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The cuisine of Finland' uses a large amount of wholemeal products (rye, barley, oats) and berries (such as blueberries, lingonberries, cloudberries, and sea buckthorn). Various turnips were common in traditional cooking, but were substituted by the potato after its introduction in the 18th century. Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ... See the individual entries for: Austrian cuisine British cuisine English cuisine Scottish cuisine Welsh cuisine Anglo-Indian cuisine Modern British cuisine Belgian cuisine Czech cuisine Danish cuisine Dutch cuisine Finnish cuisine French cuisine Basque cuisine German cuisine Hungarian cuisine Icelandic cuisine Irish cuisine Italian cuisine Cuisine of Sicily Lappish cuisine... Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of African, Amerindian, French, Indian, and Spanish cuisine. ... South Asian cuisine includes the cuisines of the South Asia. ... See the individual entries for: Argentine cuisine Brazilian cuisine Mexican cuisine South American cuisine . ... The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the various cuisines of the Middle East. ... North American cuisine is a term used for foods native to or popular in countries of North America. ... Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ... Cooking is the act of applying heat to food in order to prepare it for ingestion. ... This is a list of food preparation utensils, also known as kitchenware. ... // United States measures Note that the measurements in this section are in U.S. customary units. ... This is a list of famous and notable chefs. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... Whole meal is that derived of wheat. ... Binomial name Secale cereale M.Bieb. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Binomial name Avena sativa Carolus Linnaeus (1753) The Oat (Avena sativa) is a species of cereal grain, and the seeds of this plant. ... Species See text. ... Binomial nomenclature Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. Ref: ITIS 505637 The Cowberry or Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) is a small evergreen shrub in the plant Family Ericaceae that bears edible fruits. ... Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ... Species Hippophae rhamnoides Hippophae salicifolia Hippophae tibetana The Sea-buckthorns, also known as Seaberry or Sea Berry, are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae. ... Trinomial name Brassica rapa rapa L. For similar vegetables also called turnip, see Turnip (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. ...

Modern Finnish cuisine combines traditional country fare and haute cuisine with contemporary continental style cooking. Spices have been adopted from West and East. Fish and meat play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dish from the western part of the country, while the dishes from the eastern part have traditionally included various vegetables and mushrooms, of which especially the latter were introduced to the dining tables of the western side as late as during World War II by refugees from Karelia. Haute cuisine (literally high cooking in French) is a cookery style that originated in Napoleonic France under the influence of the chef Antoine Carême and was elaborated by Auguste Escoffier. ... A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold-blooded; covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ... Mortal Kombat character, see Meat (Mortal Kombat). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Map showing the parts Karelia is traditionally divided into. ...

In the new Finnish kitchen, dishes are lighter, smaller, and generally contain several different vegetables. This mode of cooking is highly influenced by European and American cuisine. See the individual entries for: Austrian cuisine British cuisine English cuisine Scottish cuisine Welsh cuisine Anglo-Indian cuisine Modern British cuisine Belgian cuisine Czech cuisine Danish cuisine Dutch cuisine Finnish cuisine French cuisine Basque cuisine German cuisine Hungarian cuisine Icelandic cuisine Irish cuisine Italian cuisine Cuisine of Sicily Lappish cuisine... The Cuisine of the United States is characterized by the broad diversity of the possible foods, but more importantly the willingness of the country as a whole to integrate widely divergent foods. ...

Examples of Finnish dishes

Traditional Finnish cuisine has been heavily influenced by Swedish, German and Russia. However, there are differences in preparation techniques: for example, Finnish dishes tend to be less sweet than Swedish ones, and Finns use less sour cream (smetana) in preparation than their Russian neighbours. The following list is a sample of typical dishes traditionally consumed in Finland. Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ...

