for really poor quality. The food is better in the German parts of Switzerland, so this is probably a Genevois thing, not really a Swiss thing, though.
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Totally agree with the thread over-priced for really poor quality. The food is better in the German parts of Switzerland, so this is probably a Genevois thing, not really a Swiss thing, though.
JamesM, Aug 12, 2009 @ 17:20
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:45
@Hayes: of course we don't (ordinarily) move to another country for the food.... that's why it was on last position.... ;)
I've read the previous thread(s) on this subject and I am a bit fed up with another one. We all know by now that there are crappy places and you have to pay a considerable amount of money for it (compared to european union).
@brucelawson
To be honest I do agree that there are crappy places, but that's in every (bigger)city. A search for fine food can give you the wanted results but then, yet again, don't mention the costs.
About the agricultural produce, in Switzerland they don't have to mention "free range porcouef" simply because all of it is already free range.
Unlike The Netherlands (don't know about UK) where they put 25 pigs in a 5 square meter cage.
Only options I know in Switzerland is with eggs. Bio-, grain-, free range eggs, etc.
I believe a Swiss law came in effect last year September in which animals rights are very detailed. A pig for example has the right to have a shower and it's prohibited to have barbwire around a field with horses.
A big appendix to this law prescribes exactly the minimum space requirements for every animal. With this law it's not any longer possible to do "factory farming" like in the Netherlands.
By the way, it seems that there are different kinds of boeuf here. I didn't know as well but was pointed out by a colleague.
For bouef it say something like "this cow has been walking around for a minimum of 100 days at minimum height of 1000 meters". I don't know the exact wording but it comes down to something like that.
If the cow wasn't up in the mountains walking and shitting freely around for minimum 100 days and at minimum 1000 meters than they can't put that remark on.
Don't know the taste difference between a cow walked around at 300 meters or up at 1000 meters... can't imagine that it's different...
For meat try Boucherie du Molard at Rue du Marche 20 (confederation street but 50 meters further)
I've read the previous thread(s) on this subject and I am a bit fed up with another one. We all know by now that there are crappy places and you have to pay a considerable amount of money for it (compared to european union).
@brucelawson
To be honest I do agree that there are crappy places, but that's in every (bigger)city. A search for fine food can give you the wanted results but then, yet again, don't mention the costs.
About the agricultural produce, in Switzerland they don't have to mention "free range porcouef" simply because all of it is already free range.
Unlike The Netherlands (don't know about UK) where they put 25 pigs in a 5 square meter cage.
Only options I know in Switzerland is with eggs. Bio-, grain-, free range eggs, etc.
I believe a Swiss law came in effect last year September in which animals rights are very detailed. A pig for example has the right to have a shower and it's prohibited to have barbwire around a field with horses.
A big appendix to this law prescribes exactly the minimum space requirements for every animal. With this law it's not any longer possible to do "factory farming" like in the Netherlands.
By the way, it seems that there are different kinds of boeuf here. I didn't know as well but was pointed out by a colleague.
For bouef it say something like "this cow has been walking around for a minimum of 100 days at minimum height of 1000 meters". I don't know the exact wording but it comes down to something like that.
If the cow wasn't up in the mountains walking and shitting freely around for minimum 100 days and at minimum 1000 meters than they can't put that remark on.
Don't know the taste difference between a cow walked around at 300 meters or up at 1000 meters... can't imagine that it's different...
For meat try Boucherie du Molard at Rue du Marche 20 (confederation street but 50 meters further)
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@Hayes: of course we don't (ordinarily) move to another country for the food.... that's why it was on last position.... ;)
I've read the previous thread(s) on this subject and I am a bit fed up with another one. We all know by now that there are crappy places and you have to pay a considerable amount of money for it (compared to european union).
@brucelawson
To be honest I do agree that there are crappy places, but that's in every (bigger)city. A search for fine food can give you the wanted results but then, yet again, don't mention the costs.
About the agricultural produce, in Switzerland they don't have to mention "free range porcouef" simply because all of it is already free range.
Unlike The Netherlands (don't know about UK) where they put 25 pigs in a 5 square meter cage.
