THANK YOU for all the comments on the previous videos! I have read every comment and cried many times for them! 😭❤️ Thank you! And now, enjoy the Finland Friday video!
Very sad to lose a pet. My cat is 20 years old now and I worry about her all the time. Sorry I forgot if you told us. When does the new baby come home to you?
This reminds us of the fish we had during a trip to New Zealand, they called it "whitebait" and were smaller and also ate them whole. Mix a scoop of them with a scrambled egg, throw it in a buttery pan, cook quickly into a thin omelete, serve with a carb (bread/potatoes/etc.). Pretty good!
This fish is also popular in Adriatic sea region in Slovenia we call this fish Girice. And we preper them in acsactly same way as you but in Normal white Flavour.
We are calling this "praetud rääbis." They are good. Because this is not so available due to access from Peipsi lake only we also use kilu (sprat). So we tend more to fry kilu. Splendid cooking!
Yep, preatud rääbis is the same fish. Kilu in finnish is kilohaili meaning kilogramsprat. I have not tested it in this way, but Finn's fishers do fish that also much. Greetings from Finland, and hello to Estonia!
@@5000Kone When kilu is caught fresh the fishermen tend to eat it raw minus the intestine. As they say the taste is supreme. But in general kilu is quite widespread cheap food. The only Q is how one cooks or prepares as a meal. A very common way is to have kilu on rye bread for breakfast, which also requires to have slice of hard boiled eggs on it.
They sure do look like smelt, I have scooped smelt out of tiny creeks in Michigan's upper peninsula by the bucketful. The U.P. also has a considerable population of folks of distant Finnish descent.
I think those fish in the video were already gutted&clenaed, they sell those also in gutted form. At least what I´ve seen they are always gutted and cleaned and also what they serve on the ready-to-eat form. You can also gut muikku without opening the whole belly. I think that the fish in the video is gutted that way. Head is normally left on.
@@inkydoug Muikku (Coregonus albulas) is delicious and they from the same family tree as salmon, and are not related to smelt. Smelt frying, I think, is more common in Norway than in Finland. Some seem to do fry smelts also in Finland but I have not met any of those persons. It would be interesting to taste test fried smelt. Many Europeans eat smelt also, but at least in eastern Finland it is more considered as "rubbish fish" and at least in past was thrown for the seagulls when trying to catch muikku. Maybe because the smelts seem to have some kind of smell gland on the neck. What I just read, Finnish fisher said that you can tell smelt right away from muikku because smelts smell so bad and they are normally thrown away to the seagulls. Must put on my fish tasking list on next summer. I´m just sure can you cath them with katiska (Finnish fish trap)
That looks delicious! We have something similar here in the U.S the fish we have are called smelt and look exactly the same and we cook them the same way. I had it in Minnesota growing up, but it makes sense being that a lot of Minnesotans are Finish! Have a great weekend guys and see you next time:D
Same here, except I grew up in the Keweenaw, in the UP. We used to have bonfires in big barrels when we went smelting. I even got baptized as a small child--fell into the river in the middle of the night. =D
Thanks for the information and hello from Finland! Interesting how traditions move around the world :) Smelt frying, I think, is more common in Norway than in Finland. It would be interesting to taste test fried smelt. Muikku (Coregonus albulas) is delicious and they from the same family tree as salmon. Many Europeans eat smelt also, but at least in eastern Finland it is more considered as "rubbish fish" and at least in past was thrown for the seagulls when trying to catch muikku. I think those fish in the video were already gutted&clenaed, they sell those also in gutted form. At least what I´ve seen they are always gutted and cleaned and also what they serve on the ready-to-eat form. You can also gut muikku without opening the whole belly. I think that the fish in the video is gutted that way. Head is normally left on.
There's two types of people in this world, those who leave the skin on potatoes, and those who are wrong... :-P ...that fish looks great by the way, I'm gonna have to try this, thanks for sharing!
