TRADITIONAL FINNISH FOOD Finnish people eat traditionally food that origins straight

from the fields, lakes and forests. We eat a lot of fish, meat, grain (rye, barley and oat) berries (strawberries, blueberries, lingonberries and cloudberries) mushrooms (chanterelles, boletus). Milk and its products like buttermilk are used in foods and drinks. Finnish also eat a lot of potatoes.

Finnish food has been influenced by Sweden, but we also have some Russian influences. Nowadays the Finns eat as global as everywhere, but the traditional cooking should be kept alive.

Vegetables

Vegetables, especially root vegetables and cabbage (they could be well retained in the winter in the old days) have always been very popular Finnish food.

The Finns love this drink: milk!

Rye Bread

This bread kept the Finns alive in the poor old days. Nowadays rye bread is eaten much because of its healthiness. It is so called ”super food”.

Meat stew with mashed potatoes

All kinds of stews (pork, beef and reindeer) are traditionally very popular in Finland. Usually boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes are served with it. You also can add some lingonberry marmalade on your portion.

Fish dishes

Finland is a country of thousands of lakes, so it is easy to get fish here. In addition to super markets you can catch your fish in a lake or in a river. And finally you can make a nice and creamy soup out of it!

Porridge

It’s not only the infants that eat porridge in Finland. Porridge is very healthy and you can make it out of many ingredients: berries, different kinds of grains.

Cinnamon buns

Finnish people bake a lot at home. These kinds of buns are very easy to bake and they taste delicious!

Finnish desserts

Blueberry pie

Oven-baked cheese with cloudberry sauce

Finnish Christmas Food

Ham with mustard, potatoes, vegetable casseroles, salads with beetroot, carrots, apples etc., fish (salmon, herring etc.), sweet christmas bread, home made cheese, pies filled with rice and meat and served with broth.