COOKING A FINNISH DISH AGAIN! (MUNAJUUSTO)

[@torala]

Leipäjuusto is a mildly toasted and salted rennet cheese. No sour milk or eggs are involved , just a little bit salt, rennet and milk. Munajuusto is a different thing, but it is good also. Great job :)

[@AlenaTalks]

Thanks! :)

[@MrCurwen]

Listen, I've randomly mixed leipäjuusto and juustoleipä all my life! I THINK I'm saying the right one then just accidentally say the other. It happens. I've never seen or heard of this munajuusto, my karelian grandmother never made anything like this. Just looking at what goes into it, I'm sure it's nice to eat though. You should try and make pannari sometime. It's so simple it's almost impossible to get it wrong. Not to doubt your cooking skills, but less pressure!

[@AlenaTalks]

I like less pressure!😁 thanks for the suggestion :)

[@shroomyesc]

5:22 Good rule of thumb here is that the first word is the descriptor so juustoleipä = cheesy bread (toast with cheese) and then leipäjuusto = bread cheese. Was going to scroll down and comment nice kitchen in the first few seconds before you said it wasn't yours 😅

[@AlenaTalks]

A great tip, thanks! Well, the kitchen is still nice😁

[@AndroidAndr3w]

I'm quite impressed with the results. I thought this might not work such thick version of sour milk. I think the closer equivalent to sour milk (piimä) mentioned in some recipes would be kefir. But it seems some recipes add kermaviili which is (as you know) a version of creme fraiche. I think I want to try this too.

[@AlenaTalks]

I actually almost bought creme fraiche but my dictionary said that sour milk is a different thing😅

[@ValWasTakenWasTaken]

You could try making Karjalanpiirakka and Lihapiirakka. Choose a preferred recipe, there are as many as there grandmas in Finland.

[@AlenaTalks]

Someday I’ll gain courage for these dishes! :)

[@austingarixz3631]

Nice video i love your video I am from India

[@AlenaTalks]

Thank you! :)

[@ImForwardlook]

You did well. On Friday I was in the store and they had this French Brie cheese on sale. What the heck, I could try it out. Well, it was like a sole and pretty much tasted like one....

[@AlenaTalks]

Can’t support you here, I love brie!😄

[@ImForwardlook]

@@AlenaTalks No one should like Brie lol!

[@AppalakkiWatchman]

Well done. It certainly was a good protein filled dinner for ya. I might be wrong though , but I think it should be asking for buttermilk instead of sour cream. Or maybe it's just made differently in different parts of Finland. Anyways great video as always. I may have to try this myself , haven't been able to get any Finnish dishes in the longest time , and with all this going on it seems like I won't be able to go back to Finland anytime soon. It's been years since I've been back home.

[@AlenaTalks]

Hopefully, things will improve soon and you will be able to get back!🤞🏻

[@arska77]

Haha😂That was funny, but good job you made 👍 And that cat looked mean. Little pro cooking tip for you, if some pot or cattle is full of liquid and you tilt it, it will flow on the floor 😂😜✌️

[@AlenaTalks]

This tip doesn’t work for clumsy people😂😂

[@arska77]

@@AlenaTalks naah, i dont believe that you are clumsy 😊

[@AlenaTalks]

@@arska77 trust me😂 I’ve cut out the part where I hit my head fixing the camera😂🙈

[@arska77]

@@AlenaTalks 😂hah, dont cut the best parts off 😂👍

[@timolukkaroinen6678]

Kiitos Alena videosta. In history I was in worktrip in CCCR. One place we got really good smashruum (sieniruoka). Do you know reciept ? Netistä olen löytänyt Julienne sienipaisto reseptin. Onko samanlainen ?

[@AlenaTalks]

Unfortunately, I don’t know the recipe. I don’t like mushrooms so can’t say anything about it :(

[@Idefixu]

Since you made a cooking video and since it is Easter, (pääsiäinen), time, I suggest you watch a crazy 2 minute video from an old Finnish TV comedy series. Search for the video "Pääsiäishanukas" on YT. Posted by Nikke Knatterton. That is the original version, the other one is a remake, not as good. Pääsiäishanukas a is traditional Finnish Easter delicacy! 😜 (Warning: The video contains male nudity. No big deal for us Finns.) They also give the recipe for pääsiäishanukas. You might want to try making pääsiäishanukas yourself? ( I guess I should have sent my comment yesterday when it was April fools day.) In finnish Lapland juustoleipä is called kahvijuusto, coffee cheese, because they have the habbit of tearing! pieces of the cheese, put them in a coffee cup, and pour coffee on them. Adding cream and sugar to everyones own taste. You must not cut the cheese with a knife! When you tear it there is more surfice so that the cheese can suck more coffee in. If you replace kahvijuusto with pulla, sweet roll, you get pullamössö - smashed pulla. That was my favorite as a kid. My family is originally from Southern Lapland, so I spent about a month there every summer when I was a kid. My mother never bought kahvijuusto from a grocery store, but always from a local woman who made kahvijuusto. Other specialties from Lapland are rieska, bread made of barley, and kampanisu, made of butterdough, the same dough you use when you make joulutorttu, the star shaped torttu with plum marmelade in the middle. Kampanisu got it's name from it's shape, it looks a little like a comb. I used to call it varvastorttu, because it looks like 5, (or 4) toes. Varvas = a toe. Greetings, hope you are doing fine!

[@AlenaTalks]

I’ll try to watch this video, thanks😅 Never heard of putting this cheese in coffee, I gotta try it next time I’ll get my hands on it☺️ Happy Easter to you!

[@juusstube]

You succeeded, you are wife material :)

[@AlenaTalks]

Who knows, who knows😂

[@TheYannir]

It is impressing to me that you do videos on subjects you're not 100% confident in, like cooking. That shows some real strength of character, being able to show an imperfect side like that. Makes you feel like genuine human when everything isn't super edited to perfection.

[@AlenaTalks]

Thank you☺️ trying something new is most of the time a lot of fun!

[@Samisesano]

Uhh, feel like such a lousy (native) Finn now: first time hearing about this... dish? :D (Alena's cheerful mood is wonderfully contagious though!)

[@AlenaTalks]

Well, now you know about it! :)

[@RuckusAK_21]

Well I don’t know anything about Finnish cuisine, but a good Brazilian dish is Coxinha.

[@AlenaTalks]

Never heard of it, thanks!

[@RuckusAK_21]

@@AlenaTalks You’re welcome and I am not surprised you’ve never heard of it because most people outside of Brazil don’t really know about the dish from what I’ve gathered.

[@thisworldofwater8017]

"Now it seems to me that there are so many things that can go wrong in this video." Can I be frank? I tend to find ladies who AREN'T ultracompetent in the kitchen somewhat...er...attractive. Alena, I hope you don't find this offensive. As always, take care and stay strong.

[@AlenaTalks]

Thank you😅 Stay safe too!