Only options I know in Switzerland is with eggs. Bio-, grain-, free range eggs, etc.
I believe a Swiss law came in effect last year September in which animals rights are very detailed. A pig for example has the right to have a shower and it's prohibited to have barbwire around a field with horses.
A big appendix to this law prescribes exactly the minimum space requirements for every animal. With this law it's not any longer possible to do "factory farming" like in the Netherlands.
By the way, it seems that there are different kinds of boeuf here. I didn't know as well but was pointed out by a colleague.
For bouef it say something like "this cow has been walking around for a minimum of 100 days at minimum height of 1000 meters". I don't know the exact wording but it comes down to something like that.
If the cow wasn't up in the mountains walking and shitting freely around for minimum 100 days and at minimum 1000 meters than they can't put that remark on.
Don't know the taste difference between a cow walked around at 300 meters or up at 1000 meters... can't imagine that it's different...
For meat try Boucherie du Molard at Rue du Marche 20 (confederation street but 50 meters further)
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:45
I've read the previous thread(s) on this subject and I am a bit fed up with another one. We all know by now that there are crappy places and you have to pay a considerable amount of money for it (compared to european union).
@brucelawson
To be honest I do agree that there are crappy places, but that's in every (bigger)city. A search for fine food can give you the wanted results but then, yet again, don't mention the costs.
About the agricultural produce, in Switzerland they don't have to mention "free range porcouef" simply because all of it is already free range.
Unlike The Netherlands (don't know about UK) where they put 25 pigs in a 5 square meter cage.
Only options I know in Switzerland is with eggs. Bio-, grain-, free range eggs, etc.
I believe a Swiss law came in effect last year September in which animals rights are very detailed. A pig for example has the right to have a shower and it's prohibited to have barbwire around a field with horses.
A big appendix to this law prescribes exactly the minimum space requirements for every animal. With this law it's not any longer possible to do "factory farming" like in the Netherlands.
By the way, it seems that there are different kinds of boeuf here. I didn't know as well but was pointed out by a colleague.
For bouef it say something like "this cow has been walking around for a minimum of 100 days at minimum height of 1000 meters". I don't know the exact wording but it comes down to something like that.
If the cow wasn't up in the mountains walking and shitting freely around for minimum 100 days and at minimum 1000 meters than they can't put that remark on.
Don't know the taste difference between a cow walked around at 300 meters or up at 1000 meters... can't imagine that it's different...
For meat try Boucherie du Molard at Rue du Marche 20 (confederation street but 50 meters further)
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 16:45
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:14
There is a saying: When in Rome do as the Romans do"
I come from Cyprus where in my opinion the food is better. Do you see me complaining? My point is it was MY choice to be here. Nobody forced me so it will be stupid to complain about something that i chose. Ok i came to Switzerland for work but you cant have Switzerland with the good jobs but without the bad food.
Which brings me to another saying: "If you cant change something just shut up and enjoy it"
:)
I come from Cyprus where in my opinion the food is better. Do you see me complaining? My point is it was MY choice to be here. Nobody forced me so it will be stupid to complain about something that i chose. Ok i came to Switzerland for work but you cant have Switzerland with the good jobs but without the bad food.
Which brings me to another saying: "If you cant change something just shut up and enjoy it"
:)
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There is a saying: When in Rome do as the Romans do"
I come from Cyprus where in my opinion the food is better. Do you see me complaining? My point is it was MY choice to be here. Nobody forced me so it will be stupid to complain about something that i chose. Ok i came to Switzerland for work but you cant have Switzerland with the good jobs but without the bad food.
Which brings me to another saying: "If you cant change something just shut up and enjoy it"
:)
Maria_, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:14
I come from Cyprus where in my opinion the food is better. Do you see me complaining? My point is it was MY choice to be here. Nobody forced me so it will be stupid to complain about something that i chose. Ok i came to Switzerland for work but you cant have Switzerland with the good jobs but without the bad food.
Which brings me to another saying: "If you cant change something just shut up and enjoy it"
:)
Maria_, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:14
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:39
Hahahahahaa.......Whovian really had a bad day...... hahahahah
You wanna talk about it maybe??? You can start a thread "a bad day story with who can I share it?"
