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Rรถsti Foodways

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Grated potato fried into a cake. Originally a Bernese farmersโ€™ breakfast and now eaten all over the country โ€” which is a twentieth-century spread, not an ancient common inheritance. Parboiled or raw, butter or lard, plain or with bacon, cheese or onion, by region and by household.

Atlas โ€” where and when

What is recorded

  • Rรถsti began as a Bernese farmersโ€™ breakfast and spread across German-speaking Switzerland and beyond during the twentieth century. Calling it the national dish describes its status now, not a shared history in every region. documented
  • The "Rรถstigraben" is a metaphor for the language border, not a food boundary: Romandie eats rรถsti too. The line it names is linguistic and political. documented

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