It's still cherry time

A couple of weeks ago we picked up some cherries in Zug. Afterwards we went on a holiday and was busy with daily life but I was longing for some more cherries. During the weekend we went to the same farm to see whether the season is still on. And it was on! Best cherries ever...

The seller told us though that that's the last weekend they are selling because the cherry season is over in a day or two. Until next year then!

Treat of the day

Treat of the season to be precise. Since tomatoes are in and they actually have taste, we got into the habit of making some kind of gazpacho almost daily. Some kind of gazpacho because I omit the bread and not measuring the ingredients to achieve the real Spanish taste.
After blending the ingredients it is poured into small jars and can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

The recipe is simple: 5 tomatoes (I cut them into chunks), a quarter of green bell pepper, a half of a small onion, some cucumber peeled, salt, pepper and some olive oil. Blend everything together using a mixer. You can use less/more tomatoes, cucumbers or anything. Add them slowly and work out the taste you like the most. We usually like having a more tomato flavor with less olive oil.

Surprising stuffs in Switzerland - flyers 2

I mentioned some time ago that there are a few very strange flyers are circulating in the country and gets into our mailbox from time to time. Last week it was one about the Swiss Airforce.

Treat of the day

It's cherry time in Switzerland! Although the weather is not mediterranean in Switzerland, there are plenty of fruits available during summer and believe me it's worth waiting for them. At the beginning of summer they come from Italy or Spain. Canton Zug is famous of its cherries, cherry liquor and cake. We bought some cherries over the weekend and it was AMAZING. Probably the best I have ever eaten. Ripe, crunchy, sweet.

Food lately

This is how life look like food vise lately.

We put our hands on some very fresh ink fish that we cut into strips and fry it in a pan with olive oil. When it was done we added a mixture of garlic, parsley and olive oil plus some lemon juice.

These are two trouts (forelle in German) baked in the oven with lemon and thyme. The trouts were actually from the Black Forest (Schwarzwald).

A super easy and yummy cherry pie.

Results of the last vote

A couple of weeks ago there was a nationwide voting, which I already mentioned in one of my previous posts. The outcome for the mentioned topic got an overwhelmingly large amount of support.
Other topics included the introduction of a minimum wage of 4000 Chf (around 4400 USD), which is failed to over win the majority. As did the one for purchasing new air force planes for defense. And why would not it? Buying new planes when the country is defended only during office hours? It seems that would not make sense for the Swiss.

View lately

Spring arrived to Central Switzerland maybe two weeks ago. It was pretty cold before but suddenly the weather turned into sunny with a 20-25 degrees although there is getting cold and rainy some days with a storm here and there. The snow melted in most of the mountains and suddenly in one of the mornings they were covered again.
Here are a couple of pics of the view recently.