List of Sámi dishes explained
This is an incomplete list of Sámi dishes and other dishes related to the culture of the Sámi people, which spans Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia as well.
Description
Bread
- Gáhkko – Soft flatbread, baked in a frying pan or on a flat stone.[1]
- Gárrpa – Thin, crusty bread.
- Ståmpå – Loaf
Desserts
- Cloudberries – Eaten both fresh and as jam. Cloudberry jam goes well warm with ice cream.
- Coffee with leipäjuusto
- Guompa – angelica mixed with milk and left in barrels to ferment.
- Gumppus – Blood cakes and blood sausages boiled with potatoes and meat.
- Jåbmå – Leaves of Mountain sorrel cooked to a stew, usually served with sugar and milk.
Fish dishes
Meat dishes
- Bierggomales – Cooked meat of various kind, chops and sides are common. Also tongue, marrow bones, liver are a part of the Sami cuisine. The dish is more like a five-course dinner, with various parts served in order with hot broth straight from the pot.
- Bierggojubttsa – A soup containing meat, potatoes, carrots or other root vegetables.
- Guorppa – A kind of sausage made of minced meat wrapped in omentum.
- Gåjkkebierggo – Dried meat, eaten as it is or in soup with potato and rice.
- Mallemárffe – Blood sausage[2]
- Sautéed reindeer
- Slåbbå – Blood pancakes[3]
- Suovasbierggo – Smoked meat, eaten as it is or fried
- Smoked reindeer
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Annica Grundström. Karin Baer. Survival in Samiland: Cultural cookbook and stories after seasons. 27 October 2014. BoD - Books on Demand. 978-9174635683. 24.
- Web site: What Food Do You Just Have To Try On A Trip To Lapland?. Hotelandtransportation.com. 12 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160203043522/http://www.hotelandtransportation.com/what-food-do-you-just-have-to-try-on-a-trip-to-lapland/. 3 February 2016. dead.
- Web site: Torrents. Anna. 21 Cosas que no sabías de los Sami. Traveler.es. 12 June 2015.
