American Receives Snacks From Finland - International Mail To USA

[@Tunturisorsa]

The difference with Fazer milk chocolate might be that Fazer is one of the few companies that makes their chocolate with fresh milk instead of milk powder.

[@MultiCanis]

Happy that you liked everything and the package and everything in it came in one piece (was worried about those jams and their glass jars). Your face with the Sisu horna made my day. Edited to add, you should try the turkish pepper with vanilla ice cream. Just crush them and sprinkle on top. I usually mix the ice cream so that it looks like soft ice and then add the candy. And try those rye chips with your favorite cream cheese, better that way.

[@Pia-lm7qi]

I guess it was you who sent the package from Finland, thank you very much !! Little taste of Finland

[@MultiCanis]

@@Pia-lm7qi Yes it was me! 😁

[@DNA350ppm]

@@MultiCanis American English: We love you!

[@Zandain]

The face of strong salmiaki liquorice! - made me laugh! but hats off to you Bryson, for daring to try, anything!! hello from Denmark 🌸🌱

[@DNA350ppm]

It is truly entertaining and such a practical joke - you saw that Tyrkish Peber is kind of mock-Danish, didn't you? The everyday Finnish words would be Turkkilainen Pippuri. Doesn't sound so exotic to Finns, though.

[@denhed78]

WHAT you didn't try the LEIJONA, it's a must.... every swede buys it when we go on cruise between Sweden and Finland. I think we Scandinavians are trying to get you to join the dark side of candy world, salty licorice side, the right side ;)

[@Pia-lm7qi]

Yes, Bryson you need to try it :) A unique taste of tar candy.

[@DNA350ppm]

@@Pia-lm7qi And the fragrance of real pine tree tar!!!

[@Pia-lm7qi]

@@DNA350ppm Yummie :P

[@MrAatami]

As a Finn, "Toms Pingvin Salt Pastiller" is something I always want. Someone goes to the cruise and asks if I wanted something, those are the things.... Now I can order them online, they are the same, but somehow still not the same, too easy to get. They are Danish though, I think.

[@DNA350ppm]

@@MrAatami Of course not the same! :-D Nothing you can have everyday is!

[@leopartanen9431]

That chewing gum "Jenkki" means Yankee (as American) in Finnish spoken language, also plural "Jenkit" is a word for Americans, but also for the United States. ✌🏻

[@Pia-lm7qi]

Thanks to the person who sent this generous taste experience of Finland to Bryson!

[@DNA350ppm]

I agree and am happy for Bryson getting this super-generous gift!

[@Brienna82]

The Fazer milkchocolate and Geisha are legit my favourite candy. so glad it's readily aailable in Sweden too. great video per usual, it's fun to have you try bits of what we eat so far away ^^

[@suomenpresidentti]

Hi from Finland! Cloudberry jam is super awesome with vanilla icecream. My favorite ice cream dessert hands down. You'll have to try. P. S. Cloudberries and the jam are real expensive... A rare treat here In Finland too. Maybe $10 that jar.

[@ellalella1]

Yes, and put some of the jam into the microwave and heat it up. Pour the hot jam onto vanilla ice cream, it is so good. It gets this hint of caramel with the berry flavor that is not as clear when the jam is cold as it is when hot.

[@DNA350ppm]

Cloudberries are very rare for sure. I have heard of no cultivation succeeding. You have to pick them in very dangerous places, swamps, and among wild bears; and in some places you are not allowed to pick them at all, as they might be endangered. If somebody in the southern half of Sweden knows where they grow, he will not tell you! He'll pretend he got them from Lapland. There is a good wiki article: "Rubus chamaemorus". They taste like no other berry, so almost an aquired taste among berries, too. Only the very mature berries, that have gotten a little frost-bite are the most delicious, I think. The more sun they have gotten, the better, too - preferably midnight sun. :-D

[@DNA350ppm]

This berry is very rare in Sweden, too. It is impossible to cultivate, you have to go out on a swamp and gather them the right season, and not step wrong. If somebody in the southern half of Sweden knows a place where they grow, he surely will not tell anybody. He just pretends he got them from Lapland, where they are a little more plentiful, but still rare. They taste like no other berry to my knowledge.

