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last update:Aug072019April 16, 2019August 7, 20197 Commentsby Santiago H

Mämmi: The traditional Finnish Easter dessert

Before going to Salo on their Easter holidays, my Finnish friends recommended me to do two things this Easter. The first one is that I should try some chocolate easter eggs, Kinder or Fazer Mignon, and the second one is that I must try mämmi, the traditional Finnish Easter dessert, with some cream (kerma). What is Mämmi Mämmi looks like a puddnig, and it is…

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last update:Aug122019June 5, 2015August 12, 20196 Commentsby Santiago H

Finns eat tar: the strangest Finnish ingredient

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We already saw on the blog that Finns eat tar thanks to the Bizarre Foods’s video from Andrew Zimmern, Finnish edition. We saw him give his opinion about how tar tastes in food when he went to a marketplace: He actually liked the smokey flavor. A Finnish road. Main ingredient: tar. What exactly is tar? According to wikipedia, there are several kinds of tar. Some…

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last update:Aug142019May 9, 2014August 14, 20193 Commentsby Santiago H

Gordon Ramsay tastes traditional Finnish food

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The defining moment that tells you entered your adulthood is – along filling your first tax report – watching cooking shows. And when I stumbled upon Gordon Ramsay trying traditional Finnish food I couldn’t help but share it. I got to know about Gordon Ramsay through the fantastic Master Chef USA, a TV program that I follow each and every year. It has excellent production…

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last update:Dec132019August 30, 2013December 13, 2019Go to commentsby Santiago H

Sahti, the traditional Finnish beer

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Shopping for something to drink in the Finnish Alko – the state-owned shop for alcoholic beverages – is usually expensive. That’s why “social drinking” in Finland doesn’t really happen the same way as in other countries. But with the growing popularity of the microbreweries these days, it’s a good time to talk about a true classic: the traditional Finnish beer, Sahti. A pint of Sahti….

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