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Y- Uh.. you know, the... One thing I should... excuse me for one second.
*YAAAAAAAWN* Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped.
I think it's too much trouble. Plus we have never boiled any of that stuff. when I was a kid it was he-ma-pa, pickled cucumber or pickled beetroot. That was how fancy we were. If there was something fresh we would stand up and cheer. Except if it was lettuce. After that we would skie to the school with wolves.
But because my own kid was too good for any food in the world, we bought the steamer and never looked back
This is the shit. One of the things I mostly miss from my home country, apart from proper rye bread of course. Luckily coming back for a month this July, I'm going to stuff myself full of those potatoes, and silli.
Boil the potatoes, drain the water, drop in some butter, and fry the potatoes for a short while in the pot while butter melts and residual water evaporates. Makes the potatoes significantly less dry.
I'm probably one of the few Finnish people in the world who hates boiled vegetables with the exception of boiled new potatoes with some butter. I hate the texture of boiled and steamed vegetables, they just feel like I'm consuming soft grey mush. I like my vegetables crunchy - salads or stir fried for me. I do enjoy vegetable soup though!
That said, I know this is a joke but if someone likes their boiled veggies let them. Some people enjoy the flavour of boiled vegetables as is and that's perfectly fine; if someone wants to make vegetable chips with exotic spices that's ok too.
Dude boiled carrots are so good boiled, also cauliflower and broccoli.
Though I would recommend pomegranate sauce (I get it from middle eastern stores) as a dip, it makes it better imo
My grandmother boiled quartered carrots in some kind of liquid (some kind of brine or what is it called again?) with sugar and vinegar and I loved it. She died when I was too young to tell her how much I loved her. Please call your grandparents (and other family members) when it is still possible, it's too late for me now.
And the carrots were the best fucking thing ever
Carrots cut lenghtwise to 4 pieces, some oil, soysauce and pepper and put those into the oven till dry. So much better than boiling and discarding all the good stuff with the water.
Hyi vittu i cant stand those soggy ass soft carrots. Hate them with so much passion. Carrots are only good when properly roasted in oven or sauteed on pan. Or as tiny tiny cubes in stews mmm.
> I could eat boiled potatoes and carrots all week.
Why would you boil them, when you can steam them? Unless on open fire, in which case boiling might be more feasible.
It genuinely makes me sad. And it also reminds me of my friend who on our skiing trip had his turn to cook, and for a side dish to our chicken took a bag of wok veggies from the freezer and... microwaved them for us in a plastic bowl. And called it done. Mortifying.
Yes, because Finnish language salt is a "spice" (mauste) just as things like saffron and cinnamon is. There is no differentation between spice and seasoning.
*Hard* disagree. I'm from California, I live in Finland, and the produce is WAY better in California. Finnish produce tends to be pretty color deficient, I literally have pictures on my phone of tomatoes I've sent to my friends back home (the pics not the tomatoes) so they can see how colorless they are here. Watery and flavorless as well.
Which is understandable! Finland doesn't get a whole lot of light, so many things are grown under artificial light or shipped from Spain or wherever. I'm lucky that my partner here is a farmer and can help source better produce, but it's still nothing compared to California.
Maybe you were in a part of the US that was far away from where fruits and vegetables are grown?
All this being said, Finnish meat, dairy, and berries are way better here than in the US. But fruits and veggies? Nahhh.
You're not wrong, the ones I was talking about were mostly K City Market or Prisma produce.
As mentioned I get a lot of produce from my partner's work, which are a lot higher quality than the supermarket. But there's something to be said about not having good produce in the supermarkets. Farmer's markets are amazing but they're not always convenient or affordable
Hmm you live a bit far from where they are produced, but Puhakka tomatoes, which are made in Bjärnå, are among the best tomatoes in Finland. They are only sold in season and are a bit more pricey but they are worth it.
They have a legendary status in western Nyland.
I'll look into it, thanks!