Traditional dishes

• Karelian pasties
• Mämmi
• Kalakukko
• Cabbage rolls (Kaalikääryleet)
• Karelian Stew/Hot Pot
• Pickled Herring (usually with small potatoes)
• Smoked fish (Many types of fish, like salmon, zander, pike, perch

and Baltic herring) Karelian pasties (Karjalanpiirakat in Finnish) are traditional pasties from North Karelia, Finland. ... A bowl of mämmi Mämmi (pronounced in IPA) is a Finnish traditional Easter dessert, a malt porridge which is baked in an oven. ... Kalakukko Kalakukko is a traditional Savonian food made from fish baked inside a loaf of bread. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with cabbage roll. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic... Smoked fish are fish that have been cured by smoking. ... Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ... Binomial name Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758) Zander is a species of fish. ... Species  E. americanus –       grass and redfin pickerels  E. lucius – northern pike  E. masquinongy – muskellunge  E. niger – chain pickerel   – Amur pike Esox Linnaeus, 1758, is a genus of freshwater fish, the only member of the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes. ... Species P. flavescens (Yellow perch) P. fluviatilis (European perch) P. schrenkii (Balkhash perch) For other meanings of the word perch, including fish not in the Perca genus, see Perch (disambiguation). ... Species Clupea alba Clupea bentincki Clupea caspiopontica Clupea chrysotaenia Clupea elongata Clupea halec Clupea harengus Clupea inermis Clupea leachii Clupea lineolata Clupea minima Clupea mirabilis Clupea pallasii Clupea sardinacaroli Clupea sulcata Herrings are small oily fish of the genus Clupea found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Atlantic...

• Cold Smoked fish
  • Cold smoked salmon, Lox (Kylmäsavustettu lohi)
  • Gravlax (Graavilohi)
  • Cold smoked Perch
• Smoked ham or beef (palvikinkku) (palviliha)
• Sautéed reindeer traditional in Lapland, but considered somewhat exotic in other parts of Finland.
• Game food. Moose, deer, grouse, duck, hare, etc... dishes. Rarely attainable in restaurants. Common amongst those whose hobby is hunting.
• Mashed potato
• Lihapullat – Finnish meatballs
• Hernekeitto – Peasoup
• Joulupöytä – Christmas dishes
• Vappu – May Day dishes
• Mustamakkara – blood sausage from Tampere
• Pepu (a cooked dish made of water and flour, usually barley in a ratio of 1:3)
• Rössypottu
• Mykyrokka
• Leipäjuusto

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Bread

• Bark bread
• Svartbröd, Åland's Black Bread
• Maitorieska, milk flat bread
• Pulla, sweet bread
• Ruisleipä, rye bread
• Sihtileipä, rye and wheat bread
• Rieska, barley bread (in the shape of half ball, Savo, or very flat and baked with naked flame, Kainuu North Finland)
• Läskirieska, flat(ish) barley bread with pieces of lard (west coast)

Maitorieska (=milk rieska, pronounce re-ehska, stress on the first syllable, no pause) is a barley-based bread that is a local specialty and a very traditional food in Ylivieska area in Finland. ... Several pulla loaves Pulla (IPA pronunciation: ) is a mildly-sweet Finnish dessert bread flavored with crushed cardamom seeds. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Drinks

• Drinking water - fresh water from lakes like Päijänne and ground water
• Coffee - While not native to the area, Finland is the number one consumer of coffee per capita in the world.
• Milk - traditional drink
• Apple juice
• Cloudberry liquer
• Glögi – Mulled wine
• Marskin ryyppy (The Marshal Mannerheim's shot)
• Jaloviina (cut brandy) hola

• Kilju (a notorious home-brewed beverage traditionally fermented without flavouring)
• Koskenkorva (famous vodka-like clear spirit)
  • Salmiakkikossu – a cocktail of koskenkorva and salmiakki
• Mead (Sima)
• Pontikka (Finnish moonshine)
• Sahti (traditional beer)

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Desserts

• Mämmi
• Golden cloudberry dessert
• Fruit soups – a mixture of liquidised berries (nowadays often canned or frozen) and potato flour, served with milk/cream and sugar.
• Runeberg's tart
• cinamon rolls (korvapuustit)

A bowl of mämmi Mämmi (pronounced in IPA) is a Finnish traditional Easter dessert, a malt porridge which is baked in an oven. ... Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ... Fazers produced Runebergs tart. ...

