As the Spring Festival approaches, many friends will choose to travel to Finland. Finland’s food is very famous, so what’s the secret? Today, let’s find out with me.

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Finland’s food structure is mainly based on meat, fish and potatoes, among which meat is mainly beef and pork. Tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and cabbage are the most common vegetables. Milk and cheese are the main non-staple foods. In addition, Finnish caviar (you need to add yogurt and minced onions when eating) is also a very attractive delicacy. Potatoes are the main food, and are commonly eaten with different fish or gravy. Finland is also the home of black barley. Rye is made into various kinds of bread or porridge, adding beneficial fiber, which is delicious and nutritious.

Taste

The eating habits of Chinese tourists pay special attention to fresh and sweet foods, and many of Finland’s authentic dishes are close to this preference; there is also the Lapland region in the north, where the weather is cold It takes a long time, so its cooking characteristics are mostly rich, fertile and thick, just like our Beijing-style cuisine or northern food, which objectively caters to the tastes of Chinese tourists.

Fish

Finland is known as the "Land of a Thousand Lakes". The country's coastline is long and winding, and the supply of fish is very abundant. Salmon, Baltic herring, salmon and freshwater cod are all delicious, making it a paradise for fish lovers. There are various cooking methods including smoking, open fire roasting, steaming, baking and so on.

Berries and Mushrooms

Once August enters, the woods in Finland will begin to bear many wild berries. There are more than ten kinds of blue berries (Mustikka), red berries (Karpalo), black currants, swallow berries and even wild strawberries. According to local laws, everyone, including tourists, can freely harvest these natural resources. During this season, Finns are busy making them into cakes, cookies or jams. Sometimes they also hold various business conferences or picking competitions, so that people can have fun in the woods and eat the delicious fruits. Various berries. Fresh wild mushrooms can be enjoyed in restaurants in the fall. If you want to pick mushrooms by yourself, you must also know about fungi. Some wild mushrooms are poisonous or need to be cooked before they can be eaten.

Black bread

Home-baked bread is very common in Finland. Bread made from rye is particularly popular and is a basic staple food in families and military camps. Finns call themselves "black bread". The Kingdom of Bread”.

Game

Finland’s most famous game is reindeer, a burly polar animal that migrates in the cold mountains. In the eyes of Chinese tourists, it is a highly nutritious animal. From the perspective of medical care, reindeer meat with very low fat content is indeed a very beneficial choice. Most of the reindeer eaten today are farm-raised.