Marmite de l'escalade, originally uploaded by whitecoquelicot. These chocolate cauldrons, called "les marmites de l'escalade", are being prepared for the Geneva's annual celebration of its victory against the surprise attack carried out by the Duke of Savoy in the year 1602. You can read more about it here.
These chocolates are not finished yet! They usually have the fancy colorful decoration in the design of the Geneva's tricolored coat of arm, and the final "cauldron" looks like this.
Bastien and I actually had a giant Marmite for our wedding which was in December, and according to the tradition, we cracked it together with a long medieval sword hand-in-hand!
In the holiday season, Geneva's chocolateries are busy preparing these cauldrons for the festival in December, and you can often sight them being fabricated in their window displays.
Carouge, Geneva
November, 2009
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