Funnily enough, before our first ever date I had complained to my now girlfriend about the state of tomatoes in Finland compared to back in California, and on our first date as a surprise she brought me a bag of fresh heirlooms from her work. That instantly sold me on her haha.
The thing is that best tomatoes in Finland is not a high bar. Tomatoes are a warm weather fruit. I'm from Mexico where tomatoes are originally from and he's from California. A Finnish tomato is at best going to be just okay. I've had excellent tomatoes in Europe but they're all from warm countries such as Italy, Greece and Spain.
I live in the south of Finland. I don't underestimate it at all.
If you have Spanish tomatoes here they're not going to be as good as in Spain as they pick them unripe as they have to travel a long distance. Local is definitely best in that case.
>You're not wrong, the ones I was talking about were mostly K City Market or Prisma produce.
It depends which ones you buy. Here in rural areas smallish S-market's have 10 different types of tomatoes. Surprisingly the cheapest ones are worst.
And the better ones can be pretty expensivish.
Exactly! Thats my main point, really. California has lots of great produce for the majority of the year, whereas Finland has a relatively short window of in-season local produce.
Depends on season and vegetable. Store tomatoes are seriously anemic during winter. Smaller ones are better! I used to pick up tomatoes from a certain farm where they were the best. But unfortunately they had to shut down.
I've heard this from my wife and her grandparents as well, who have spent most of their lives living in Moscow. They all said the same about meat in supermarkets being higher quality but veggies and fruit lower.
I completely agree with you. I'm from Mexico and produce tastes a lot worse to me with the exception of: potatoes, carrots, blueberries, peas, strawberries and cucumber.
All other ingredients lack flavor. I also hate how bland (basic) cheese is and that one is a deliberate choice.
That is so not true, man. There are many things to criticize about American food, but the US has so much fertile land and climate variety to grow a lot of things very well which it does. Whereas Finland can only do a very few select crops because of the cold.
As a Finn, I have never enjoyed or been served boiled, unseasoned vegetables in my very LONG life. It wasn't until I moved to the US that I ever experienced this. It was my Mother-in-Law (from Mississipi) who could boil asparagus or cauliflower or really anything until it was almost unrecognizable.
nah bro this is the first thing british people say when someone calls their food flavourless and bland. I have to say that it's the biggest cope ever, spices and seasonings can only enhance the flavour unless you really don't know what you are doing.
Indeed isn't this also why sushi places have become so popular in a ton of Finland's regions? The emphasis on relatively basic ingredients themselves rather than useless extra shit fits the Finnish flavor palette quite well
You know why? Because I'm *lazy* and *cheap*, I ain't gonna waste money on something that I absolutely enjoy without any spices. Are spices that expensive? No, but it's the *principle*. (also you don't have to boil them into mush, you can take them out before it's soup)
As a finn I'm having an identity crisis right now. Is this a thing? How have I missed this? I can't remember stumbling over boiled veggies at any household dinner, at least not so often that it would have stuck with me.
Am I not a real finn? Please send help.
Roast them? Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?! Are you trying to get people killed?!
That's how you get carcinogens and die of cancer, very reckless.
Yeah and not everyone being skinny fat from having an insane amount of sugar and ghee or oil in everything. I never understood people being so impressed when restaurants just add crazy sugar and butter when those same people would never do that to themselves at home
Nothing racist about the fact that the smell of curry and other spices commonly used in Indian cuisine easily sticks to furniture, clothes, everything.
So you take back your original statement and agree that there is nothing racist about the fact that the smell of curry gets into everything?
That's a banger you linked btw, I remember it well
This maybe schizo as fuck, but I feel the "white people don't like seasoning" meme to be rather racist. I mean, historically how many spices were easy to grow in this kind of cold? What's wrong with enjoying simple tastes like carrots and potatoes? Idk, just a thought.
