Sámi cuisine

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Sámi milking bowls

Sámi cuisine is the cuisine of peoples from the

Sámi people, which spans Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Its traditional cuisine
of each area has individual traits.

Staple food

Dried reindeer meat

Traditionally, the cuisine of Sápmi has been based on local materials, like

cloudberry. Milk consumption varied among groups of Sámi, but was not very common in general.[2]

In eastern parts of Sápmi,

Sápmi
consists of a variety of dishes which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate.

Meat dishes

Reindeer, fish and game meats are

drying
have historically been used to preserve meat and fish.

Fish dishes

Fishes in the mountains and forest areas of Sápmi include

common whitefish, perch, roach, and char. Fishes of the coastal areas of Sápmi include cod.[citation needed
]

New cooking

In the last decades, new influences have been introduced in traditional Sámi cooking. A well-known dish of this cross-cooking is the Suovaskebab, which consists of sliced suovasbierggo, cucumber, salad and garlic dressing in a pita bread. The Suovaskebab can be found at festivals and fairs in northern Scandinavia. These days the old food culture is evolving and adapting. Fast food restaurants in Sápmi can have reindeer hamburger on their menus.[citation needed]

Gallery

  • Flatbread
    Flatbread
  • A Finnish version of sauteed reindeer
    A Finnish version of
    sauteed reindeer
  • Swedish version
    Swedish version

See also

  • List of Sami dishes
  • Nordic cuisine

References

  1. ^ "Roast reindeer and char". Eng.samer.se. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Kozlov A., Lisitsyn D. Hypolactasia in Saami subpopulations of Russia and Finland". aikozlov.narod.ru. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  3. ^ Torrents, Anna. "21 Cosas que no sabías de los Sami". Traveler.es. Retrieved 12 June 2015.