Kambly Biscuits Are The Best!!!

Off to Kambly today to buy lots of biscuits, or cookies as we call them. That means we are off again to the Emmental Region. 

There is rain this morning but clearing by afternoon. 

From Interlaken West we took the train to Thun where we changed to a train to Konolfingen, then another change of trains to Langnau and then one toTrubschachen. 

It has been quite some time since I saw swans swimming by the Interlaken West train station. Nice to see them back.

We caught the "Kambly Train" from Konofingen to Langnau.

There are trays (sort of) by the seats so you can put your drinks, laptops, etc. on. They have questions and the answers from people. They come in different languages.

This train had a bistro. It was cold so Michael got me a cup of soup. It cost less than a cup of coffee. It was hot and very tasty. In fact, I had one going to and from Kambly.

I said it was very good. I was surprised.

A new platform has been installed. Now, they need to finish the underground tunnel to get from one side to another. In the meantime, they have built a temporary walkway. It was quite windy so it was a little frightening crossing over, especially when the train comingg from the opposite direction went by.

Kambly (/officially Kambly SA) is a Swiss commercial bakery and manufacturer of biscuits based in Trubschachen . Founded in 1910 by Oscar Robert Kambly in the Emmental region,the company remains family-owned and exports their products globally. Today the company is controlled by the third, respectively fourth generation of the Kambly family, which is also involved in philanthropic work.

"In 1906, Oscar Kambly, II. (1887-1957), whose father originally hailed from Zürich, met a young girl during a stay in the French part of Switzerland. The original spelling of the family name was Kambli and has been adjusted somewhat by Oscar to differentiate from the well-established Zürich branch of the family. His future wife hailed from the village of Trubschachen in the Emmental valley. He followed her to there and completed an apprenticeship as baker and confectionery maker in the village's bakery."

"In 1910, together with his brother Paul Kambly, he established the company which today is known as Kambly SA and they began to transform the village bakery to a biscuit factory and commercially manufacture items. His original recipes, like the famed Bretzeli (1906) and Caramels à la Crème d'Emmental (1924) are still widely known and a staple in Swiss, German and French households. In 1954 the Goldfish Crackers were invented by Oscar J. Kambly, a member of the second generation."

"Kambly's oldest and most well known product is the famed Bretzeli which was based on a recipe of Oscar Kambly's grandmother which he commercialized as early as 1906 and is still produced to this day and distributed to many countries. Since 1959, Kambly manufactures Military biscuits for the Swiss Armed Forces, which are also available for civilian customers since 2010."

New signs have been erected that tells the story of Kambly biscuits.

In the store, the goldfish were lightly salted, with sesame, made of dinkle, or made of sweet potato

Kambly's Bretzeli biscuits can be bought at Home Goods now. Guess I won't have to bring them back from Switzerland.

You can taste as much as you like. There are the favorites and new biscuits to try. The beet biscuits were so delicious but we forgot to go back and get a bag, after we chose the ones we promised to get.

Specialty biscuits and other things.

Milk and dark chocolate

I think we bought more last year.

Appreciated the lady at Cailler who gave us a free large bag. It came in handy today. One suitcase and three bags.....think we can fit more in our suitcases?

Well, the chocolate and biscuits actually fit in two suitcases.