Kovaa Kuin Elämä

Only in Finland could you advertise bread like this....

Father: “Well are you hungry or not?”

KOVAA KUIN ELÄMÄ (HARD AS LIFE)

A very interesting  part of Finland is how people from different places cook bread.  In some parts of Finland, housewives used to only back a few times  year, and would dry the bread out to last the whole year.  In other places, they would bake bread one or two times a week.  I believe that it was people in western Finland who would bake only a few times a year, and those in Eastern who would do it more often.  I've heard stories about how when Russia took over certain parts of Eastern Finland, and those Finns had to move inward as refugees, there was a lot of discomfort concerning with how often to back bread.  

I just love foods involvement with culture and history :)