Talk:Rösti

Who's down with OED?
I've checked the spelling against the OED. Kokiri 17:42, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Parsley?
The captions on the two images seem to need switching. 130.75.81.14 (talk) 16:26, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Rösti potato?
Is there really such a thing as the Rösti potato? There isn't a wikipedia article for it, and I can't find any other references on the internet. Best Regards. DynamoDegsy (talk) 21:00, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


 * What is your question? If the Rösti dish is existing? I'm Swiss and Rösti is (one of) the most important dish in the german part of Switzerland. I'm sure, if you ask Swiss from the German part about the Swiss kitchen, they will immediately say you something about Rösti. If you're not convinced: Röstigraben - the dish is that important that we call the border between the German and the French part Rösti-ditch (or Rösti-valley?) to expose the political differences between the French and German speaker. I hope my answer was helpful and I didn't understand something wrong.--Sevku (talk) 14:32, 18 November 2012 (UTC)


 * No, I'm afraid you didn't understand the question. The question is whether a special kind of potato exists, specially for making rösti. The answer is no (I've lived in Switzerland for half my life and have never seen a potato called a "Rösti"), so I'm going to remove that claim. -- 178.194.190.253 (talk) 11:32, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Röstis bernois
At present the article states that >> the French name röstis bernois makes direct reference to the origins of the dish. <<

Perhaps; however, the French Wikipedia (together with other French-language sources) makes reference to röstis bernois / à la bernoise only as a specific variety of rösti: namely, as a main dish in its own right (normally served garnished with bacon pieces) – in contrast to those versions found in other regions where rösti serves only as an accompaniment to another main dish. It might therefore be truer to say that rösti is a dish typical (whether as a "main" or as a "side") of the cuisine of German-speaking Switzerland as a whole. -- Picapica (talk) 00:27, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Merging with Hash browns
I feel like this article should be merged with Hash browns, looking at the preparation instructions on both pages they are literally the same thing. The only difference is name and origin (though I wouldn't be surprised if hash browns were originally made by someone who had eaten rösti before.) Apinanaivot (talk) 09:44, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Absolutely no merge for me. They are distinct dishes with their own history. Zach (Talk) 12:33, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Despite similarities in preparation, from a cultural and historical point of view this is treated as a distinct dish in the literature.  Sandstein   08:16, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. If we’re going to start merging pages for culturally distinctive dishes because “they are literally the same thing”, you might as well suggest that boxty be merged with latke. חביתוש ~ Havitush  (talk) 08:55, 18 April 2021 (UTC)