;)
You wanna talk about it maybe??? You can start a thread "a bad day story with who can I share it?"
;)
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Hahahahahaa.......Whovian really had a bad day...... hahahahah
You wanna talk about it maybe??? You can start a thread "a bad day story with who can I share it?"
;)
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:39
You wanna talk about it maybe??? You can start a thread "a bad day story with who can I share it?"
;)
Arnovd, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:39
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:45
He knows he can call me any time he wants :)
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:35
@Maria_ : i can't speak for anyone else, but to me it's simply commenting rather than complaining. it's been thrashed out that to get good food in geneva, you have to either get pretty lucky or simply go out and pay for it. i think most people have realised that, but it doesn't mean that it's not worth commenting on from time to time. the drawback here is that it's not very long since the last time the forum did it.
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@Maria_ : i can't speak for anyone else, but to me it's simply commenting rather than complaining. it's been thrashed out that to get good food in geneva, you have to either get pretty lucky or simply go out and pay for it. i think most people have realised that, but it doesn't mean that it's not worth commenting on from time to time. the drawback here is that it's not very long since the last time the forum did it.
hayes, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:35
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:51
I just saw his post now Arno. Well as i know the guy i will just ignore it :) Whovian is a great guy :)
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I just saw his post now Arno. Well as i know the guy i will just ignore it :) Whovian is a great guy :)
Maria_, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:51
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:57
@hayes
I agree with you. Commenting is fine. Complaining is another thing and totally useless in my opinion since it wont change anything
And to add in my comment before (Nir edit button please!!). I said that the food in Cyprus is better. I didnt say that the food here is bad
I agree with you. Commenting is fine. Complaining is another thing and totally useless in my opinion since it wont change anything
And to add in my comment before (Nir edit button please!!). I said that the food in Cyprus is better. I didnt say that the food here is bad
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@hayes
I agree with you. Commenting is fine. Complaining is another thing and totally useless in my opinion since it wont change anything
And to add in my comment before (Nir edit button please!!). I said that the food in Cyprus is better. I didnt say that the food here is bad
Maria_, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:57
I agree with you. Commenting is fine. Complaining is another thing and totally useless in my opinion since it wont change anything
And to add in my comment before (Nir edit button please!!). I said that the food in Cyprus is better. I didnt say that the food here is bad
Maria_, Aug 12, 2009 @ 18:57
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Aug 12, 2009 @ 19:40
thankyou for putting me straight on that point...and thanks for the address of the butcher
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thankyou for putting me straight on that point...and thanks for the address of the butcher
brucelawson, Aug 12, 2009 @ 19:40
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 11:52
Birchermuesli's alright though, innit. And Ruebli Kuchen.
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:05
Typically Swiss Cenovis is the best! Incidentally, it tastes like Brit marmite and Oz vegemite.
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Typically Swiss Cenovis is the best! Incidentally, it tastes like Brit marmite and Oz vegemite.
Casuistik, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:05
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:14
Casuistik:
it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
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it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
hayes, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:14
it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
hayes, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:14
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:22
Casuistik:
it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
Aug 13, 09 12:14
it tastes like Brit marmite
Ew, no thanks then. All British food sucks.
Aug 13, 09 12:14
That's it! Taunt me just because you can say it and I can't in the fear of some britkiss cursing me for spitting venom on UK!
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That's it! Taunt me just because you can say it and I can't in the fear of some britkiss cursing me for spitting venom on UK!
Casuistik, Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:22
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 12:40
That's it! Taunt me just because you can say it and I can't in the fear of some britkiss cursing me for spitting venom on UK!
Aug 13, 09 12:22
Aug 13, 09 12:22
Find an online community for expats in the UK then, l0zer!
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 20:41
Let's just summarise it: Swiss AND British foods suck!!!
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Let's just summarise it: Swiss AND British foods suck!!!
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Nir Ofek, Aug 13, 2009 @ 20:41
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 21:03
Let's just summarise it: Swiss AND British foods suck!!!
