Made plans to attend FinnFest next week? What!? Please tell me you are not willingly going to pass on cooking demonstrations of such Finnish delicacies as rutabaga casserole and prune fool (it’s a cake, by the way). Did I mention music will be provided by J. Karjalainen and the Polka Billies? Oh yeah!
Here’s a list of the cooking demonstrations:
Friday 11/9 2:30pm-4pm Cactus Rose Patio(Ballroom G —weather reservation) Smoked Salmon, Finnish Tartar Sauce
Saturday 11/10 10am -11am Tori Stage Finnish Beet-Vegetable Salad & Rutabaga Casserole
Saturday 11/10 2:30- 3:30pm Bonsai Christmas Tarts & Prune Fool
Sunday 11/11 10am-12:30pm Tori Stage Karelian Pasties
The festival is packed with all sorts of other things too, from classical music to films, and beyond. More on all that over here.
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2012.
Back in Wisconsin, Racine to be exact, the Danish Brotherhood would hold a yearly Torsk Dinner. Talk about exciting! Actually, it kind of was. Torsk is cod prepared with a mustard laced white sauce and served with boiled potatoes and Danish bleu cheese.
All the food, save for the yummy pumpernickel bread, was white. The food was superb in spite of that. Of course, there was always a band and dancing with my dad and his buddies. I’d love to do it again.
Where is the Finn-Fest?
I answered my own question. It’s at the DoubleTree on Alvernon.