Rye bread baking in the Val d'Anniviers

The residents of Val d’Anniviers used to spend part of the year in the valley, where they grew wine, and part of the year on the mountain, where they harvested grain and grazed their cattle in the alpine pastures. Among them were the residents of Grimentz, who baked the rye bread. Although rye bread lasts longer than white bread, it becomes as hard as stone after three months. The residents had to chop it up with an axe and soften it in soup just to make it edible. Unlike the bread from neighbouring Saint-Luc, Grimentz bread dough does not contain potatoes. Today, visitors have the opportunity to bake rye bread themselves.