[@DNA350ppm]

Sorry, for multiple replies of similar content - don't say I lack "sisu" when I get started (in this case it means I'm thorough and stubborn). I hate it when YT hides my drafts for me! And forbids links. But the informative wiki article was my main point, maybe!? ;-) Rubus chamaemorus, remember! :-D

[@ellalella1]

@@DNA350ppm It is not generally dangerous to pick cloudberries but it is a hassle. You have to wade in wet swamp-ish land and there is often tons and tons of mosquitos in these areas. You will cover yourself in mosquito repellant and they will still eat you alive. We don't have the type you get diseases from though but it is not nice to have hundreds of bites. You may consider wearing a mosquito hat to avoid too many bites to your eyes. Bears do exist in these areas but they are usually not aggressive unless you get between a mom and a cub and you can avoid them by being a bit noisy because bears are smart and don't usually go close to humans if they know you are there. Some people bring a battery powered radio to play while they pick (any) berries so the bear will hear you and not accidentally walk up on you. I have been in bear rich lands in Sweden many times and I have never been afraid of them but I tend to sing a bit to make it easier for them to know I am there. Nothing is 100% but bear attacks are relatively rare especially if you take away the bears that were first shot and then attacked. But picking cloudberries is hard work, it is wet and they can be pretty sparse so every berry might mean 5-10 steps in wet swampy ground so a whole bucket might be many kilometers of walking in wet, slippery land which ground that sinks suddenly (but there is no big risk of getting stuck permently, it doesn't sink that much generally). Some of the best cloudberry lands may also be 10 kilometers from a car road and you need to walk that bit before you even start walking around in the wet marsh. I hate cloudberry picking, I tend to buy them from people who enjoy it. It is expensive but compared to the experience of picking them yourself it is worth every penny. Store bought jam on the other hand is a bit too expensive in my view.

[@Gittas-tube]

Hi Bryson! from a Swedish-speaking Finlander! You're an amazing Kentucky Scorpio and a very rare guy! I especially like your honesty and your inquiring mind. There is a world of wonders outside the U.S. borders, too, that's for sure. You will be very welcome in Finland, whenever you'll be coming here. I hope that you will arrive here in spring, summer or fall, because we're like a totally different people in the summer as compared to in winter time. One thing you may like is that we don't really like small talk. I take this opportunity to wish you a Happy Birthday in advance! P.S. In the late sixties, I lived and worked in Fort Wayne, Ind., and in Chicago for three years, and visited Milwaukee and San Francisco, so I know a little bit about life in the U.S. One piece of advice for when you come to Finland: Don't believe everything you hear. Somebody may be trying to pull your leg. 😉 But other than that, Finlanders are 100% honest and trustworthy. Welcome to Finland! Välkommen till Finland! (Swe) Tervetuloa Suomeen! (Fin)

[@jens1924]

Sisu horna is one of my favourite candies. It's more salmiakki flavour than liquorice which I like. Salmiakki is often called salty liquorice but it is actually ammonium chloride which is a salt. In candies it's usually mixed liquorice. It's definitely an aquired taste. Finnish chocolate I find is not nearly as sugary sweet to those that I have eaten from abroad.

[@AnnaKaunitz]

Try the cloudberry jam with hard fermented cheese like cheddar, manchego, Gouda, and Serrano/Parma ham on a cheese platter. President Brie goes well to. Cucumber, cornichons, nuts and almonds add crunch but optional. All cheese and ham need to be out in room temperature at least 30 minutes for the flavours. On waffles with whipped heavy cream.

[@DNA350ppm]

Wow! So delicious!

[@AnnaKaunitz]

@@DNA350ppm It’s freaking awesome. Simple, filling, great combo, everybody loves it. I need to buy some cloudberry jam myself, been ages since I had any. But a nice vanilla ice cream with the jam is always fab to. Not complicating food is key in Nordic cooking/dishes. Let the flavours/ingredients do the job.

