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Kirsch Foodways

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Cherry spirit from Zug, Basel-Landschaft, Schwyz and Lucerne: fermented whole fruit, distilled clear, drunk alone, poured into fondue and soaked into cake. ⚠ Related to Black Forest Kirschwasser across the border and not identical to it — different cherry varieties, different protected rules.

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Communities and languages

Languages: Swiss German

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to German Foodways documented

    Swiss kirsch and Black Forest Kirschwasser are neighbouring traditions with different fruit and different rules — related, not identical.

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