@@pernila7400 Solanine is formed if the potato has been growing out of the soil in the sun. Even the name of the toxin tells you it's directly linked to sun (sol). It's highly unlikely to get poisonous levels of solanine from a potato that has been growing in the soil and been stored in the dark after that. I've eaten potatoes with skins all my life and never had any problem and I know many other Finns that do the same out of laziness.
yeah, camera men is not there to talk, they are there to work the camera, he should be punished for this grievous transgression, as punishment he should only be allowed to eat fish that has been fried WITHOUT the flour!!
Hi from Michigan. I grew up in the U.P. and we ate alot of smelt. After they were cleaned my mom shook them in a paper bag with flour and some salt and pepper. She lined them side by side in the frying pan and cooked them till crispy light brown. We ate them like French fries and theyre great with fried potatoes and onions. I haven't eaten them in years. I saw smelt on a menu but they were deep fried in batter. They were ok but not the way l like them.
Those are like the things we have here in the United States called smelt similar to sardines only you fry them up and you can eat the bones in the eyes and everything the delicious and crunchy and yummy and that's probably the same thing huh
I like to make these too. We call them "Smelts". The only difference in my cooking is I wash and clean the guts out first, then I use bread crumbs before I fry.
Moi Anni ja Lauri! I have never tried muikku before, but I know I will love it and perunamuusi - super nam! When We gp next sumner, We will make it! Kiitos paljon 💖🐟
You guys should totally do a cooking special on finnish foods every week, where you cook and Lauri films/edits/etc. You can have cheesy B-roll and music as well. Make it supercheesy!
I stopped in Helsinki for one day on the way home from Moscow, and ate this at the Market Square. It was really good! Hopefully I'll be able to visit Finland for longer next time; one day wasn't enough :)
Nice video. You have a lot of interesting foods there in Finland. Once I was there and tried a reindeer soup (very tasty) and lot of different fish served with some kind of beery. The contrast between the fatty fish and the acid from the berry was culinary inspiring.
I hope you do more cooking videos, also more weightlifting videos! I love having a little glimpse into your lives. I hope to visit Finland one summer 💖💖💖
I love your hair color. I just came across your channel & I am looking forward to viewing your other uploads. Thank you for your broadcast & hello from Los Angeles.
My grandpa made these on a open fire using a skillet he madd from a old plow. He used either butter or pig fat to fry the fish then on the same fat he would throw potatoes slices, garlic, salt and pepper.
I have a potato press 5 million too, and for extra I use my potato ricer 5 million.... a ricer takes the potato and presses it through tiny holes and basically mashes the potato instantly (tho potato has to be cooked fully first). just dab on some butter, salt, pepper.. and *YOWWOW!!!* excellent potatoes.
In Bulgaria fried sprat fish is one of the most common summer time snacks around the sea. We use wheat flour though and don't fry it in butter but in sunflower oil (or some shit at restaurants).
Great looking meal! Only thing I don't like is the Pepsi. When I was younger I used to drink a ton of pop, but all of that acid got to me over time, and got an ulcer. For a few years I could not drink any pop, or acidic juice, no hot spicy goods, no salty foods, no tomatoes, basically everything I loved to eat. I am better now, but still can't drink grapefruit juice, its extremely acidic. I drink a pop once in a while to treat myself, so I usually buy something special, like a handmade pop. They only put natural ingredients in and honestly they taste sweeter and better.
In England we call them whitebait, and they were very popular as a starter going back a few years. So what fish are they? Immature herring, sprat, sardines, mackerel, bass and many others.
Vendace. It's related to salmon and belongs to genus Coregonus lavaretus. It is the most important fish for professional Finnish fresh water fishermen because it is easy to catch in numbers with a net or more commonly a trawl.
What do you mean traditional? Here in Greece, fish are traditional summer food. Everyday, cooked in olive oil ofcourse, we have real olive oil. And we eat fish with garlic cream at our national days, October 28 and March 25.