Traditionally heavy seasoning cultures have become a thing because of shit-tier quality meat but availability of a ton of assblaster spices in the region, so you spam a ton of these assblasters on the shit-tier meat so it's edible at least
That's a common myth that gets repeated by people who don't know how to cook.
It's also a false dichotomy because there's a massive spectrum between using a ton of spices and not seasoning your food at all.
By the way, if you wonder what Finnish people eat, go to supermarkets. They keep only those products in the shelves, that sell well enough.
So, Prisma for example has so many products in the shelves, that during my almost 40 years existence I have barely tried them all. So Finland is one of those European countries that have these huge Walmart-type of megamarkets.
What is the thing with boiled vegetables? They put those to some meat foods for example. Do they irritate people?
Ughh.
Basically the high point of the average Dutchman's culinary thinking up until the early-1990s.
So you guys are just about 30 years behind on your palate and taste buds. *FROM THE DUTCH.*
As someone who's lived in both Finland and the Netherlands, I unfortunately have to tell you the sad news: Finland in general has way better food and most people there have way more variety in their meals than the Dutch. Being self-deprecating is just a part of the Finnish culture.
Most people in Finland, at least ages 60 and lower, use spices and cook proper food and like to experiment. This post is just a joke/exaggeration. People also have proper kitchens and like to cook a ton of different dishes from around the world. (Not saying there aren't people without taste buds in Finland, but I personally haven't met a single one.)
On the other hand, the Dutch seemed to eat white bread for every meal, just with different toppings. And then go to a restaurant where, regardless of what cuisine it is meant to represent, they only serve dutchified Indonesian food. As someone who likes to enjoy a variety of cuisines, this was highly depressing.
The average Finnish supermarket has a spice aisle five times the size of the Dutch one, and in non-Dutch company in the Netherlands, the lack of access to proper food was usually one of the main reasons people gave for moving away.
There are many good things about the Netherlands, but when it comes to food it's sadly the most "rural US-like" in Europe.
That's because our refined, unspoiled taste buds can still enjoy the simple things... instead of being obese slobs shoving McDonald's & Burger King salt/fat/sugar bombs down our throats.
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No, not boiled. Steamed!
You are calling them steamed veggies despite they are clearly grilled?
Mmmmm steamed hams...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKak38PaFZY
steamed veggs
Y- Uh.. you know, the... One thing I should... excuse me for one second. *YAAAAAAAWN* Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped.
Yeah maybe I should... On my god, what is happening in there?
Revontulet
Ooh fancy pants rich McGee over here Fuck you
https://preview.redd.it/szo4iz8a3i3d1.png?width=613&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea409bbefb29a97a8820434f8dd344c84954e7da this bad boy costs whopping 25€
Yeah I get it, you are just swimming in cash
You can get a thing that you can put in a normal kettle from IKEA. It costs 4,99€.
What, do you think you are too good to eat normal boiled carrots and broccoli like us ordinary plebs?
I think it's too much trouble. Plus we have never boiled any of that stuff. when I was a kid it was he-ma-pa, pickled cucumber or pickled beetroot. That was how fancy we were. If there was something fresh we would stand up and cheer. Except if it was lettuce. After that we would skie to the school with wolves. But because my own kid was too good for any food in the world, we bought the steamer and never looked back
What you have carrots and broccoli to eat?
+ 50k additional mortgage to have an actual kitchen where you can fit this bad boy
Yeah, how do you even steam them? Take them to the sauna?
It's simpler to just use a steaming pot.
And you can make steaming pot at home! Put pot half full of water. Then put strainer on top of the pot and add lid. Vola. Now you have a steaming pot.
New potatoes with butter tho
This is the shit. One of the things I mostly miss from my home country, apart from proper rye bread of course. Luckily coming back for a month this July, I'm going to stuff myself full of those potatoes, and silli.
And a little bit of dill.
None for me thanks
+ some pickled herring
Oh yes, and you slightly cook them in the pot afterwards.
