The 1st of May, Vappu in Finnish, is the workers' and students' festival and the closest thing to a carnival in this land of quiet, polite people who like to mind their own business. I feel too old to celebrate it with the students and don't really share the ideology of the labour union people whose day this is.
Foodwise I like Vappu, though. Mom always served sausages with potato salad and home-made mead, refreshingly lemony, sugary and bubbly, with a few raisins floating in it. Totally yummy! I have banned all sugary drinks, so a 10 litre (2.5 gal) batch was out of the question, and this year dry Spanish cava took its place.
In our family Vappu food has always been industrial, with processed sausages and processed potato salad. But at least once a year it is wonderful to pig out on this additive-laden, so-not-good-for-you meal!
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Muistatko että äidillä oli myös tapana paistaa kotona omenamunkkeja - mmm... Ikävä kyllä vanhemmat ovat nyt paluumatkalla takaisin sinnepäin 😉
Pakko uskoa nyt että munkit kuuluu vappuun - olin täysin unohtanut. Kinattiin siitä pitkään viimeisen parin päivän ajan, ja olin jo melkein lyömässä nyt jälkikäteen ajatellen kehnon vedon 🙂
Mutta Krispy Kremejen makuun päässeenä mitkään muut munkit ei kyllä enää väräytä viisaria!
Champagne instead of sima??? You're being too modest, Antti:)
And as I haven't had any Krispy Kremes yet, munkit are still delicious..
Pille, believe me, mom's sima is 100x times better than any champagne!
You live in a country with KK locations, and you haven't tried them!!! I'm shocked and disgusted!!! http://www.krispykreme.com/storelocatoruk.html - the raspberry filled is the best, IMO, and the custard filled a close second. Definitely worth a trip to London 🙂
Oh well, Antti. Those Krispy Kremes in London will have to wait. I'm off to Paris this week, so will be enjoying some culinary pleasures there instead and I don't think Krispy Kreme will be one of these;-)
Pille, they WOULD if you had TRIED them 🙂