1. How to taste Finnish food
2. Finland’s most famous game is reindeer
3. Finland is known as the “Land of a Thousand Lakes”
4. Drinking soup, which is roughly the same as the Finnish habit
5. In addition, Finnish caviar (you need to add yogurt and minced onions when eating), autumn wild mushrooms, tender Smooth cheese, etc.
6. Although many countries produce wine, winemaking from berries is less common
1. How to taste Finnish food? Here we will introduce you one by one. What is unique about Finnish cuisine is the selection and use of ingredients in its dishes. Many of the main ingredients of Finnish food come from Finland’s rich mountain forest wilderness resources. This land full of forests and lakes is full of mouth-watering berries, fresh mushrooms and live game fish. These raw materials are fresh and pollution-free, and are particularly in line with the modern food trend that emphasizes purity and health. Chinese tourists’ eating habits pay special attention to fresh and sweet foods, and many of Finland’s authentic dishes are close to this preference. There is also Lapland in the north. The cold weather there lasts longer, so the 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. Generally speaking, Finnish food The food structure is mainly meat, fish and rabbit meat, and the meat is mainly beef and pork. Tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and cabbage are the most common vegetables, while milk and cheese are the main non-staple foods.
2. Finland’s most famous game is reindeer. This burly northern animal that migrates to the cold mountains is considered a highly nutritious food in the eyes of Chinese tourists. From a health care perspective, reindeer meat with very low fat content is indeed a very beneficial choice. Stewed reindeer meat (Poronkistys) is a better cooking method. The minced meat is cooked until the meat is crispy and the juice is thick, and then served with mashed potatoes and sweet red plum sauce. After a feast, it will make you feel delicious. Feel the muscles relaxing and blood circulation flowing and the whole body warm. You can also try the "braised venison" instead, which is gently fried and full of wild flavor. During the hunting season in late summer and autumn, numerous mountain poultry and game will fill the dining tables of major hotels. Wild ducks and grouse are especially popular. If tourists are lucky, you can also try them in traditional restaurants. Here you can taste the increasingly popular bear meat dishes.
3. Finland is known as the "Land of Thousand Lakes", and the country's coastline is long and circuitous, so the supply of fish is very abundant. The salmon, Baltic herring, salmon and freshwater cod are all delicious, making it a paradise for fish lovers. There are various processing methods including smoking, open fire roasting, steaming, cooking and so on. The environment in Finland is very clean and rarely polluted. You can buy fresh fish from the market or fish stalls in the supermarket to make raw fish fillets. If you like Japanese-style sashimi, you might as well go to the market and buy it yourself. Finland has " Graavi, known as "fish sushi", is a famous snack there. It uses marinated sashimi wrapped with small potatoes and creamy coriander to eat together. Compared with Japanese sushi that uses rice, it naturally has a unique flavor that comes from the water. crayfish. It is an indispensable seasonal delicacy for Finns in summer. A glass of local vodka and a caviar sandwich are simply a delicacy for those who love seafood
4. Chinese people love it Eating soup is roughly the same as the Finnish habit. The sweet and delicious salmon soup is the first choice for tourists before meals. In winter, the thick soup cooked with the fattest freshwater cod is also the flagship delicacy of fish soup. Fish soup is usually boiled with potatoes and eaten together with the soup and ingredients, which is a very filling soup feast. Bean soup (Hemekeitto) is a particularly stomach-warming food after winter sports. In summer, When the temperature is slightly higher, people cook ordinary Keskeitto vegetable soup. Once August enters, Finnish woods will begin to bear many wild berries, including blue berries (Mustikka), red berries (Karpalo), and black currants. There are more than ten kinds of strawberries, strawberries and even wild strawberries. According to local laws, everyone, including tourists, can freely pick these natural resources. During this season, Finns are busy making them into pastries, sweets, or jams_Sometimes Various business conferences or picking competitions are also held to allow people to have fun in the woods while eating and chewing the delicious berries. The weather and climate in Northern Europe are not suitable for growing grapes, so Finnish farmers use different There are now about 20 berry wineries across the country. Tourists are especially welcome to come and taste them, and we hope that guests will take advantage of the products there. Especially talked about among the locals is a blended wine made from a variety of berries, with an alcohol concentration of about 12%. Also famous is Liqueur, which is brewed from yellow berries and Arctic berries. Those berries grow within the Arctic Circle and have a strong aroma. Finland’s famous wines include vodka, whose production process is inherited from Russia. When Christmas is approaching, locals like to celebrate the festival with a mulled wine called Gli, which is mixed with almonds and raisin.
Beer is a big brand in Finland. The country has the oldest beer factory in Northern Europe. Different brands of beer have won many international awards. The five particularly popular brands are Koff, LapinKulta, Karhu, Olvi and Karjala. Known as "Big Five", they are all classic products that tourists must try.
5. In addition, Finnish caviar (you need to add yogurt and minced onions when eating), autumn wild mushrooms, tender cheese, etc. are all very attractive delicacies. Since the east and west are influenced by neighboring Russia and Sweden respectively, their cuisines also have their own characteristics. As for the traditional recipe menus for Christmas and Easter, they are also particularly exciting seasonal programs among the people. As a result, the vast array of different dishes and fine wines together form an alluring "dragnet" that embraces every gourmet.
6. Although many countries produce wine, winemaking from berries is less common. Finland is unique in this aspect, which can satisfy the Chinese people's curiosity about new things, and it is an excellent choice as a unique gift.