I like these kitchen videos. There is a British version of this fish called whitebait, which looks very similar, and can be prepared in a similar way, except the fish are other species including immature herring and sardines. Personally, I would have a traditional real ale or a pot of tea with my food instead of chemical fizz. Natural, unprocessed food and drink is the healthy option!
I live in the state of Wisconsin in the US and those fish look a lot like the smelt that we get from lake Michigan and Superior very tasty little fish.
Reminds me of smelt. Lightly smoked and then fried crispy. Eat with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise in a sandwich! Dash of Tabasco for an even better treat! 🍅🥓🥪🍞🐟🐟🐟
I thought they would have been the same genus, just a different species, but they aren't the same genus, the same family, or even the same order! Smelt: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osmeriformes Suborder: Osmeroidei Family: Osmeridae and the kind we get in Lake Huron are Genus: Osmerus Species: O. mordax Vendace, or as Anni likes to say; Muikku: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Coregonus Species: C. albula Smelt fishing was a really big deal when I was a kid, but these days the numbers just aren't there. I live on Lake Huron and they just don't come up the streams the way they did 40 years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelt_(fish) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_smelt en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coregonus_albula
I grew up in the U.P. and every spring as far as l can remember, people went smelting. I used to help clean them🤢 and my mom would shake the smelt in a paper bag with flour, salt and pepper. She placed them in the fry pan(like bacon strips)and lightly browned them on both sides. We ate them like French fries. Fried potatoes and smelt yum😋.
@@abitoftheuniverse2852 Right! When I was a teen and 20s It was easy to fill a few 5 gal buckets near Au Gres. I've heard now there's hardly any to be found.
Mmmm making me hungy....we eat and prepare these very similar in the UK they're often referred to as 'white bait' ...I love them...but they're hard to get hold of sometimes.
But lets be real, it isnt that much different. This common freshwater fish is quite similar in size with muikkus, but what makes it special it can grow almost 3 times its size just before spawning period. Usually people like to have it as appetizer or dessert. Even though some say it can be very delicious..I personally have never tasted it. xD
So apparently vendace are almost considered extinct in the UK... looks like the closest we can easily get now is sardines. Luckily, they're plentiful and tasty!
That's sad. ☹️ Small vendace like this is super tasty fish. Basically the only problem with them is the fact that they have higher level of toxins than bigger fishes. But it doesn't really matter if you only eat it once in a while.
Nowhere near extinct in the uk but they are illegal to sell if caught in uk waters, but that doesn't stop many other European fishing boats coming and fishing for them in the water.
Those look a lot like Pacific smelt - something I used to eat a lot when growing up in Southern California - I haven't had them in ages, and now I really want some. Too bad I'm now living in the middle of the desert in New Mexico...
THANK YOU for all the comments on the previous videos! I have read every comment and cried many times for them! 😭❤️ Thank you! And now, enjoy the Finland Friday video!
Bless you Anni and Lauri. Lots of new adventures for you in the future with the new kitten coming. Moi, moi.👋
You're most welcome, we enjoy you, Lauri and friends.
Very sad to lose a pet. My cat is 20 years old now and I worry about her all the time. Sorry I forgot if you told us. When does the new baby come home to you?
Anni, we who own pets know your pain..... love your videos - keep up the great work. MoiMOi !!! Mark
"Real butter, because real food." I can stand behind that!
Don't ever change your accent, I like it how it is 👍
Moi Anni! Traditional Finnish Fast Food is a reindeer running away from you!
😁😁😂
We dont have reindeer in Southern Finland. You have to travel about 800 km to see them. 😀
@@Anniarvaja 800 km?! seems your fast food was fast enough to eventually run away from you :)
Anni Vuohensilta i know! It was just a joke!
Please do more videos of Suomi cuisine! Wow that looks amazing
Thank the Lord, Finland Friday is back!!!
Definitely one of my favourite experiences in Finland - so simple, but so very tasty.
