“Laskiainen” is a Finnish celebration marking the transition from winter to spring, highlighted by outdoor activities like sledding. Its main event falls on Shrove Tuesday. The “laskiaispulla” is a sweet bun flavored with cardamom, filled with whipped cream, and either almond paste or raspberry jam, traditionally enjoyed during this festive period.

by heloust

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  1. I can eat all of them. At least the ones with raspberry jam in them.

  3. Depends on size and amount of whipped cream but likely 3-4.

  9. I could eat… many.
    I’m old and wise. I eat one or two.
    Something people find really disturbing, that I prefer having both traditional fillings in my _laskiaispulla_.

  10. You’d better not eat more than 13, there’s a myth the Swedish king Adolf Frederick literally died after eating 14 of them.

  11. I never got how you’re supposed to eat laskiaspulla without squeezing out all the whipped cream as you bite into it, always makes a mess

  12. I usually only manage one, because the exaggerated amount of whipped cream is quite icky. But if push comes to shove, I can eat two. Much prefer the ones with almond paste filling to jam.

  15. ‘My strange addiction: laskiaspulla’ episode would be on me

  16. I’m in the US and made them once for a game night with friends….I was so excited, I ate 3 or 4, then was so full. Worth it though. Friends loved them.

  23. My grandma always called them carnival pulla haha she’s born and raised in Finland and moved abroad as an adult where she started a family.
    I can’t speak Finnish so she always called them carnival pulla when she made them for me

  27. Someone has downvoted every comment, so that everything further down is at 0 or -1. Guess I’ll just upvote every comment to compensate.

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