Last night we went to our future home and visited Juhana and his family for a dinner of lasagna (so good!) and mammi.
What is Mammi? Mammi is a rye based dessert only sold around Easter time.
It looks terrible - like that of a newborn's poopy diaper and when you shake the box - it doesn't move...almost tar-like.
But I was advised by several Finnish friends (and a Canadian friend living in Finland) that it tastes MUCH better than it looks. And to drown it in some cream.
So! The lasagna was delightful as I previously mentioned - I probably could've eaten the whole casserole dish and the mammi was delicious as well! It tasted like a cake!
I will definitely pick some up soon!
Normally I am 6 hours ahead of Nova Scotia (the home land...) but because the Canadians got to spring forward an hour ages ago - I was only 5 hours ahead. Now I'm back on track to being 6 hours ahead as of this morning. I think the time difference and us getting home quite late from our visit (Carcassonne match...that wasn't completed due to a fussy baby) - it's screwing up EVERYBODY'S schedule.
Halloween is not a big thing here. There's the occasional costume party for grown-ups but other than that - kids don't go trick-or-treating. What do Finnish kids do instead?
A week before Easter they dress up and decorate thin twigs with pipe cleaners, feathers, construction paper - really anything colorful....and they go knocking on doors. They ask if they can sing a little song that is like a blessing to you and if you say no - that's fine. They leave on their merry little way. But if you say yes - then they sing their little chant and you reward them with candy. They can also leave you a piece of twig too.
Needless to say - no kids came to our building - and I don't think we have kids in our building old enough to go rapping on the doors.
Also - they'd probably be terrified by our home-made sign that says: "Warning: 2 large and friendly dogs live here" in both Finnish and English.
I was contemplating scratching out the "friendly" part as a joke. Ha.
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