[@DNA350ppm]

@@AnnaKaunitz So true! Five stars from me!

[@rustyspace900]

You can take a fist full of those Turkish peppers, put them in a small bottle of vodka, let dissolve for a day and shake once in a while. That's how you can experience being ~18 in Finland all over again :P

[@Eutha]

Yes! I used to make it by putting all of the coloured ones (not including the brown ones) in the vodka bottle. Takes the taste of vodka complitely away :D

[@MultiCanis]

Yummy when done with Fisherman's friends too. So refreshing!

[@Swedbander]

Horrible flashbacks from a midsummer a long time ago, sitting in a caravan with a mug full of home made turkish pepper shot, dunking sponge cake in it because drunk...

[@julianaFinn]

😞😭 I am so homesick right now. Just stumbled on your channel and as I'm living in Melbourne, as a Finn I miss all these foods from my childhood. Thanks you for letting me vicariously experience them through you....

[@camillasaltoftpedersen8763]

As a teen we used to smash up the tyrkisk peber and mix it with vodka, put it in the fridge overnight and enjoy, or get hammered🤪

[@Paltse]

21:10ish, that was the taste of tough love.

[@Tedger]

Poor guy :D ... sisu means about "guts" in context of to have guts to do something... also.. horna means hell, hot place... so... :D I love those... taste buds get used to them pretty fast if you just keep milling them in :D

[@Songfugel]

Oh wow, now this what I call a package from Finland! Filled with such a delicious and wide selection of Finnish candy. Oh man I wanted to eat each and every one of those so bad xD (Sadly can’t due to diabetes)

[@MultiCanis]

Guys, we should totally do a birthday card/gift thing for Bryson! He told in the live stream that his birthday is around Halloween, so there's plenty of time. He could do a birthday mail opening video! Just put the cards in envelopes and write "happy birthday" on it so he knows to gather them all in one place and open all of them together. What do you think?

[@Pia-lm7qi]

That´s a Great idea! I will definitely do that :D

[@DNA350ppm]

I had thought of sending a card anyways, so I'm totally in on this even better idea!

[@TheNismo777]

Seems like you're fan of Sisu horna :D Your reaction was priceless!!

[@annikahurtig5393]

Cloudberrys together with golden chanterelle makes the gold of the forrest. Geisha has been my favourite chocolate since the first time I ate it, which is a bunch of years back now XD It's so fun to watch you try everything and that you dare to do it. Would be fun to get to know what your friends and family think about the stuff you share with them :-)

[@thiscouldntblowmore]

im from Finland and i have the same pair of 2€ scissors as you. XD Thanks China.

[@tommihourula4238]

You should buy the good orange Fiskars scissors (made in Finland) so it wouldn’t be so difficult to open parcels ;)

[@itsmebrysonp]

I had no idea those are made in Finland. Some of the best scissors whenever I was in school and teachers had them!

[@tommihourula4238]

@@itsmebrysonp Fiskars is actually the oldest Finnish company still in business. Founded in 1649. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskars

[@lyrigageforge3259]

@@itsmebrysonp Yea they are - but I'd say that you should realize that the Horna - is just another Finnish word for 'Hell' or a very, very hot place. I am a Finn, but live in France, so my parents send me those Horna -candies and I have hard time not stuffing them down the hatch withing few moments. They are just great.

[@CreativeHuckleBerry]

I have always said "Fatzer" even tho it has no t. I remember as a kid going on the Ferry "Vaasa-Umeå" inbetween Finland & Sweden, we always bought Turkish Peber Lollipop bags, at that time in the 80's i belive it was the only place to get Turkish Peber :)

[@magicofshootingstar]

Well that is the way to say it. But I wouldn't expect someone from other side of pond to know it. Even if he pronanciated most of the things verry well. 🙂

[@Eivind.A]

I'm just thinking that Bryson will get diabetes if he continues getting packages filled with Sukkertøy/Snop or as we say in my town: Snob! 😏

[@DNA350ppm]

Good thing that all people in his circles get it, too! ;-) Hope he saves some candy for halloween and Xmas! As we said in Helsinki long ago: he is a brainy guy!