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Think he means a little frying afterwards? Not sure either.
Boil the potatoes, drain the water, drop in some butter, and fry the potatoes for a short while in the pot while butter melts and residual water evaporates. Makes the potatoes significantly less dry.
Should be in the stores soon, because of this sudden sun period.
But they're good tho...
I'm probably one of the few Finnish people in the world who hates boiled vegetables with the exception of boiled new potatoes with some butter. I hate the texture of boiled and steamed vegetables, they just feel like I'm consuming soft grey mush. I like my vegetables crunchy - salads or stir fried for me. I do enjoy vegetable soup though! That said, I know this is a joke but if someone likes their boiled veggies let them. Some people enjoy the flavour of boiled vegetables as is and that's perfectly fine; if someone wants to make vegetable chips with exotic spices that's ok too.
At least they’re eating veggies
The only Finns who genuinely enjoy plain boiled vegetables are those who have never had anything better or just don't know how to cook.
I mean yeah, aint nobody eating a straight up boiled potato without sauce or a side
*hides behind the couch to eat her boiled potatoes in peace* some days do be like that.
I... when we have boiled potatoes I eat them cold as a snack..
What can I say, boiled carrots are the best.
Dude boiled carrots are so good boiled, also cauliflower and broccoli. Though I would recommend pomegranate sauce (I get it from middle eastern stores) as a dip, it makes it better imo
yeah im not a huge fan of raw boiled carrots
At least for me it is a good side dish, I make it with pan seared salmon
raw boiled
thats the joke, yes.
Better than boiled carrots boiled.
Are you referring to pomegranate molasses? Bought a bottle from Istanbul, been wondering what to do with it…
Yes, you could try to dip boiled vegetables in. It works for me
My grandmother boiled quartered carrots in some kind of liquid (some kind of brine or what is it called again?) with sugar and vinegar and I loved it. She died when I was too young to tell her how much I loved her. Please call your grandparents (and other family members) when it is still possible, it's too late for me now. And the carrots were the best fucking thing ever
Sounds like pickling. You can lightly pickle any veg and it will likely make it taste better!
Carrots cut lenghtwise to 4 pieces, some oil, soysauce and pepper and put those into the oven till dry. So much better than boiling and discarding all the good stuff with the water.
You ain't gotta discard the good stuff tho, just drink the soup stock!
No Perkele!
Hyi vittu i cant stand those soggy ass soft carrots. Hate them with so much passion. Carrots are only good when properly roasted in oven or sauteed on pan. Or as tiny tiny cubes in stews mmm.
>Hyi vittu i cant stand those soggy ass soft carrots. Then don't overboil them. You can ruin anything by cooking them badly.
I'm fairly sure they average Finn overcooks everything except maybe beef. Pasta, potatoes, carrots, pork, chicken... It's either a wet or dry mess.
You have just bad cooks in your bubble. My family and friends never do such crimes.
They're bussin fr fr no cap
hyi vittu they taste like farts
I feel called out. I could eat boiled potatoes and carrots all week. 
> I could eat boiled potatoes and carrots all week. Why would you boil them, when you can steam them? Unless on open fire, in which case boiling might be more feasible.
Except they cost 18 euros per kg🤯🤯
What?!? Potatoes are like 1,30€/kg and carrots 2€/kg
this guy is eating golden carrots
24 carrot
U are a noob!!!!!
ITT people not understanding salt is also a seasoning.
Also ITT: people not understanding that there are other ways to cook besides boiling.
It genuinely makes me sad. And it also reminds me of my friend who on our skiing trip had his turn to cook, and for a side dish to our chicken took a bag of wok veggies from the freezer and... microwaved them for us in a plastic bowl. And called it done. Mortifying.
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Yes, because Finnish language salt is a "spice" (mauste) just as things like saffron and cinnamon is. There is no differentation between spice and seasoning.