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Aug 13, 09 20:41
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Aug 13, 09 20:41
SiteAdmin, can we have Nir banned for his intolerant remarks about other countries? ;)
Thanks!
Thanks!
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SiteAdmin, can we have Nir banned for his intolerant remarks about other countries? ;)
Thanks!
hayes, Aug 13, 2009 @ 21:03
Thanks!
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Aug 13, 2009 @ 23:44
Foods in Switzerland are bound only by your imagination and creativity, unless you want a plentiful supply of raw milk, or fresh milk.
my biggest gripe would be along the lines of a land flowing with milk and dairy at the center of its native cuisine, and the stores mostly carry UHT milk?! come on that stuff tastes like baby formula! (This isn't in any way anti-swiss, the same issue exists in France to a large extent) Milk that you can store for months is hardly milk, in my opinion.
I know you CAN get real milk, but it is harder to find.
Other than that, the veggies are pricey but good, many of the herbs are imported but good quality, and the meats vary in quality, but you can make most any variety of world cuisine from the products at Migros, only needing a few special items from online or specialty stores for some regions.
I personally live in small town United States, I am used to a lot of homegrown goods and meats in my local independent grocer aisles, being in a swiss grocery store was like home to me!
my biggest gripe would be along the lines of a land flowing with milk and dairy at the center of its native cuisine, and the stores mostly carry UHT milk?! come on that stuff tastes like baby formula! (This isn't in any way anti-swiss, the same issue exists in France to a large extent) Milk that you can store for months is hardly milk, in my opinion.
I know you CAN get real milk, but it is harder to find.
Other than that, the veggies are pricey but good, many of the herbs are imported but good quality, and the meats vary in quality, but you can make most any variety of world cuisine from the products at Migros, only needing a few special items from online or specialty stores for some regions.
I personally live in small town United States, I am used to a lot of homegrown goods and meats in my local independent grocer aisles, being in a swiss grocery store was like home to me!
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Foods in Switzerland are bound only by your imagination and creativity, unless you want a plentiful supply of raw milk, or fresh milk.
my biggest gripe would be along the lines of a land flowing with milk and dairy at the center of its native cuisine, and the stores mostly carry UHT milk?! come on that stuff tastes like baby formula! (This isn't in any way anti-swiss, the same issue exists in France to a large extent) Milk that you can store for months is hardly milk, in my opinion.
I know you CAN get real milk, but it is harder to find.
Other than that, the veggies are pricey but good, many of the herbs are imported but good quality, and the meats vary in quality, but you can make most any variety of world cuisine from the products at Migros, only needing a few special items from online or specialty stores for some regions.
I personally live in small town United States, I am used to a lot of homegrown goods and meats in my local independent grocer aisles, being in a swiss grocery store was like home to me!
StephenSQL, Aug 13, 2009 @ 23:44
my biggest gripe would be along the lines of a land flowing with milk and dairy at the center of its native cuisine, and the stores mostly carry UHT milk?! come on that stuff tastes like baby formula! (This isn't in any way anti-swiss, the same issue exists in France to a large extent) Milk that you can store for months is hardly milk, in my opinion.
I know you CAN get real milk, but it is harder to find.
Other than that, the veggies are pricey but good, many of the herbs are imported but good quality, and the meats vary in quality, but you can make most any variety of world cuisine from the products at Migros, only needing a few special items from online or specialty stores for some regions.
I personally live in small town United States, I am used to a lot of homegrown goods and meats in my local independent grocer aisles, being in a swiss grocery store was like home to me!
StephenSQL, Aug 13, 2009 @ 23:44
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Aug 14, 2009 @ 00:21
SiteAdmin, can we have Nir banned for his intolerant remarks about other countries? ;)
Thanks!
Aug 13, 09 21:03
Thanks!
Aug 13, 09 21:03
Wish I could, but I follow a steadfast rule which states that I do not mess with people that are bigger than me.
And Nir is a pretty big guy
And Nir is a pretty big guy
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Wish I could, but I follow a steadfast rule which states that I do not mess with people that are bigger than me.
And Nir is a pretty big guy
SiteAdmin Oded, Aug 14, 2009 @ 00:21
And Nir is a pretty big guy
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