Jakso 31: Erikoisia suomalaisia ruokia — Strange Finnish foods

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So if you have any questions, you can tell others that this is a good podcast. Yes, well, but my week has been quite peaceful again. And this week has been really warm to see that it's already March. So it looks like the moon is still waiting for quite a long time. But this week I have also spent the sun of the day, which is really nice. But I would say that I took a cold and a lot of the moon in mind. Yes, in the last episodes there was quite a lot of information again. So today I thought of talking about something a little lighter. Today I thought of talking about the most serious Finnish words. So this would be a little bit of a continuation to the previous episode where I talked about the most serious Finnish drinks. And in this episode I planned, I thought that this episode should probably put some kind of warning. The warning this episode will be given to the more serious listeners. So some of these words are quite different. And I also put the picture of this episode of hand writing in these words. So it's easier to understand where the question really comes from. Well, someone might ask why I'm talking about serious Finnish drinks and drinks, even though I'm a Finnish speaker. And the only answer is that this is more fun in my opinion. And I don't even know what my most serious Finnish food would be. It could be maybe macaroni ice cream or pineapple ice cream. Quite a lot of foreigners like fish or at least salmon ice cream, which is pretty good too. But macaroni ice cream is a very typical Finnish archi food. So that's the kind of food that Finnish people normally eat, a normal day. And there is always macaroni ice cream, salmon ice cream and pineapple. And they are put in a new year, which is why the name is "Laatikko". So the year is a kind of Laatikko-type thing, where you put food. In Finnish it's called "Kai Kassarou". Well, my own macaroni ice cream is a bit different. So I put it in small pieces, and then also a bit more expensive. It also sounds quite different, but I think it's really good. So it's a good archi food. And in one year, food comes to many people, or then several days. But I haven't been there to talk about macaroni ice cream, because it's not a very special food. First of all, my favorite Finnish food list is "Kala Kukko". And "Kala Kukko" is a kind of food that has been put in a bowl of rice. So "Kukko" is a bird, that is, a bird's nest. But there is nothing to do with this food. So you could imagine that it's a bit like a big, tied up bird's nest, that is a bird's nest. So there is fish in it, and also a bit of meat. And this is a pretty traditional Finnish or actually a bird's nest food. So it's from here, from the Kupion area, so from Kupion or Kupion, close to the future food. And I think it's pretty hard to find it from others, maybe. And I also think that if a Finnish person asks about traditional bird's food, many people will probably say that it's "Kala Kukko". And these "Kukko", that is, these tied up bird's nest foods are in Finland, or in other countries. So there is, for example, a bird's nest, which is inside, which is a bird's nest, which is a bird's nest. And then there is also "Jälkiruoka", that is, "makeiruoka", "mustikkakukko". And I should probably eat this "mustikkakukko" somewhere, because I haven't eaten it yet. It also sounds very good, because I really like "mustikko" very much. And especially this "Kala Kukko" is, in my opinion, a typical or traditional Finnish food, which is very special. Maybe also for many Finnish people, because it's not really a traditional food, or a kind of food that is made at home. But then, on my other list, there is a slightly more traditional food, that is, "Mämmi". And "Mämmi" is particularly traditional, that is, "keväällä syötävä ruoka". And it's quite sweet, maybe a little bit like "puuroa muistuttava ruisjauhoista" or "rukiista tehty jälkiruoka". So there is "eniten ruista". And because it is made of "rukiista", it is "mustaa" or "tummaruskeeta". So "tummaruskeeta puuroa", and maybe the difference comes just from the appearance. But it's a little sweet and maybe a little bit like "rukiin takia". And probably because of that, we eat it especially with "maidun" or "kerman". And this "Mämmi" is quite a popular food, very traditional, "pääsiäessä ruoka". Although it also looks different, a little bit different. And "Mämmiä" is quite easy to get anywhere in the world, "keväällä", so especially before "pääsiäestä". Somewhere in the city it can also be around all year round, especially packed, or frozen. And pretty often the Finnish does "itse mämmiä", or at least I haven't heard that someone did "mämmiä itse". But if you get over what this "mämmi näyttää", then at least try it. And you can also buy it pretty small, in a single box. And the third food on my special "ruokien" list is "musta makkara". And I think the usual "makkara" is quite a special food, and maybe a little bit of a crazy food. Or the taste is quite good, but whose idea was to put the meat and everything else in the bag? Well, in the "musta makkara" there is "verta", so it is "verimakkara". And then "possun" or "sianlihan lisäksiina" is "verta", so that's why it's "musta". And the "lihan" and the "veren lisäksiina" is also "ruista", so this is "viljaa" and it's a kind of big "jyviinä". And this "musta makkara" is a traditional food, especially "tampereella". So "tampereella" can go, for example, to the store and buy "kioskista" this "musta makkaraa", or "musta makkaraa". And you can eat it with the usual "puolukkahillon" so "seitä mariasta puolukasta tehdynhillon kanssa". And this is also another food that I have never eaten, so I have personally been eating so long that I have actually made a lot of food that I have never eaten or tasted before. And even though this "musta makkaraa" sounds very special, some people like it, so in my opinion it is also quite good. And then the fourth special food on my list is also "musta". And I just noticed that there is quite a lot of "mustia" or at least very dark food on this list. It is probably the least common food that I think makes me special to be these kinds of food. But then "salmiakki" is also "musta". So in my fourth list, in my opinion, is special "salmiakki ruoka", i.e. "salmiakki jäätelö". The Finnish people put "salmiakki" in a lot of different ways, i.e. "veri ruokaan" and "jopa juomiin". For example, all kinds of "leivottuja ruokia", i.e. "makeita ruokia leivonnaisia" get "salmiakilla". And there is also "alkohol juomiya" or at least "vodkaa" that gets "salmiakilla". But in my opinion, maybe a special idea is to put it in the "jäätelöen". And of course this "salmiakki jäätelö" is also quite popular. And "salmiakkihan" is a very special "herku", that it is "suolainen". So it is called "totuttelua". So who doesn't really like "salmiakista" for the first time? And also all the Finnish people don't like "salmiakki". I personally eat it pretty often, but sometimes it's pretty good. And for many foreigners, "salmiakista" comes from the opinion of "länä yskän lääke". So the "yskän käytettävät" "juotavat lääkkeet" is usually "lakritzin" or "salmiakin makua". And in fact, in Finland, "salmiakkiä" was first sold in Appeek. That is, where these "yskän lääkkeet" were made. But now, of course, "salmiakkiä" and also this "salmiakki jäätelö" can be completely different from "Kaupasta Suomessa". But this "salmiakki jäätelö" is not a traditional Finnish food anyway. So unlike other food in this list, it is not a very traditional. So it has been sold for a very long time. But in my opinion, "salmiakki" is already a very Finnish special food. So today, my wife had a special Finnish food. And I was talking about "kala kukosta", which is, of course, "savolainen erikoisuus". And I was talking about "mämmistä", which we eat in a very traditional way. Then I was talking about "tampereelle tyypillisestä erikoisuudesta", i.e. "mustamakkarrasta". And finally about "salmiakista" and "salmiakkiäätelöstä". And whenever I think about what is a Finnish food or what is a traditional Finnish food, I come up with the idea that are these really Finnish foods? And actually, many foods are older than the ground or the walls. Not even that kind of food, or many other cultural values, where some of the ground flows. So, if you think about it, there probably aren't any Finnish foods either. As always, you can put comments to me, for example in Spotify and in the "Castbox" or "Sähköpostitse". I really like to respond to new messages. 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