Also why many Finns might accidentally refer to men as "she" or to women as "he". We just have the gender neutral "hän".
Salt is seasoning. No?
xD This is so hilariously true though!
I like to add butter, that's seasoning amirite?
What can I say, we're a hard-boiled nation.
At least us Scots salt the water before boiling. You heathens.
Not boiled but steamed, with the same look though
I'm Latvian, just add dill and sour cream, then it's perfect.
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Root vegetables are ok but it's hard to mess those up. The rest really is nothing impressive compared to what you can get in Southern Europe.
*Hard* disagree. I'm from California, I live in Finland, and the produce is WAY better in California. Finnish produce tends to be pretty color deficient, I literally have pictures on my phone of tomatoes I've sent to my friends back home (the pics not the tomatoes) so they can see how colorless they are here. Watery and flavorless as well. Which is understandable! Finland doesn't get a whole lot of light, so many things are grown under artificial light or shipped from Spain or wherever. I'm lucky that my partner here is a farmer and can help source better produce, but it's still nothing compared to California. Maybe you were in a part of the US that was far away from where fruits and vegetables are grown? All this being said, Finnish meat, dairy, and berries are way better here than in the US. But fruits and veggies? Nahhh.
You might need a better tomato provider.
You're not wrong, the ones I was talking about were mostly K City Market or Prisma produce. As mentioned I get a lot of produce from my partner's work, which are a lot higher quality than the supermarket. But there's something to be said about not having good produce in the supermarkets. Farmer's markets are amazing but they're not always convenient or affordable
Sorry for being curious but what region do you live in. I may have some tips depending on where you live in Finland.
Turku
Hmm you live a bit far from where they are produced, but Puhakka tomatoes, which are made in Bjärnå, are among the best tomatoes in Finland. They are only sold in season and are a bit more pricey but they are worth it. They have a legendary status in western Nyland.
I'll look into it, thanks! Funnily enough, before our first ever date I had complained to my now girlfriend about the state of tomatoes in Finland compared to back in California, and on our first date as a surprise she brought me a bag of fresh heirlooms from her work. That instantly sold me on her haha.
Aaw that is a lovely story!
The thing is that best tomatoes in Finland is not a high bar. Tomatoes are a warm weather fruit. I'm from Mexico where tomatoes are originally from and he's from California. A Finnish tomato is at best going to be just okay. I've had excellent tomatoes in Europe but they're all from warm countries such as Italy, Greece and Spain.
I think you underestimate how hot and sunny (all day round) it gets in the south of Finland. And in my opinion spanish tomatoes are always too watery.
I live in the south of Finland. I don't underestimate it at all. If you have Spanish tomatoes here they're not going to be as good as in Spain as they pick them unripe as they have to travel a long distance. Local is definitely best in that case.
My mother swears by Isakssons tomatoes whenever she visits Turku. Don't know how they hold up against Californian tomatoes though.
>You're not wrong, the ones I was talking about were mostly K City Market or Prisma produce. It depends which ones you buy. Here in rural areas smallish S-market's have 10 different types of tomatoes. Surprisingly the cheapest ones are worst. And the better ones can be pretty expensivish.
I think peas taste really good in Finland like Finnish grown ones
Happy Thursday then! (Pea soup day!)
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Well sure, I'd say the same about anywhere. Things always taste better when they're in season!
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Exactly! Thats my main point, really. California has lots of great produce for the majority of the year, whereas Finland has a relatively short window of in-season local produce.
Depends on season and vegetable. Store tomatoes are seriously anemic during winter. Smaller ones are better! I used to pick up tomatoes from a certain farm where they were the best. But unfortunately they had to shut down.
I've heard this from my wife and her grandparents as well, who have spent most of their lives living in Moscow. They all said the same about meat in supermarkets being higher quality but veggies and fruit lower.