This look so delicious
Friday? More like fry-day! :D
I'll show myself out... >_>
This reminds us of the fish we had during a trip to New Zealand, they called it "whitebait" and were smaller and also ate them whole. Mix a scoop of them with a scrambled egg, throw it in a buttery pan, cook quickly into a thin omelete, serve with a carb (bread/potatoes/etc.). Pretty good!
I LOVE TINY CRISPY FISHIES! 😍
Hey Sari, you always brighten up every comment section with your happiness! (And hey, the fish were "all black, like your soul!")
Salmiakki Fishies???😎
👋 and when will you be posting again?? Looking forward to the beautiful scenery you share with us.
Or "Sari and Anni's cooking channel" lol!
Moi! I was hoping for a surprise visit from Sari!
@@AidanMmusic96 hahaa yes😂
I'm not a fisherman, but where I grew up they would call those little fish "bait."🐟🐟🐟
But any fried food is Priitti Guud in my opinion. 👍😊
Those fishes don't grow much bigger than that and they live in big schools in the lakes. If my memory serves me right, they are related to salmon.
This fish is also popular in Adriatic sea region in Slovenia we call this fish Girice. And we preper them in acsactly same way as you but in Normal white Flavour.
Those are smelts and these are Coregonus albula, known as the vendace and related to salmon.
Ughhh I'm way too hungry to watch this right now lol
We are calling this "praetud rääbis." They are good. Because this is not so available due to access from Peipsi lake only we also use kilu (sprat). So we tend more to fry kilu. Splendid cooking!
Yep, preatud rääbis is the same fish. Kilu in finnish is kilohaili meaning kilogramsprat. I have not tested it in this way, but Finn's fishers do fish that also much. Greetings from Finland, and hello to Estonia!
@@5000Kone When kilu is caught fresh the fishermen tend to eat it raw minus the intestine. As they say the taste is supreme. But in general kilu is quite widespread cheap food. The only Q is how one cooks or prepares as a meal. A very common way is to have kilu on rye bread for breakfast, which also requires to have slice of hard boiled eggs on it.
I love the newspaper clippings on your refrigerator!
They remind me of smelts. Shake in bag of flour or cornmeal, fry in butter. Yummy. Potato skins left on and eaten here. Thanx.
We clean the smelt first.
They sure do look like smelt, I have scooped smelt out of tiny creeks in Michigan's upper peninsula by the bucketful. The U.P. also has a considerable population of folks of distant Finnish descent.
Yup smelts!
I think those fish in the video were already gutted&clenaed, they sell those also in gutted form. At least what I´ve seen they are always gutted and cleaned and also what they serve on the ready-to-eat form. You can also gut muikku without opening the whole belly. I think that the fish in the video is gutted that way. Head is normally left on.
@@inkydoug Muikku (Coregonus albulas) is delicious and they from the same family tree as salmon, and are not related to smelt. Smelt frying, I think, is more common in Norway than in Finland.
Some seem to do fry smelts also in Finland but I have not met any of those persons.
It would be interesting to taste test fried smelt.
Many Europeans eat smelt also, but at least in eastern Finland it is more considered as "rubbish fish" and at least in past was thrown for the seagulls when trying to catch muikku. Maybe because the smelts seem to have some kind of smell gland on the neck. What I just read, Finnish fisher said that you can tell smelt right away from muikku because smelts smell so bad and they are normally thrown away to the seagulls. Must put on my fish tasking list on next summer. I´m just sure can you cath them with katiska (Finnish fish trap)
That looks delicious! We have something similar here in the U.S the fish we have are called smelt and look exactly the same and we cook them the same way. I had it in Minnesota growing up, but it makes sense being that a lot of Minnesotans are Finish! Have a great weekend guys and see you next time:D
Same here, except I grew up in the Keweenaw, in the UP. We used to have bonfires in big barrels when we went smelting. I even got baptized as a small child--fell into the river in the middle of the night. =D
I'm from Michigan originally, and I was a waitress at Big Boy for many years. The fried smelt were my favorite!
