Love messages on Valentine's Day: Say it with cheese
February 14 is Valentine's Day for people in love all over the world, but love customs differ from country to country.
In Italy, for example, an engraved love lock is hung on a bridge railing as a sign of eternal love. This Italian custom has also existed in the city of Salzburg for a long time: on the Makartsteg, countless, colorful love locks adorn the bridge railing. In Wales, Valentine's Day is celebrated on January 25th and a wooden love spoon is given to a loved one. This love gift has a long tradition: the wooden spoons used to be made by future sons-in-law for the bride's father to demonstrate their craftsmanship. In the rest of England, lovers send decorated cards with poems.
Let's take a look at Japan, where the Olympic Games will be held this year. On Valentine's Day, women give gifts to men: they have to buy dark chocolate for partners, husbands or male colleagues and relatives. A month later, the tables are turned and they receive white chocolate from the men. Finally, a look at our Nordic neighbors: In Sweden, the "Day of All Hearts" is celebrated, when lovers give each other wine gum hearts.
In this country, lovers like to go out to eat on Valentine's Day or give each other small gifts. For all cheese lovers, we have come up with a few ideas that will make your Valentine's Day unforgettable.
Idea #1: Box of chocolates with specialty cheeses
A really cute idea, but it has nothing to do with candy! For this original gift you need a heart-shaped cardboard box or an empty box of chocolates and about six to ten paper muffin cups. Now the cookie cutter is used: cut out your favorite type of cheese in the shape of a heart and put it in the muffin tins. You can also bake little cheese muffins and put them in the box. Here you will find a suitable cupcake recipe https://woerle.at/rezept/emmentaler-cupcakes/
Idea #2: savory cheese waffles
A simple but beautiful gesture is breakfast in bed. How about cheese waffles? Cut out one or more heart-shaped waffles and Valentine's Day starts delicious! You can find the cheese waffle recipe below https://woerle.at/rezept/kaesewaffeln/
Idea 3: A "hearty" snack
How about surprising your sweetheart with sandwiches and skewers in the shape of love arrows after work? Prepare some sandwiches for this. You can cut out the cheese topping for the rolls in the shape of a heart. For the love arrows, you first have to cut a small date tomato in half diagonally and put the cut surfaces together so that the tomato looks heart-shaped. Then put a toothpick diagonally through this tomato and carve an arrowhead and an arrow end (i.e. the arrow fletching) out of a piece of cheese. These two pieces of cheese are put on the toothpick ends. And the love arrow is ready, which, like Cupid's arrow, will hit the heart of your loved one.
We wish you a beautiful Valentine's Day!
