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| Swiss Alps (Photo by Earth explorer) |
It may seem cheesy to contemplate gourmet dining as a key feature. Yet a finely-aged wheel of cheese is a traditional accompaniment at certain Swiss burials. Such haute cuisine had been carefully prepared by the deceased during a lifetime of (not necessarily eager) anticipation.
This “cheese of the dead” is eaten with bread and washed down with wine. A “picnic” version is placed in the casket, along with a pair of sturdy boots. The latter is for ghosts that are “rumored to wander the glaciers after dark.”
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