We clean the smelt here before we cook ,also form Mn..
Yes you are right we do clean them first!
Thanks for the information and hello from Finland! Interesting how traditions move around the world :) Smelt frying, I think, is more common in Norway than in Finland.
It would be interesting to taste test fried smelt. Muikku (Coregonus albulas) is delicious and they from the same family tree as salmon.
Many Europeans eat smelt also, but at least in eastern Finland it is more considered as "rubbish fish" and at least in past was thrown for the seagulls when trying to catch muikku.
I think those fish in the video were already gutted&clenaed, they sell those also in gutted form. At least what I´ve seen they are always gutted and cleaned and also what they serve on the ready-to-eat form. You can also gut muikku without opening the whole belly. I think that the fish in the video is gutted that way. Head is normally left on.
Cat is ready for the food!
I love snacks like this! In Portugal they prepare similar fish in a similar fashion and they are like bite sized delights :)
Real Butter 5 Million. The best kind
Love when you post Finnish Friday.. Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend
Pepsi should pay you guys, or at least give you free lifetime supply.
I agree!!! 😀
Oh man that looks so good! Fried fish is the best. Now I'm really craving some fried herring!
There's two types of people in this world, those who leave the skin on potatoes, and those who are wrong... :-P ...that fish looks great by the way, I'm gonna have to try this, thanks for sharing!
@@pernila7400 Solanine is formed if the potato has been growing out of the soil in the sun. Even the name of the toxin tells you it's directly linked to sun (sol). It's highly unlikely to get poisonous levels of solanine from a potato that has been growing in the soil and been stored in the dark after that. I've eaten potatoes with skins all my life and never had any problem and I know many other Finns that do the same out of laziness.
0:36" That's a lot of eyes looking at me!
I love to have sprats the same way with fresh buttered bread.
camera man not supposed to give instructions!!
I said same! 😀
yeah, camera men is not there to talk, they are there to work the camera, he should be punished for this grievous transgression, as punishment he should only be allowed to eat fish that has been fried WITHOUT the flour!!
I spent a summer in Finland (moving there soon) and these little fishes were one of my favorite things at the street faire i visited.
Idk I prefer my food not to have eyeballs lol! Can't promise I'd like it but I'll try!
I love your videos, please keep them coming.
Hi from Michigan. I grew up in the U.P. and we ate alot of smelt. After they were cleaned my mom shook them in a paper bag with flour and some salt and pepper. She lined them side by side in the frying pan and cooked them till crispy light brown. We ate them like French fries and theyre great with fried potatoes and onions. I haven't eaten them in years. I saw smelt on a menu but they were deep fried in batter. They were ok but not the way l like them.
Moi Anni,
I am very happy that Finland Friday is back.
Glad you are feeling better.
Thanks for sharing.
Keep having fun.
🙏❤️👍😁😁❤️
Love this!!! Kiitos!!!
Wonderful. Another recipe to try, most of all for the Rye flour.
wow those actually look really good like they seem crunchy and probably have a rich flavor because of the butter id like to try it one day
Looks great!
That looks sooo good!!
looks amazing!!!!!! yummm!!!!
It's late at night in the UK and I've just watched this video.......now I'm starving and want to make this!! 🤣😂👍🏻
Those are like the things we have here in the United States called smelt similar to sardines only you fry them up and you can eat the bones in the eyes and everything the delicious and crunchy and yummy and that's probably the same thing huh
Delicious!
That looks PRETTY GOOD!!
I like to make these too. We call them "Smelts". The only difference in my cooking is I wash and clean the guts out first, then I use bread crumbs before I fry.
.......and still need waaaaaaay more butter.
Moi Anni ja Lauri! I have never tried muikku before, but I know I will love it and perunamuusi - super nam! When We gp next sumner, We will make it! Kiitos paljon 💖🐟
Moi Anni and Lauri! It reminds me of what we call here in Wisconsin Smelt! That is definitely a delicious snack from head to tail!! Moi moi!!!
