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Category: Food in Wallis

Kaki, fresh from the neighbor’s garden

Each year in November, I can collect Kakis from my neighbor’s tree. I put them on my balcony, waiting until the fruits are ripe. Kakis are such delicious fruits to eat raw. I discovered them long ago when the first Kakis were imported from Italy. Nowadays, we can easily find many different sorts. Most of them are hard ones…

RAISIN HARVESTING

It’s the 25th of September. They start harvesting the raisins. According to the professionals, it’s going to be a good year. They had summer days with high temperatures and rain when it was necessary. The raisins had supported the heat waves well. During the whole period of harvesting, they had sunny days, not compared to other years.I took these pictures near my house. The driver…

Swiss cheese maker

Yesterday, a lovely summer day, I decided to go up the mountains to visit a cheese-making farm. Already on the way, I profit from the fantastic view upon the mountains.   The cheese they doing from the cow-milk is used for the raclette. It takes a minimum of 3 months to be able to sell the cheese. They also are producing Sérac and Tomme de…