[@snorpenbass4196]

Generally when we have jam on toast in Scandinavia, there's a bit of butter on first. It mixes very nicely with the jam.

[@albertbergquist2113]

You should film when your coworkers try the candy! :)

[@mikaelpeltonen96]

Finland sent the biggest package 👍

[@SubwaySweden]

anybody else waiting for Salmiak ;-)

[@lassemanninen4750]

Sisu Horna (horna = firepit of hell) is SO good. Litle bag last long time. Ur face was priceles.🥰🤩

[@MultiCanis]

Well, for me it lasts like 30 minutes and they're all gone. 😅

[@RoyalMela]

Suomi is Finland in finnish.

[@josef9253]

Mix 3 packs Gifu Horna to 0,5 l vodka bottle and let them go liquid with vodka 🤛

[@DNA350ppm]

Jippi! Hurray! Hyvä, Suomi!

[@DNA350ppm]

Geisha from Finland? Yes, sir. In Europe we have had a long time admiration for the most elevated Asian culture - not just tea, porcellan, and ink-drawings, but also poetry, yoga, cherry-blossoms, and samurai-sports with fancy names. Finnish poets of high standard have written and translated Japanese style poems and this chocolate is sublime, and so also a huge favourite.

[@DNA350ppm]

I see that you have a pair of scissors Finnish style - copied all over the world, but the original is from Fiskars, an iron-workshop in the South of Finland, grown huge. And I hope that the Jenkki (which means Yankee) chewing gum came with Xylitol, which is originally a sugar from the sap of the birch tree. It was proven in the late 1970's by the odontological faculty of the University of Turku (south western Finland), that xylitol can heal small cavities and prevent damage to healthy teeth. Look for Xylitol in tooth-pastes and chewing gum, and make sure your children have them regularly - it has helped tooth-health in Finland a lot, as the soils and waters are naturally not rich in fluor which protects teeth in many southern countries. So if tooth-decay is a problem in Kentucky, do help to make a little noise for the sweetener Xylitol, which tastes very sweet, so children do like it. A piece of chewing gum after a candy-binge is the right thing to have, for the teeth. (We also recommend probiotics, healthy diet and exercise, to stay healthy otherwise. Lots of Finnish research on that! Finns used to have severe heart-problems, it is much better now. Liquorice (salmiakki) is not recommended for those who have elevated blood pressure, so it is typically just a young people's thing.)

[@MultiCanis]

@@DNA350ppm Actually there is salmiakki that people with high blood pressure can eat! You just have to find one without glycyrrhizin in it. Finnish company Namitupa makes that kind of salmiakki, and it's so good! (though also more expensive than the regular stuff) Pregnant women can also eat it without having to worry about their baby, so that's why it's been called "raskaussalmiakki" or "pregnancy salmiakki".

[@DNA350ppm]

@@MultiCanis Useful and interesting to know - thanks for sharing.

[@jukkakarna7810]

How about video,when you,and your co-workers or family taste those?

[@jukkakarna7810]

I understand if its not possible,i know,but it just come in my mind.

[@MrAatami]

Scissors should have orange handle(?).

[@christian5941-e4o]

Cloudberry is really expensive here in Sweden.

[@ImForwardlook]

I'm a Finn and not a fan of licorish or salmiakki. Chocolate is my thing and I'm biased towards the Finnish ones. I live in Sweden now and the local chocolate is pretty bad. Unfortunately there are only a few Fazer varieties here and the export packs are a rip-off.

[@beorlingo]

God morgon!

[@otso7152]

🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@vpuik]

Salmiakki!!!!

[@keenmate9719]

Oh no, just read the title of this video and my PTSD is back.. Salmiakki's going to be in the box, isn't it!! Help us God!

[@kotinorsu6987]

Brooooo😂😂😂😂 if even tyrkish peber was nothing how is horna then something :D

[@ImForwardlook]

Jenkki is "Yankee" in Finnish.....