

We went looking for the second most popular berry - cloudberries. In Finland they're known as hilla, lakka, muurain, suomuurain and even valokki. Calling it the wrong name will cause your boyfriend to shout about the berry not being the same as varnish, also called "lakka" (think lacquer).

So we piled the dog and Boyfriend's mum in the car and went to the most mosquito-infested place in Finland. Boyfriend has so many mosquito bites on his back that he looks like a burn victim. The dog loves the forest. She bounces around crashing into bushes and chasing mosquitoes. It's really hard to walk there since it's dense forest, so she just bounces forwards and hopes she lands somewhere safe. We suppose.
Luckily for us the rest of Vihanti had either not stumbled across this particular place or else have at least some sense in their head and stayed at home, because we got TONS of berries.



But we still have two buckets left. We sorted the berries into perfect, alright and "okay those are for "soup"". I'm making jam out of the "alright" group, but I'm having problems of thinking of something sufficiently scrumptious to make out of those "perfect" berries, since we spent about two hours sweating and being eaten alive in the middle of a swamp-forest. Ideas are welcome :)
P.S I just googled and someone made a toffee-cloudberry swiss roll. Well done, that person.
Had to larf at the blog Stace, how about a cloudberry crumble?
ReplyDeletemake some of that super sweet liqueur lakkaa or whatevs its called
ReplyDeleteThat would be a good idea! I can't break down alcohol properly (my enzymes are Japanese or sth) but it would be a great idea for gifts or something.
ReplyDeleteThe "perfect" ones are so pretty though that I might use some for decorating other pies and/or cakes. I just wish I could figure out some sort of pie or cake to make that I could decorate with whole cloudberries :)
Those berries are beautiful! What do they taste like?
ReplyDeleteThey taste sort of sweet and blackcurranty if you ask me :) I only found out a while ago that blackcurrants aren't abundant in Canada, so if they're not around in the US either, let me know and I'll try to come up with a taste comparison!
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