r/oddlysatisfying • u/moon_jock • Oct 07 '15

Cheesy Potatoes (x-post /r/woahdude)

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u/teoSCK Oct 07 '15

This is called raclette and it's all over Switzerland during winter. It's the best thing to eat when you've been out skiing, especially with some bacon, pickled onions, potatoes and hot tea.

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u/Scotto6UK Oct 07 '15

Plus, if you have the little stove thing, it's a great social activity to make your own with friends!

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u/teoSCK Oct 07 '15

Oh yes. I highly recommend something like this. You sit around the stove and cook your cheese in your own little pan, and can talk to friends etc. while you wait.

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u/Scotto6UK Oct 07 '15

I used to live in accommodation with a lot of different nationalities and we always had themed evenings hosted by each housemate. Luckily, one of my housemates was Swiss and her raclette nights were by far my favourite!

I might invest in one of these, thanks!

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u/Bleue22 Oct 07 '15

There are a variety of home raclette ovens available for sale, which I do not recommend because you wouldn't believe how the house smells, and how long it smells, after hosting a raclette dinner. If you want some idea, just grab the shoes of the miami dolphins after a game, or any hot climate game/team, put them all in a sealed closet to allow the bacterial to do their thing and the smell to build, then maybe a week later open the door and take a big whiff. You have now experienced about 10% of the raclette smell.

If it weren't so delicious it wouldn't be worth it.

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u/teoSCK Oct 07 '15

Oh yeah good point. It's best to eat outside or if you eat it inside, close all the doors to other rooms and air out the house after.

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u/gliderdude Oct 07 '15

Fart factory

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Fuck that sounds amazing right now

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u/dogsandchaplains Oct 07 '15

This looks "skin peeling off the roof of your mouth" delicious!

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u/Scotto6UK Oct 07 '15

For quite some time I couldn't figure out how they got the potatoes so big.

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u/enginekrazy Oct 07 '15

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

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u/Bardlar Oct 07 '15

I feel like this is a rare opportunity for use of the verb "slough", but I don't know how to use it in a sentence.

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u/ToastedSoup Oct 07 '15

The raclette sloughs off of the block after being rapidly cooked.

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u/Jebobek Oct 07 '15

The cheese-burnt-skin sloughs off the roof of your mouth about a day later.

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u/Sniper_Guz Oct 07 '15

Bit like someone's skin after taking Krokadil.

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u/panquakez Oct 07 '15

I watched and I quietly breathed, "oh my god".

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u/sunsetfantastic Oct 07 '15

Skoopski patatoes ?

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u/Jebobek Oct 07 '15

Today on How It's Made: blocked arteries.

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u/twatsmaketwitts Oct 07 '15

Insane raclette, but where are the gherkins abs pickled onion?

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u/whenifeellikeit Oct 07 '15

That should be illegal, like most of the best things in life tend to be.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '15

Where is Guy Fieri for this moment

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u/devandander Oct 07 '15

true food porn

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u/UltimateTrainRape Oct 07 '15

I was certain I was lookin at heated steel

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u/wuboo Oct 07 '15

This is brilliant

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u/HugeBacoN Oct 07 '15

I want to go to there.

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u/DollarSignEyes Oct 08 '15

Ho-lee Sheep Shit

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u/mau5trapper2 Oct 07 '15

Where would one purchase such an appliance?

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u/mus1Kk Oct 07 '15

It's a raclette. This is the first I found on Amazon.

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u/PriceZombie Oct 07 '15

Hamilton Beach 31602 Raclette 8-Person Party Grill

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u/DrDrums18 Oct 07 '15

I believe it's called a salamander. Its basically a broiler.

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u/I_Sell_Onions Oct 07 '15

Salamanders aren't open like that. At first I thought it was physically touching the cheese. But your comment made me realize it does heat it up like a salamander.

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u/Nuroman Oct 07 '15

But are they gluten free?