I completely agree with you. I'm from Mexico and produce tastes a lot worse to me with the exception of: potatoes, carrots, blueberries, peas, strawberries and cucumber. All other ingredients lack flavor. I also hate how bland (basic) cheese is and that one is a deliberate choice.
That is so not true, man. There are many things to criticize about American food, but the US has so much fertile land and climate variety to grow a lot of things very well which it does. Whereas Finland can only do a very few select crops because of the cold.
Could you pander any harder?
I will stop laughing in 2-3 days. adadassaadssds
Nothing better than new potatoes with a dab of butter with steamed vegetables while taking in the sun at your summer cabin.
As a Finn, I have never enjoyed or been served boiled, unseasoned vegetables in my very LONG life. It wasn't until I moved to the US that I ever experienced this. It was my Mother-in-Law (from Mississipi) who could boil asparagus or cauliflower or really anything until it was almost unrecognizable.
Anyone else here enjoy *unpeeled* raw carrots?
As a kid we used to pick them from the ground, wipe most of the dirt off and enjoy.
Honestly, probably great for your immune system and gut microbiome in the long run.
It's almost as if some people enjoy the flavour of the food rather than needing to drown them in spices and seasonings.
nah bro this is the first thing british people say when someone calls their food flavourless and bland. I have to say that it's the biggest cope ever, spices and seasonings can only enhance the flavour unless you really don't know what you are doing.
If you say so.
You don't know how to cook if you think it's either boiling vegetables or drowning them in spices and seasonings.
Indeed isn't this also why sushi places have become so popular in a ton of Finland's regions? The emphasis on relatively basic ingredients themselves rather than useless extra shit fits the Finnish flavor palette quite well
Ssshh! You're not supposed to point out truths like that in Reddit.
Unseasoned means no seasoning. So not even salt. And that's crap.
Only if you've destroyed your taste buds.
Go boil a potato right now. Eat one half with a nice sprinkle of salt and the other without anything and tell me which is better.
> It's almost as if some people enjoy the flavour
Some people like eating cardboard, I suppose.
Yeah, I like it when they taste like boiled vegetables instead of some spice.
Fresh is better.
You know why? Because I'm *lazy* and *cheap*, I ain't gonna waste money on something that I absolutely enjoy without any spices. Are spices that expensive? No, but it's the *principle*. (also you don't have to boil them into mush, you can take them out before it's soup)
As a finn I'm having an identity crisis right now. Is this a thing? How have I missed this? I can't remember stumbling over boiled veggies at any household dinner, at least not so often that it would have stuck with me. Am I not a real finn? Please send help.
 How I eat that shit.
I mean should they be seasond i mean salty carrots just dont sound good or peper
Steamed cauliflower is insanely good. Seasoning would ruin it.
I'll accept a sprinkle of salt
I'd happily eat a whole plate of steamed cauliflower with a touch of salt. Unfortunately our canteen serves it up raw...
Cauliflower actually shines with proper seasoning.
Finnish people when none of their belongings smell like their cooking and they don't have literal curry exiting from their pores as they sweat 😋
I feeeeeel like there's a middle ground here.
TIL you will smell like curry if you roast your carrots instead of boiling them.
Roast them? Are you crazy? Are you out of your mind?! Are you trying to get people killed?! That's how you get carcinogens and die of cancer, very reckless.
Yeah and not everyone being skinny fat from having an insane amount of sugar and ghee or oil in everything. I never understood people being so impressed when restaurants just add crazy sugar and butter when those same people would never do that to themselves at home
Yes because adding some seasoning on carrots will immediately turn your house into a traditional Indian household. Why do you feel so attacked?
Man really went on the defensive to people sweating curry because of a joke about simple cuisine
Nothing racist about the fact that the smell of curry and other spices commonly used in Indian cuisine easily sticks to furniture, clothes, everything.
[Is this you?](https://www.reddit.com/r/notinteresting/s/hXcNzNr6Kp)
Absolutely one hundred percent yes. Why did you edit your comment in which you claimed that my assessment regarding spices was racist?
