Italy: National Swiss Day with wedge and raclette. Lorenzo Fiori.
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 2 August 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Soie Ball. And we're here to tell you about a brand new podcast, Digit. |
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| 0:29.7 | This is CBS. I on the world. I'm John Batchelor to Switzerland. The 1st of August, Swiss National Day, and in Switzerland, |
| 0:41.3 | reporting live, my dear friend Lorenzo Fiore, he is in the village of Medulane, I'm told near Zuaz, |
| 0:50.5 | not far from the Dolomite Mountains. He's in the hills, the mountains of Switzerland. |
| 0:57.0 | Lorenzo, it is wonderful to speak to you on Swiss Day and we're going to serve a meal, |
| 1:01.2 | I learned from you, that is associated with the Swiss organizing their country in the 13th century. |
| 1:09.1 | What is Vagie, the national bread? What is it? Good evening to you. |
| 1:14.2 | Good evening, John, and good evening you told the radio listener. Well, Vagie is one of the |
| 1:18.6 | traditional breads produced by Swiss people. I mean, the Swiss people has a long tradition |
| 1:24.5 | in making breads with different type of flour with. |
| 1:28.3 | They have white bread, they have brown bread, they have dark bread, black bread. And veggie is a typical |
| 1:36.3 | bread that is a serve during this special day, the Swiss day, along with other recipe like raclette. |
| 1:44.4 | Raclette is a very tasty recipe because it's a melted Swiss cheese that is a topping, |
| 1:52.3 | boiled potatoes and eaten with a cucumber and maybe a bit of black pepper. |
| 1:58.1 | And maybe those that would like to have a heavier meal they can even |
| 2:05.0 | go with a brachshund that normally are grilled bradquist are a sort of Frankfurt |
| 2:09.9 | the virster now but here in Switzerland they are white not pink like typically what you can have with the hot dog in New York. |
| 2:21.1 | And they are very delicious as well. |
| 2:23.0 | So normally this is served also with very good beer. |
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