TRYING FINNISH FOOD AND SNACKS Feat. My Brother! 

you should try those foods made by someone's grandma or something, those ready grocery store meals aren't the best experience!

Pinaattilettu. Eaten cold 1/5. Eaten warm 2/5. Eaten fried on a pan 4/5.

You should try homemade vispipuuro sometime! It's a lot less jelly like and more... fluffy in texture. You can also make it sweeter if you're not a big fan of the intense lingonberry flavor.

Your brother is actually very good pronouncing finnish words :o

Dave, Your brother looks like Wolverine.

we even make salmiakki in our chemistry classes in Finland :D its white

Leipäjuusto is often eaten as a dessert when warmed up in the oven with cream and cloudberries. Older people often put small cubes of leipäjuusto in coffee. Cloudberries actually only grow in swamps north to arctic circle and that is why they are so bloody expensive!

Simon pronounces finnish very well! Your family seems so lovely, both your mom and brother ☺️

Im actually amazed that your brother "handled" salmiakki so well! To me this is the very first video ever where somebody doesn't spit it out instantly after tasting it! E. Im from Finland and "Tyrkisk Peber" or "Turkin Pippuri" as we Finns call it is one of my favourite candies in existence.

you didn't let your bro eat the spinach pancake with jam, what the heck yo

Where is mämmi?

I always find it weird when people call candy like turkinpippuri "salty". When in my taste it is very sweet and there is nothing salty about it.

Color of their skin shows clearly which one lives in Finland :D

I would recommend warming those spinach pancakes in the oven. Makes such a big difference. You can ask any relatively young Finn about spinach pancakes at school being better than those that are sold in the market (because they made in the oven, and at home they are usually just microwaved). :)

Two different tryouts about the leipäjuusto: 1. Put it in the oven for awhile ant then put the jam on it 2. Make small cubes and put those in your coffee for awhile and eat with a spoon #. You will love those ways to eat it :-)

Your ‘Wolverine’ brother is so cool or so polite to us 😂

Vispipuuro is semolina boiled with berries or a berry juice. You then whisk it with a whisk until it's all pink and fluffy like a cloud.

The spinach pancakes and leipäjuusto should be warm when you eat them! Best way for to warm the pancakes is in a pan with butter, the leipäjuusto should be baked in the oven with some heavy cream :)

9:23 We don't call it "turkisk peber" it's not even Finnish. WE call it "Turkin pippuri".

The brother's sense of a taste is almost very Finnish. I like him.

salmiakki doesn't divide the nation, it divides finland from the rest of the world

I like how some of your and your brothers facial expressions are so much alike! I'm pro salmiakki and vispipuuro is made from mannapuuro (basically wheat porridge). Always happy to see new video from you 😊💕

I can see your brother laughs a lot! He seems to be an amazing person :D

Liquorice is made of liquorice root. Salmiakki is made of ammonium chloride. They're completely different things.

The tyrkisk peber (Turkinpippuri) didn't use to have the flame on them those were added a while ago

As a Finn I´m extremely impressed with the way you pronounce the Finnish names :) oh and I´m most definitely PRO Salmiakki ;) xx

Dave, hope You remember to honor the third Maksalaatikkopäivä on 10.10. !

Leipäjuusto is much better if it's fried/grilled a bit on both sides! Aaaaand now I feel the urge to go to Finland for some food-shopping :)

I bought some salty black licorice here in USA and it grows on you! I’ve eaten whole jar

Oh, your family is so nice!

Your brother seems like an awesome person 😊 Is he older or younger than you? What does he do for a living if I may ask?

I always knew Vispipuuro as marjapuuro. That just might be because my family is from the Karelia region of Finland. It is so nice with fresh lingon berries and currants. We also often add milk to it and it was a breakfast dish. I love it and miss getting to eat it.

Shame you didn't prepare most of them properly :/

Wrap the leipäjuusto in bacon and but in the grill on a grilling tray, lowkey the best thing ever

Leipäjuusto is also called "natinajuusto" which actually means "squeaky cheese" :D

I made my mom to make me some of that Vispipuuro last week, I love it. It is made by making a regular semolina porridge and then by adding the lingonberries. After that you need it wisp it with electronic mixer for a while to get rid of them lumps. Personally I add some sucker but some people dont.. :)

Tapola Mustamakkara was also praised by late Anthony Bourdain!

Heat up the cheese so it melts a little! It's better when it's softer and warm with cool cloudberry jam.