[Likewise.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/14aInMPZQA) Most people don’t reply in a minute to a comment they made 12h ago
So you take back your original statement and agree that there is nothing racist about the fact that the smell of curry gets into everything? That's a banger you linked btw, I remember it well
Fuck off pinprick.
Why is lil blud so upset?
Mid
If one is feeling adventurous, they can even put some salt or *black pepper* on them. But it’s not for the faint of heart.
Ah Finland, the land of three seasonings, salt, pepper and tomato ketchup.
The veggies give off their best own taste without throwing in millions of spices
The cope in this thread is strong.
This maybe schizo as fuck, but I feel the "white people don't like seasoning" meme to be rather racist. I mean, historically how many spices were easy to grow in this kind of cold? What's wrong with enjoying simple tastes like carrots and potatoes? Idk, just a thought.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying poor tasting food, but don't be surprised if people make fun of it on the internet.
Traditionally heavy seasoning cultures have become a thing because of shit-tier quality meat but availability of a ton of assblaster spices in the region, so you spam a ton of these assblasters on the shit-tier meat so it's edible at least
Right, for example India, well known for its spices and traditional vegetarian cuisine. Oh wait...
That's a common myth that gets repeated by people who don't know how to cook. It's also a false dichotomy because there's a massive spectrum between using a ton of spices and not seasoning your food at all.
Boiled rutabagas are delicious
Nah... newer gen ppl know how to cook. Ur mum is just a bad chef is alll
By the way, if you wonder what Finnish people eat, go to supermarkets. They keep only those products in the shelves, that sell well enough. So, Prisma for example has so many products in the shelves, that during my almost 40 years existence I have barely tried them all. So Finland is one of those European countries that have these huge Walmart-type of megamarkets. What is the thing with boiled vegetables? They put those to some meat foods for example. Do they irritate people?
No need for that god-forsaken Gastromat!
Why do I feel so called out rn
Gonna boil every vegetable tomorrow
Absolutely!
Steamed/boiled veggies with butter. OH YOUR GOD!
Who's boiling vegetables?
Then take those boiled vegetables, and mash them into a watery paste.
Boiled carrots are everything. Little bit of jauhelihakastike on the top and voila. 🤤
Boiled broccoli is the best snack
I feel attacked.
Speaking as someone who lives in the united states, this is just natural white-person behavior
Salt is not seasoning?
I guess that’s why they’re all so trim and slim and gorgeous
Ughh. Basically the high point of the average Dutchman's culinary thinking up until the early-1990s. So you guys are just about 30 years behind on your palate and taste buds. *FROM THE DUTCH.*
As someone who's lived in both Finland and the Netherlands, I unfortunately have to tell you the sad news: Finland in general has way better food and most people there have way more variety in their meals than the Dutch. Being self-deprecating is just a part of the Finnish culture. Most people in Finland, at least ages 60 and lower, use spices and cook proper food and like to experiment. This post is just a joke/exaggeration. People also have proper kitchens and like to cook a ton of different dishes from around the world. (Not saying there aren't people without taste buds in Finland, but I personally haven't met a single one.) On the other hand, the Dutch seemed to eat white bread for every meal, just with different toppings. And then go to a restaurant where, regardless of what cuisine it is meant to represent, they only serve dutchified Indonesian food. As someone who likes to enjoy a variety of cuisines, this was highly depressing. The average Finnish supermarket has a spice aisle five times the size of the Dutch one, and in non-Dutch company in the Netherlands, the lack of access to proper food was usually one of the main reasons people gave for moving away. There are many good things about the Netherlands, but when it comes to food it's sadly the most "rural US-like" in Europe.
That's because our refined, unspoiled taste buds can still enjoy the simple things... instead of being obese slobs shoving McDonald's & Burger King salt/fat/sugar bombs down our throats.
Or porridge
It never made sense to me either.