History Museum, Lucerne, on now till September 2, 2011
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A fun exhibition for all the family withsausage tasting, theatre, artworks, exciting contests and a host of other events. Bratwurst will be served at five different locations in Lucerne: in the Museum of History Lucerne, in Restaurant 1871, in Café-Bar LOKAL, in the Doggwiler butcher shop and at the LUGA fair.
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The great sausage test
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While Germany was happy to replace banned Brazilian skins with an alternative, the more exacting standards of the Swiss cervelat have defied all attempts to find a suitable skin replacement. The cervelat was facing extinction from the national menu following an import ban on Brazilian cow intestines used to wrap the iconic sausage. Switzerland was…
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An exhaustive search by a “cervelat task force” has failed to find a foolproof alternative to the Brazilian cows’ intestines that encase the nation’s favourite sausage, the industry said on Tuesday. Brazilian skins are the only product versatile enough to provide a top quality gourmet experience when eating the sausage both raw and cooked. But…
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Cervelat is as familiar to Swiss cuisine as Gruyère cheese or Rösti, and can be eaten both raw and cooked. But its versatility depends on the skin made from the now-banned Brazilian cow intestines. Switzerland joined a European Union block on imports of certain Brazilian beef products on April 1 last year as the South…
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