Food in Finland -- From fast-foods to traditional!

Try A McRye?

If you happen to be stopping through Helsinki to catch a ferry to Sweden or Estonia be sure to give yourself an exra hour to try some fresh fruits and vegetables, or sip freshly roasted coffee at the market hall

These very reasonably priced foods are found in abundance in Finland and eaten frequently.

• Potatoes -- a daily necessity.
  
  
• Karelian Pie -- a small bread made of potato dough originally from Karelia in Eastern Finland.
  
  
• Breads -- Rye bread is very popular,along with a variety of whole wheat, oat,and barley combinations. Crisp cracker bread like Finn Crisps is also popular.
  
  
• Hot dogs -- there's pork, beef and even deer available for all occasions

Typical meal my mother-in-law prepared for dinner.

Lettuce, red beets, smoked salmon with potato sauce, carrots, and Karelian pie.

Want to see more typical finnish foods and food plates eaten on a ferryboat or during Christmas.

June is the time to get ready for healthy wild food in Finland straight from mother earth. The warm summer sun springs green shoots from the ground, and picking wild foods is easy and fun once you can identify what to pick.

Typical sweet yummy tasty summer delight

The 'Strawberry Danish pastry' no one can say 'No' to:

The Finnish strawberry season begins in July. Decorating the center of the slightly moist and flaky pastry are luscious strawberries. The taste -- not too buttery, oily, nor too sweet,simply savory!

Strawberries on top of thickened vanilla sauce tips the balance scale to a less overpowering sweet side. Here is what you can eat fresh strawberries or raspberries with. A typical simple Finnish dessert.


Sweet food from Finland!!

Ahh,up closer you can almost taste it! Similar to the strawberry Danish except...the center is filled with raspberries instead of strawberries. Yep,the bakeries produce these year round.

An Insider shows us how to make Finnish lake crayfish palatable.(This one is actually ready to be eaten.)

A look at this Finnish lake crayfish from another view....

First you have to catch the crayfish, so look for the cleanest lake in the area. Get the pot of water boiling to a real good boil. Clasp the living crayfish using tongs or your fingers use caution please. Place the crayfish swiftly into the boiling water. Test the color of the boiling crayfish to see if it has turned red. Once it is completely red -- every bit of it, you can peel it and eat it. Nami! (Yum!)

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