Reacting to Finnish Food in the US 🇫🇮🇺🇸 | Karelian Pies, Kalakukko & More!

rye flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber and nutrients.

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: barley

Quinoa is a protein-rich alternative.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is heart-healthy.

cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

Pick up rolls at a friend's house.

Meet Kayen Holmstrom and see her corvapostis and nisu.

Discuss the rolls and their significance in Finnish culture.

Arrive at Mark and Ra Heikoski's farm.

Learn about Ra's Scandinavian egg coffee and homemade rye bread.

Taste the Carellian pies with rice filling and butter mixed with eggs on top.

Receive fish heads from Ron Hot for fish head soup.

Gather giant rudabaggas from Ron's garden for the potluck.

Prepare for rosa robber's roast by seasoning meat with garlic, salt, pepper, honey, and thyme.

Wrap the seasoned meat in parchment paper, aluminum foil, and chicken wire.

Line a cooking pit with field stones and bury the roast in sand to cook for 6 hours.

Watch cheese cook over the fire and learn about yusta cheese made from colostrum.

Taste the yusta cheese with thimbleberry jam.

Visit Scott and Cindy to learn about Kalakco and liver dumplings.

Scott prepares Kalakco with Lake Superior salmon, onions, and pre-baked bacon.

Scott makes liver dumplings with ground beef livers, eggs, onions, flour, and oatmeal.

Simmer the liver dumplings for 35 minutes.

Dig up the rosa robber's roast after 6 hours and taste it.

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