Hey Dave, did you warm the treats before tasting them? Especially leipäjuusto is the best when warmed little and with lakkahillo. 🧡

You MUST taste Mustamakkara from Mustamakkara wagon. When it's fresh and warm. It's so good

My grandma always made Klappgröt, the swedish version of Vispipuuro, from semolina porridge and homemade lingonberry jam and served it with milk.

Leipäjuusto, bread cheese is truly one of my favorites! Best way to ENJOY it is you put it in the oven, maybe 200C for 10 minutes. With some good sausage and there is your best evening meal.

Leipäjuusto is called kaffeost in Sweden. A few pieces are placed in a cup, with hot coffee poured on.

Someone trying salmiakki for the first time. The face reactions gets me everytime! Thank you! 😂😂

You should try leipäjuusto with coffee that’s what they do in pohjanmaa!

Vispipuuro is semolina porridge with lingonberries! Homemade is definitely better. Leipäjuusto is made with cow’s beestings (milk from a cow that’s just calved) and is totally different when eaten warm. I like it both ways, but when you heat it up it’s a bit less squeaky. It’s usually served as pudding or with coffee 😊

Did you serve the bread cheese hot or cold? It is uunijuusto so you should serve it through the oven and with little bit of cream on it and then the lakkahillo on top of it when you serve it. (edited owen* to oven)

Leipäjuusto is actually called "squeeky cheese" in english :D But you should warm it up in the microwave. It goes very well with smoked reindeer meat too.

Salt salmiakki and Vispipuuro is my favorite👌

Awesome video!

You can also add a bit of sugar with the milk to vispipuuro is you prefer it sweeter. It's really good like that.

Great reactions😂👍

Warm the leipäjuusto in the microwave, 5/5 so goood

Leipäjuusto is basically made from whole milk and salt with rennet and then shortly baked in owen, thats why it has those little dark dots. Its also called kotijuusto (home cheese) at least in some western parts of Finland. Narinajuusto (squeaky cheese) is common nickname for it.

11:00 That's basically asking if you want to have only main course or the dessert for the desert island!

When you make real vispipuuro it is not as jelly as what you buy from store. When my grandma makes vispipuuro it is like porridge but just made from berries

We need part two of this.

5:29 Your brother is exactly right, it is commonly served as dessert. It is weird that it divides people, though. I guess it is like with mushrooms, about the texture, the squeek. I really like it.

leipäjuusto is just oven-cheese (made in from gestation milk after cow has breed. and it can only be harvested about week after each breed). You either like it or you don't. it's very traditional banquet/feast treat. not exactly a sweet, but cause of the jam it's quite tasty treat.

Tyrkisk peber is my all-time favorite they sell it here in Norway too

Vispipuuro is a porridge, because you make it by boiling semolina in water and smashed/pureed fruit of your choice (plus sugar if you want). When the semolina/fruit porridge has cooled you whip it up with electric whisker to make it light and airy. A proper vispipuuro is so light it floats on top of milk, the store bought versions are too dense and use gelatin to keep the whipped texture which is a bit weird and gives them the wobble you hate. You should try some other flavours than lingonberry, my personal favourites are raspberry, apple and rhubarb vispipuuro.

Vispipuuro, it's basically a semolina pudding with lingonberries. Semolina is the coarse, purified wheat middlings of durum wheat

Ahhhh the squeaky cheese made me shiver. Just thinking about the texture and the sound it makes...hhrrrr🤣😫

Taste test tuesdays are best! Dont stop doing videos Dave, i like you'r videos and it's nice to watch you'r videos! I dont watch many channels that speaks english (only about 10 channel) but you are one of these because you do interesting videos and SUOMI PERKELE And sorry for my rally english

I love leipäjuustoa lakkahillolla! It’s one of my favorite foods

Mustamakkara (blood sausage) is main thing in Tampere, Finland!

Bread cheese is also called narskujuusto (squeaky cheese).

You seem to have such a nice family😊

you should put pieces of leipäjuusto in coffee and eat them after a while of soaking the coffee. so damn good 😍

your brother is so handsome omg❤️

I like to put leipäjuusto in to my coffee and eat it with a spoon once I've drunk the coffee. It softens it up and reduces the squeak. Microwaving with honey works too.

Trust me,try the bread cheese warmed up when its soft and then put some jam on it 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

I actually just moved FROM Finland TO Scotland, and this video made me miss all the amazing food!! 😭 Made my almost cry.

Your bro is a trooper, salmiakki reactions watcher approves

Leipäjuusto in my opinion is better when it's warmed up so it's a bit melty.

Viispipuuro was my grandfather’s favorite. Made it for him with cranberry juice. Have to put cream on it.

