tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post113877848150842627..comments2024-03-25T05:07:17.533+02:00Comments on D a n c e s W i t h W o o l: Helmikuu!Lenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03678637714674755599noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1144783197277022952006-04-11T22:19:00.000+03:002006-04-11T22:19:00.000+03:00Lene I love your laavu (I think that is how it is ...Lene I love your laavu (I think that is how it is spelled), as you call it your summer kitchen. <BR/><BR/>I camp during the summer and love cooking over the fire in my clay pots. How wonderful that you can do that in your back yard!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894965829304567640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138928236540966262006-02-03T02:57:00.000+02:002006-02-03T02:57:00.000+02:00I'm definitely going to check out Aki Kaurismäki's...I'm definitely going to check out Aki Kaurismäki's films. <BR/><BR/>Lovely post. I really would love to visit Finland one day. I've <I>seen </I>it from St. Petersburg, but that doesn't count!Saywardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01786568555425380404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138891942724531272006-02-02T16:52:00.000+02:002006-02-02T16:52:00.000+02:00Minullakin on kangaspuut, noin 150 vuotta vanhat, ...Minullakin on kangaspuut, noin 150 vuotta vanhat, miehen suvussa olleet pohjanmaalaiset runko kangaspuut. Niillä on edelleen oikein hyvää kutoa, vaikka nyt ei ole tilaa pystyttää niitä (eikä aika oikein löytyy). Ja kudottuja mattoja, vaikka asumme kaupungissa. Pidän käsitöistä!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138838898134496642006-02-02T02:08:00.000+02:002006-02-02T02:08:00.000+02:00Do you quilt? I know how to quilt but I have never...Do you quilt? I know how to quilt but I have never made one. I would love to see what Finnish quilting looks like.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549433838794370673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138825825470762772006-02-01T22:30:00.000+02:002006-02-01T22:30:00.000+02:00mmmm....Kahvi -- one of my favorite flavors for ic...mmmm....Kahvi -- one of my favorite flavors for ice cream and candy and beverage (hot or iced). Cannot live without it, but thankfully I do not need it every day. Pulla sounds wonderful for breakfast and snacks too. The suklaa I can do without for the most part (more for all the other ladies out there!) The exception is European chocolates -- no question better than the American. <BR/><BR/>I'll add a bit of knitting talk -- I finished a slipper (first try and first ever use of circular needles and dpns) but I've not yet felted it down to size. I plan to finish the mate then felt the two of them at the same time. They are 100% wool and the yarn is very loosely spun. The swatch felted wonderfully. I cannot wait to wear them as I'm perpetually cold.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Lene and all your readers for the inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138814500481585532006-02-01T19:21:00.000+02:002006-02-01T19:21:00.000+02:00Your pulla looks exactly like a cinnamon bun to me...Your pulla looks exactly like a cinnamon bun to me, though there is probably a difference. I love cinnamon more than anything, so I'd probably really enjoy it.<BR/><BR/>Are you all gathered in a tent in that picture? That's what it looks like! There must be a vent up at the top for the cooking fire...Beth S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04475159295250863910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138814391261306532006-02-01T19:19:00.000+02:002006-02-01T19:19:00.000+02:00Okay, I looked up the word Pulla in my Finnish les...Okay, I looked up the word Pulla in my Finnish lesson book, the English pronunciation is <BR/>"pool-la" with the stress on the first syllable and it says the English definition is "Sweet Bun" But from the description in one of the later chapters talking about foods it says it is a sweet yeasted cinnamon bun", also kahvi is pronounced "Kahh-vi" with the stress again on the first syllable oh and this is something intresting, Kahvila meaning Cafe' is pronounced Kahh-vi-lah with the "H" silent. <BR/>Chocolate: Suklaa is "Sook-laa"<BR/> Febuary: Helmikuu = Hayl-mi-koo with the long ooh sound on the end. <BR/>Sugar: sokeri is "soa-kay-ri"<BR/><BR/>I will post the Finnish alphabet, vowels and consonants and their pronunciations on my blog later on this evening. It is tooo long to post here. <BR/><BR/>So Lene, after reading your post and looking up the food references in my book, I am now hungry for some pulla and a kuppi tee!<BR/><BR/>P.S. My tee kuppi from my poika says "The world's best Mom." Is that what your kahvi kuppi says?Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149401855790439497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138805074876780702006-02-01T16:44:00.000+02:002006-02-01T16:44:00.000+02:00In Sweden, we would probably call it kanelbulle an...In Sweden, we would probably call it kanelbulle and obviously bulle/pulla are related words.<BR/><BR/>The "generic" term is vetebröd which refers to a white, sweet, yeasted bread.<BR/><BR/>In America, cinnamon roll may come closest to a pulla.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138803168568079402006-02-01T16:12:00.000+02:002006-02-01T16:12:00.000+02:00Oh, man, I miss Fazer blue. Sometimes I can find ...Oh, man, I miss Fazer blue. Sometimes I can find little individual Fazers, but nothing beats the big blue bar. I miss Finnish coffee, too. And the salmon cooked on the open fire... now I'm hungry.<BR/><BR/>I like the "cinnamon in the turn" translation of "pulla." I sometimes see a cruddy version of pulla in my local store called Swedish cardamom bread. It's never just right, though. For all the doughtnuts and fried-pastry junk Americans eat, we don't seem to eat sweet-dough breads like pulla often enough to get really good, fresh ones.<BR/><BR/>My grandmother taught me to quilt but declared I was too much of a hätyyvää to enjoy weaving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138800593703047382006-02-01T15:29:00.000+02:002006-02-01T15:29:00.000+02:00We call pulla "cinnamon in the corner/turn/bend". ...We call pulla "cinnamon in the corner/turn/bend". This makes one think of the Olympic Games. We have, four people in my office, been trying to find the right word in Olympic-English. Because we have decided that you have given us the best of ideas! Pulla must be the Olympic telly-food nr. 1, especially when our skaters (or yours) round the corners/bends/turns on the 10.000 meter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17492826.post-1138799407816212742006-02-01T15:10:00.000+02:002006-02-01T15:10:00.000+02:00Ahahah! para uso exclusivo da mamã? Great idea! I ...Ahahah! para uso exclusivo da mamã? Great idea! I love Fazer chocolates, my father always brought some from his frequent business trips to Finland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com