Culture Shocks in Finland - FINNISH FOOD!

[@lisahumphries3898]

Finns are great hosts when you go to their home. Always, always, you will be offered food and drink.

[@notuxnobux]

When my mother was a child in finland potatoes was the only carbohydrate available, along with bread. They ate potatoes everyday. They had never heard of pasta or rice. To this day, my mother feels that a meal is incomplete if it doesn't contain potatoes.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

haha yes, my friend's dad said the same thing :)

[@oakstrong1]

When I was a child rice waa only a used in festive dessets except rice porridge at Christmas which could also be the main meal (as well as meat, most commonly roast ham)

[@Maskuh8]

In school we almost always have potatoes

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

So you grew up with potatoes :)

[@luru1544]

You pronounced mämmi well 👍

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Haha Kiitti!

[@helenahalme2123]

I am originally from Tampere and I miss mustamakkara so much! It's absolutely best eaten when freshly cooked in the market hall or at the Tapola shop. I love your videos although I think Tampere is the second-largest city in Finland, not the third. 😉

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Thank you for watching! Yes I agree, I liked eating Mustamakkara from Tapola when I was living in Tampere😁 I think it depends on if you include Espoo in Helsinki or not. Some source says Tampere is the third biggest, some others say the second biggest.

[@punkkumies1283]

@@DAIKIFinlandLife Tampere is the second biggest urban area in finland after Helsinki.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

@@punkkumies1283 Espoo has more population.

[@punkkumies1283]

@@DAIKIFinlandLife yes but is part of the helsinki urban area.I was talking about urban areas.

[@hahaaukko1127]

I find the potato part pretty funny considering how much rice/noodles are consumed in Japan and how they are served with almost every single dish. Why does it surprise you so much that potatoes are the rice of Finland?

[@LukasKuneshenko]

Kiitos❤❤Atsugista

[@suzyq8328]

you pronounce words really well

[@jussimustonen6829]

When ever I eat salmiakki I cant stop eating them, so good

[@scottgrohs5940]

I must be a bit strange, as a non-Finn I liked sälmiakki the first time I tried it.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

You are lucky to be able to enjoy it from the very beginning! :)

[@juliushakala5148]

No you aren't, you just have more sophisticated taste buds my friend😏

[@supremegreaser2399]

You only need Sausages and beer to sustain yourself.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Good point😂

[@TheMiniMaestroMan]

I'm from Dundee, Scotland, and I have friends from Finland and Japan. Both countries are great, I love ice hockey and Moomin. The Finnish language is very interesting too. Great video!

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Thank you for watching! That's nice to hear :)

[@oddity4353]

Very interesting to listen ! 😁 love to hear how you slowly began liking mämmi and mustamakkara.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Thank you! Now I can say I like them :)

[@finnishjared]

have you had pannu kakk? it’s 🔥

[@user-kiki788]

字幕が関西弁でくすっと笑ってしまいます(^ ^)トナカイのミートボール気になりました！

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

ありがとうございます😃　フィンランドにお越しの際は、ぜひ！

[@oakstrong1]

You missed blood pancakes with lingonberry jam

[@puhistagram]

With that adaptability you will became more finnish than finns. 😉 Quality video again 👍🏻

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Thank you! haha well luckily it just happened...at least I'm open to try new stuff :)

[@pirateradioFPV]

ポテト、ライ麦のパン、フィンランドの味ですよ😂コーヒーは生活！😄

[@jaeger233]

great man. welcome

[@jeremiasalho1983]

Me 🇫🇮😀

[@cinnamontea326]

I'm a Finn and occasionally I've got a serious craving for salmiakki.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Actually I got that comments from many Finns :)

[@padjack2616]

good share, brother,nice video, you will get use to it, watching from Vancouver with love , please keep in touch and stay connected thank you.,

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Thank you for watching! Wow Vancouver, my favorite city! I did my exchange in Vancouver for a year 10 years ago :)

[@tinycrimester]

i think the typical salad dressings at student restaurants are nasty. i used to bring my own as well and got laughed at, but my salad was 10/10 as a result, so joke's on them! :D finns just think it's not ok to complain about anything.

[@Digitaaliklosetti]

Mix a little natto in the mämmi and it goes down fine

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Maybe I should try that😂

[@alborn4217]

@@DAIKIFinlandLife Mämmi is typically eaten during Winter and the Christmas season.

[@oakstrong1]

@@alborn4217Where did you live? You cannot buy mämmi at any other time except around Easter, so if you want to eat it in winter you have to male it yourself. It would be ideal winter food though because it is so stodgy and filling, but it's not warn unless freshly baked or you serve it with warm milk (who does that?)

[@yorkaturr]

I don't know if in Japan there are many people who categorically hate Japanese food, but in Finland there are many Finns who openly hate Finnish food :D

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

hahaha really...😂

[@yorkaturr]

@@DAIKIFinlandLife The thing that annoys me most is the use of milk in everything. Milk in fish soup, milk in spinach soup, milk in sauces, milk in casseroles, milk in desserts and milk in cocktails. And if it's not milk, then it's cheese. There's a good reason to this extensive use of dairy, which even many Finns don't know about. You see, in Finland it's kind of hard to grow vegetables or grain in the fields especially up north, but grass will grow very well, and cows will be able to utilize that. There have been occasions when Finland tried to farm crops like in central Europe, but for example in 1866-1868 there was a horrible famine that lead to the death of 10% of the whole population. They died of hunger because the grain crops failed due to extremely heavy rainfall, so in the following years instead of grain they started growing grass and brought in cows instead. It worked out so well that dairy production is the cornerstone of Finnish agriculture even to this day ever since then.

[@dagotacorode4221]

I'm one of them. I don't like traditional Finnish food at all. Milk, potatoes, wheat, etc and it's almost impossible to find anything healthy and nutritious to eat when you're in a hurry at the grocery store for example! It's so frustrating!

[@joona2000]

@@dagotacorode4221 almost impossible? Where do you live? Normally large grocery shops and superkarmets have everything. Just don't choose unhealthy options. I have healthy eating habits and I`ve never had any problems to buy food.

[@jslfcs6655]

@@dagotacorode4221 You must be extremely picky then.

[@arankin2914]

I am a New Zealander who moved to Poland for work, but will likely move to Finland in the future as I was offered a job there. I actually really like Polish food, it was very easy to adapt. But looking at some of these foods, I think I’d rather not try any of it. :)

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

Sounds cool, I hope you enjoy Finnish food as well :D

[@basicguy5785]

I have been living in Finland for 24 years and I still think musta makkara is disgusting.

[@DAIKIFinlandLife]

hahahaha I understand :)

[@marcobrinckmann1012]

HERECY!. Musta makkara with lingonberries is fantastic.

[@basicguy5785]

@@marcobrinckmann1012 Sorry, but I'm not religious.

[@suzyq8328]

most Finns DO NOT eat mammi