This weekend was about trying Finnish food. Because i am in a different country, i of course also want to try the local food!
The first thing i tried was a thing called kaalikääryleet, if i remember correctly. It basically comes down to it being a ball of cabbage leaves, with things like rice and meat inside. I sadly did not think to take a picture of it at the time, but it was included in a meal with salmon, roasted potatos and carrots.
And i have to admit, the meal was fine, but the kaalikääryleet was not really my thing. The taste was not really something memorable, but i have a dislike for cabbage since it gives me stomachaches, so this first exploration into Finnish cuisine was a bit of a failure.

The second item of Finnish food i got to taste, was a thing called mämmi. I was told it was a treat usually eaten around easter. By the way my collegues were already saying i was in for a ''surprise'' around easter, i immediatly was reminded of the way Dutch people snicker like that when they are planning to feed a foreigner liqorice, so i immediatly felt a bit apprehensive.
And i gotta say, i can understand their schadenfreude, seeing as said dessert looked like melted tar on a plate in its pure form. But seeing as i wanted to experience as much as i could in terms of food and culture, i could not let this one just slide by on me. The verdict is that eventhough it looks like tar, it tastes suprizingly like roggebrood. Which in the long run is not that shocking since mämmi is made of rye as well, and eaten with either milk, cream or sugar. And seeing as Dutch people eat their roggebrood with sugar or syrup, the differences were not that big, exept maybe the texture.
In the end i felt fairly neutral about it. I'd eat it if someone would give it to me, but it was not a thing that i would buy on my own accord.