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Rye chips. We love our rye bread, and nowadays we also like to eat it in a form of chips. Healthier than the traditional potato chips.

Liquorice. Traditional Finnish candy. Colour is black, taste is good.

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In Latvia Midsummer festival (Līgo and Jāņi)  is National Day of Latvia. The Jāņi cheese is a fixture on the Jāņi table. Nowadays the cheese has also become one of the symbols of Latvian culture.
Ingredients

3l full fat milk

1kg cottage cheese

2 eggs, lightly whisked

100g butter

2 teaspoons caraway seeds

2 teaspoons salt

50x50 cm cheese cloth

Instructions

1. Pour the milk in a large saucepan and add the cottage cheese. Heat the mixture on a low heat stirring frequently.

2. After 15-20 minutes the milk and cheese will separate, creating yellow-green whey.

3. While milk and cottage cheese is heating up, melt the butter in a separate pot over low heat.

4. Place a fine sieve over a large bowl and pour the mixture in the sieve. Once it is well drained, add the cheese mixture to the pot with melted butter.

5. Turn the heat on low, and mix the cheese mixture with butter. Add egg, caraway seeds and salt and combine well. Heat the mixture for about 3-4 minutes while stirring constantly. It will become thicker and the curds will be more prominent.

6. Place the cheesecloth in the sieve and pour the mixture in it. To "tie" the cheese pull the corners of the cloth together and spin them until you get a parcel of cheese.

7. Place the cheese parcel into a bowl, cover with a plate to add weight on top and place the bowl in a fridge.

8. Cheese is ready to eat when completely cooled down, but ideally after 24 hours.

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Rye bread is the cultural and nutritional cornerstone of Finnish diet. When Finns travel abroad for a longer time they miss it and for expats that’s number one gift (along with Fazer Blue -label chocolate).
Linkosuo bakery is the oldest bakery in my hometown Tampere and I’ll bring the rye chips which are made here.

Oat licorice: Finland is one of the top producers of oats and Finnish oats research has become world famous. Oat is superfood and fast-growing nutrition business in Finland. The popularity of healthy oats has been increasing and different products of oats have been developed. Finns eat lots of liquorice and it’s considered healthy candy.

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Different chocolate and cookies of Fazer, the most traditional Finnish chocolate producer. (Read more from the previous post.)

Tyrkish Pepper. Traditional, hot Finnish candy. Taste it if you dare!

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Finnish milk chocolate

Karl Fazer, also known as Fazer Blue, is part of the Finnish cultural heritage.The Fazer's milk chocolate first appeared in 1922 in its famous blue wrapper symbolising the pure Finnish nature. Fazer Blue is made from fresh milk.

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Dried Finnish berries
Finnish growing conditions are cold. The berries that grow in Finnish forest are part of the traditional Finnish diet. We have all man rights to collect berries in Nordic countries. The most favoured berries arre lingonberry, blueberry and cloudberry.

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Finnish rye bread
Rye bread is a dark, sour bread and it`s the most popular type of bread in Finland. Traditional rye bread was dried near the kitchen ceiling and preserved over the long winter into its many forms. Nowadays this kind of bread is available in all its forms and stages of aging throughout the whole of Finland, regardless of season.

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Our traditional folk food is potica. It is a rolled pastry. The most common is with walnuts, there can be variations with, hazelnuts, tarragon, poppy seeds. We bake it for big festives, especially for Christmas and Easter.

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„Stollen“ is a German cake containing dried fruit and marzipan, usually eaten at Christmas and dating back to the 14th century. I hope the sugar coating will stand the heat ...

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Dried garlic bread- I would not say that it is far the most traditional food but I guess it is very famous snack with beer and seved in many occassions, even despite its particualr ingredient- garlic! Rye bread is slightly fried in quality olive oil ( or Latvian countryside ladies did it in pig fat) and then gently rubbed with garlic. The taste is amazing if it is fresh and especially homemade with locally grown garlic.