Sweets

• Salmiakki ammonium chloride-flavored candy
• Panda liquorice
• Fazer Sininen milk chocolate
• Wood tar (terva) -flavored candy, such as Tervaleijona

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Meals

There are three meals per day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. In all schools including high school, a hot free lunch is served as part of Finland's welfare state agenda. Among workers, lunch is often not so heavy, and may be a sandwich or a salad, depending on whether the company has a lunch restaurant. In the evening, the dinner is usually a hot meal. Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... There are three main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state: the provision of welfare services by the state. ... An Italian sandwich. ...

Breakfasts

Breakfast usually consists of open sandwiches. The sandwich is often buttered (with margarin), with toppings such as hard cheese or cold cuts. Finns usually do not have sweets on their breads such as jam (like the French and the Americans), or chocolate (like the Danes). An Italian sandwich. ... Margarine is a generic term used to indicate any of a wide range of butter substitutes. ... Cold Cuts was the third live album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. ...

Sour milk products such as Yogurt or viili are also common breakfast foods, usually served in a bowl with cereals such as corn flakes, muesli, and sometimes with sugar, fruit or jam. Yoghurt Yoghurt or yogurt, less commonly yoghourt or yogourt, is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. ... Fil is the common Swedish word for several kinds of fermented soured milk very common for breakfast or lunch in the Nordic Countries. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Cornflakes in a bowl Corn flakes are a food made by combining cooked corn along with sugar and vitamins. ... Muesli (originally (Bircher)müesli [myə̯s li] in Swiss German, Müsli [my:s li] in German) is a popular breakfast dish (breakfast cereal) based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit. ...

A third food that is commonly eaten at breakfast is porridge (puuro), often made of rolled oats, and eaten with a pat of butter (voisilmä, lit. "butter eye") and/or with milk, or fruit or jam, especially the sort made of lingonberries. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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Meats

There are long traditions of hunting and fishing in Finland. The hunters focus on deer and moose, but small game such as hare, ducks and grouse are popular for their taste. The game food makes natural additions to the Finnish cuisine. Approximately 70,000-80,000 moose are culled yearly producing signifficant amounts of meat. Due to very strict food hygiene regulations, moose meat is mainly consumed within households and is rarely attainable in restaurants. Finnish restaurants are accustomed to serving reindeer dishes instead. Hunter and Huntress redirect here. ... Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering animals not classifiable as insects which breathe in water or pass their lives in water. ... “Fawn” redirects here. ... Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America) or elk (in Europe), Alces alces, is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ... Jack rabbit and Jackrabbit redirect here. ... The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. It is also a cricketing term denoting a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero; see golden duck. ... Genera Tetrao Lagopus Falcipennis Centrocercus Bonasa Dendrapagus Tympanuchus Grouse are from the order Galliformes which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere. ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) Reindeer map The reindeer, known as caribou when wild in North America, is an Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ...

Berries

To add some vitamins and make the rather heavy food more enjoyable a traditional jam is made from lingonberry and served with meat. A more exclusive but not uncommon jam is the cloudberry jam. Jam from berries Jam is a type of sweet spread or condiment made with certain fruits or vegetables, sugar, and sometimes pectin. ... Binomial nomenclature Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. Ref: ITIS 505637 The Cowberry or Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.) is a small evergreen shrub in the plant Family Ericaceae that bears edible fruits. ... Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ...

Blueberry soup and blueberry pie are very traditional Finnish desserts. The wild strawberry (metsämansikka) with strong aroma is also a seasonal delicacy decorating cakes, served with ice cream or just cream. Species See text. ... A blueberry pie with a lattice top. ... Species See text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. ...

