I travelled to Finland a bit more than a year ago for a Sonata Arctica concert, I was only two days there and pretty much the only food I ate, apart from the hotel’s breakfast, was this (I was in a hurry and all I could think about was the concert) Up to this day I’m still wondering what are these dressings/condimenta called as I really enjoyed many of these and I wish I could find them in South America (more specifically in Peru)
I wish I had tried some traditional food but I couldn’t, I’ll do it next time
Thank you very much for your time
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looks like ketchup, coarse grain mustard, and a cucumber relish in the background (green). Looks like there’s some mayonayse there too.
You mean mayonnaise, ketchup and mustard?
Purple stuff is pickled onions, green stuff is pickle relish, yellow stuff is course grain mustard.
Looks like some fancy version of Makkaraperunat (typical grill food of fries and pieces of sausage).
This one seems to have deep fried potato slices, deep fried pieces of different sausages (could be some kind of bratvurst/currywurst, grilli balkan and chili-cheese grill sausage but could be anything else as well), sliced cucumbers, pickled red onion, mayonaise, whole grain mustard, ketchup and relish.
So condiments are nothing special, what makes it taste so nice is having them all there mixing together and the hunger. And fries they rode in on.
I love an appreciation post of a good makkaraperunat.
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Pickled cucumber Salad
A traditional Finnish cucumber salad recipe.
You’ll need:
1 kg pickling cucumbers (outdoor cucumbers)
3 cloves of garlic
2 onions
1 bunch fresh dill
Pickling liquid:
2 dl water
2 dl spirit vinegar (clear distilled vinegar, about 10–12%)
4 dl sugar
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp mustard seeds
3 bay leaves
Preparation:
1. Wash the cucumbers carefully and cut them into cubes. Finely chop the onions, garlic, and dill.
2. Put all the pickling liquid ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil.
3. Add the cucumber cubes, onions, and dill to the pot and let simmer for about five minutes.
4. Spoon the cucumber salad into glass jars with tight-fitting lids. Store in the refrigerator.
Marinated Red Onion
Ingredients:
2 large red onions
100 ml (a little under ½ cup) red wine vinegar
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil
⅓ tsp black pepper
Instructions:
1. Peel the onions and cut them into rings. Place the onion rings in a bowl or jar.
2. In a saucepan, combine the red wine vinegar, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil, then pour the hot mixture over the onions.
3. Add the oil and black pepper to the jar and mix well.
4. Let marinate for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight, before serving.
Four types of sausagg, mayo, ketchup, senap, pickle onnio, cucumba, potatis + some piclkesauc the green stuff usually contain more cucumber n relishshit
Well, you did kinda try some traditional street food in a way, so don’t be too disappointed.
In terms of the sausage for makkaraperunat, typically the varieties you see in finland is of three specific ones. First two varieties are of the HK sininen, one is the typical double sausage package (HK sininen lenkki) package you can purchase here in stores, it is peeled and cut into chunks in the restaurant, this is a smoked variant. The other commonly served variant is made of the same meat paste, but restaurants buy it ready cubed in bags in bulk, this is cheaper, and this is not smoked.
However I’d assume what you have there is the third most common one in my experience, which is HK kabanossi.
I can’t really help with the sauces other than excluding the most common varieties served here of the specific types.The commonly used ones have very different coloration and texture to the relish, mustard and ketchup. They could be house made concoctions and mixes of things.
Potato, couple different sausages, red onions, cucumber, ketshup, mayo and mustard
That is actually pretty traditional in a way 🤣
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