Try warm the leipäjuusto in microwave or on in oven bit before eating. Then add cloud berries or cloud berry jam and on top pour little bit vaniljakastike, the Valio's Wanhan Ajan Vanilja is best one! Then you love it! Also when warmed a bit, leipäjuusto loses it's rubber like appearance. Originally it was eaten right after it was made, so warming it up is good thong to do. Also try to find something made by some smaller company's ones, they are way better usually.

My granny taught me to pour milk to the vispipuuro (or lappapuuro as we call it in my region). Also a little bit of sugar on top = heaven!

You should try that Leipäjuusto in different way. My mom is making it like this: she cuts that large piece into smaller pieces, then puts those pieces on a plate, pours some milk to the plate and then puts it in to microwave for about 30sec-1min. It's not as 'dry' and squeaky and it melts just a littlebit 👍

I've seen my gran make leipäjuusto once upon a time. Cow's milk, boiled into cheese curds, pressed into frame and put to roast near a fire. It's a fresh cheese that isn't aged. Mind these are my very vague childhood memories from thirty plus years ago.

I always eat breadcheese without preparing it and I like it that way.

I love salmiakki, and FINALLY we can have it in Norway too! But I had to live for over 30 years without it.

When I was a child (in the seventies, eighties) "vispipuuro" was sold with the name "puolukkapuuro" (it was also shortened sometimes "puolapuuro"). It was relatively new thing on the shelves of a grocery, for instance my grandmother made it herself, and called it "vispipuuro", which was later readapted as a name. Vispipuuro is usually made of semolina (I think earlier they used other grains, too) and lingonberries and cooked in milk. Because it is cooked in milk, it requires whisking all the time, otherwise it will boil over and will burn to a frazzle. Thus "vispipuuro"; "whisked porridge". The handmade vispipuuro made by my grandmother was btw much more red, since there were more lingonberries, and less sweet. (It was also less jelly-like, I think they have added something to it in the factory to change the structure.) But it was such a big trouble to make it at home, whisking it all the time, that people begun to buy it from grocery. Even my grandmother did, when she became older.

Simon seems like a really cool dude!

You should put leipäjuusto in your coffee in little pieces!! Then drink your coffee as you normally would, then eat the warm and soft bits of leipäjuusto 😍

Watching these as a Finn makes me want to eat all of these goodies.

6:36 it's a Breakfast and Evening meal

Hello Dave. Thanks for the video. Leipäjuusto is made from cows milk. When a cow gives birth the milk has a lot of protein. You need to use cheese rennet and heat the milk so it's warm but not hot to touch. Add salt to it. You'll have to separate whey and the cheese and press it down to a round cheese. Then you need to grill the cheese. That's where the black dots come from. Leipäjuusto is not hard to make but it takes quite a long time.

You can actually make vispipuuro out of any berries or even apples or plums! Lingonberry is just the most traditional option :) If I remember correctly you make vispipuuro by first adding the berry/fruit of your choice in to boiling water and let them cook (If you wish a smooth end result, you can now sift possible seeds out of the mixture). Then you add semolina (mannaryyni) and let it cook as well. After that you let the porridge cool completely and then whisk it (preferably by an electric mixer) to make it airy. But yeah, neither am I a fan of (lingonberry) vispipuuro :p

Pinaattiohukainen and Mustamakkara. :) love them. And Maksalaatiiko with melted butter on top is the best.

You have to do this again with warm those stuffs. :)

Try Vispipuuro with milk and/or sugar!

Try the cheese with coffe thats how my grandma and my mom ( they call it kaffeost) who is finnish eats it and in sweden we call cloudberryjam=hjortronsylt.

How to make vispipuuro: Boil water and berries, add sugar. Whisk in semolina and let it boil. When it's cooked you let it cool. When it's cooled you beat it with a mixer until it's fluffy. 😊

Your brother feels like really nice person!

You really NEEEEEEDD to try traditional sausage from Oulu!! It's called kärkkäri.

If you want to heavy though man go for good portion of homemade mämmi with cream (might need to wait for eastertime). Bon appetit!

Your brother is already hooked on salmiakki but didn't quite realise it yet. He's probably thinking about salmiakki right now, you should send him some.

Since u commented on the squeakiness (?) of the cheese i had to come and say that us finns who love it really enjoy that. As kids me and my sis started calling it ”narskujuusto” which is quite close to squeaky cheese in meaning. Also cloudberry’s kinda look like orange raspberries, and they mostly grow in northern parts of finland. Not a bad idea sometimes tasting them fresh as well, i find it to be quite interesting in taste

please do a part 2