Critique

Amongst some people, Finnish food suffers from a poor reputation. In the olden times the country's harsh climate meant that fresh fruit and vegetables were largely unavailable for nine months of the year, causing a heavy reliance on staple tubers (initially turnip, later potato), dark rye bread and fermented dairy products, occasionally enlivened with preserved fish and meat. Traditionally, very few spices other than salt were available, and fresh herbs like dill were limited to the summer months. Many Finnish traditional dishes are prepared by stewing them for a long time in an oven, which produces hearty but bland fare. Famines caused by crop failures at 19th century caused Finns to improvise by eating, for example, bread made from pine bark (pettuleipä), which was nutritious but rock-hard and anything but tasty. Trinomial name Brassica rapa rapa L. For similar vegetables also called turnip, see Turnip (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. ... Binomial name Secale cereale M.Bieb. ... A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) Salt covering the floor of Bad Water in Death Valley, CA, the lowest point in the US. A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral... Binomial name Anethum graveolens L. Dried Dill-umbel Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a short-lived annual herb, native to southwest and central Asia. ... Subgenera Subgenus Strobus Subgenus Ducampopinus Subgenus Pinus See Pinus classification for complete taxonomy to species level. ...

Even with the advent of modern agriculture and transportation, heavy taxes and outright bans on imports that could compete with local produce severely limited the availability of foreign or unseasonal food. Only the advent of European Union membership in 1995 and the consequent elimination of trade barriers opened the floodgates, with prices of some products like grains, meat and milk dropping by up to 50%^[1], and now Finnish supermarkets and restaurants serve up a wide variety of food from all over the world. The simplicity of traditional Finnish food has also been turned into an advantage by placing an emphasis on freshness instead, and modern Finnish restaurateurs now blend high-quality Finnish produce with continental cooking techniques, culminating with Helsinki's Chez Dominique receiving two Michelin stars in 2003. New York City 2006 First Michelin Red Guide for North America The Michelin Guide (Le Guide Michelin) is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. ...

However, in 2005 Finnish cuisine came under heavy fire from two leaders of countries renowned for their cuisine. The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi claimed that "I've been to Finland and I had to endure the Finnish diet so I am in a position to make a comparison." Berlusconi started his anti Finnish food campaign in 2001. He went on: "The Finns don't even know what prosciutto is." This followed the initial decision by the European Commission to establish the European Food Safety Authority in Helsinki. On July 4, 2005 French President Jacques Chirac claimed that "After Finland, [Britain is] the country with the worst food." [2] [3] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Italy, the President of the Council of Ministers (Italian: Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the countrys prime minister or head of government, and occupies the fourth-most important state office. ...   (born September 29, 1936) is an Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media proprietor. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prosciutto Prosciutto (IPA: ) is the Italian word for ham, used in English to refer to dry-cured ham (prosciutto crudo). ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... Founded 1550 Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Area[1] - Of which land - Rank 185. ... For the United States holiday, the Fourth of July, see Independence Day (United States). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. ... Jacques René Chirac (born November 29, 1932) has served as the Gaullist President of France since he was first elected in 1995. ...

After Jacques Chirac's and Silvio Berlusconi's critique some international food reporters answered it:

"Chirac and Berlusconi are wrong! Finnish cuisine is much more international than I expected. I have eaten very good food in wonderful restaurants, visited market places and enjoyed in good cafeterias. Cheese is very good in Finland. I also love Finnish cloudberry and smoked fish." (Ute Junker, Australian Financial Review Magazine, Sydney, Australia) Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ...

"Food in Finnish restaurants is extremely good. Especially I love Finnish salmon, mushroom soup and desserts. I have also got very good Finnish wines. The worldwide reputation of Finnish cuisine isn't very good - but it should be!" (Liliane Delwasse, Le Figaro, Paris, France)

"I have eaten only good food in Finland. Food in Finland is very fresh. Bread, berries, mushrooms and desserts are very delicious. Finnish berries (especially cloudberry), salmon, cheeses and reindeer should be available in London, too." (April Hutchinson, Abta Magazine, London, England) Binomial name Rubus chamaemorus L. The Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) is a slow-growing species of Rubus, producing edible fruit. ...

See also

• Culture of Finland
• List of Christmas dishes
• List of recipes
• Soft drink
• Lappish cuisine
• Swedish cuisine
• Russian cuisine

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References

1. ^ Tietoaika 2/2005: EU:n tuoma hintaetu on tallella [1]

External links

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