Looks great also love your videos
You guys should totally do a cooking special on finnish foods every week, where you cook and Lauri films/edits/etc. You can have cheesy B-roll and music as well. Make it supercheesy!
Ir could be nice, but we dont have time to do it. 😁
@@Anniarvaja Understandable! At least do one more where you make karjalanpiirakka, people deserve to know about that one too 😎
I stopped in Helsinki for one day on the way home from Moscow, and ate this at the Market Square. It was really good! Hopefully I'll be able to visit Finland for longer next time; one day wasn't enough :)
Nice video.
You have a lot of interesting foods there in Finland.
Once I was there and tried a reindeer soup (very tasty) and lot of different fish served with some kind of beery.
The contrast between the fatty fish and the acid from the berry was culinary inspiring.
I hope you do more cooking videos, also more weightlifting videos! I love having a little glimpse into your lives. I hope to visit Finland one summer 💖💖💖
I love your hair color. I just came across your channel & I am looking forward to viewing your other uploads. Thank you for your broadcast & hello from Los Angeles.
Thanks and welcome to my channel! 😁
You guys are the best
Yummmm!
Yum!
Looks delicious.
My grandpa made these on a open fire using a skillet he madd from a old plow.
He used either butter or pig fat to fry the fish then on the same fat he would throw potatoes slices, garlic, salt and pepper.
It's the simplest food that tastes the best, yum yum :-)
that looks so GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a potato press 5 million too, and for extra I use my potato ricer 5 million.... a ricer takes the potato and presses it through tiny holes and basically mashes the potato instantly (tho potato has to be cooked fully first). just dab on some butter, salt, pepper.. and *YOWWOW!!!* excellent potatoes.
Well i’m from Norway so i am familiar to a lot of ways to make fish, but this was new to me, looks delicious though
Omg they looking delicious
Looks tasty!
That looks good... Like the danger tape on the microwave..
In Bulgaria fried sprat fish is one of the most common summer time snacks around the sea. We use wheat flour though and don't fry it in butter but in sunflower oil (or some shit at restaurants).
I'll take the ones fried in shit
Yum yum, pprrrreeettty goood!
Moi Anni, looks real good guys, now I'm hungry!
I want this!
Great looking meal! Only thing I don't like is the Pepsi. When I was younger I used to drink a ton of pop, but all of that acid got to me over time, and got an ulcer. For a few years I could not drink any pop, or acidic juice, no hot spicy goods, no salty foods, no tomatoes, basically everything I loved to eat.
I am better now, but still can't drink grapefruit juice, its extremely acidic. I drink a pop once in a while to treat myself, so I usually buy something special, like a handmade pop. They only put natural ingredients in and honestly they taste sweeter and better.
They look like sardines or anchovies... I'm surprised your cat isn't begging as soon as you bring the fishes out.
You should do this with a pizza for sure.
But they dont taste sardines or anchovies 😀
We enjoy a similar small, trout-like fish in the US called Smelts.🐟 Yum!!!
We have something identical in the UK that we call White Bait. I could eat it every day.
In England we call them whitebait, and they were very popular as a starter going back a few years. So what fish are they?
Immature herring, sprat, sardines, mackerel, bass and many others.
Vendace. It's related to salmon and belongs to genus Coregonus lavaretus. It is the most important fish for professional Finnish fresh water fishermen because it is easy to catch in numbers with a net or more commonly a trawl.
Muikkuja nami nami😀, I would say, extremly good and tasty fish😀 and now I got very hungry😀🇫🇮🇫🇮😀
What do you mean traditional? Here in Greece, fish are traditional summer food. Everyday, cooked in olive oil ofcourse, we have real olive oil. And we eat fish with garlic cream at our national days, October 28 and March 25.
In bulgaria , that kind of food as well is kind a tradition by the sea side towns :)
We serve these where I work, deep fried though. In England we call them white bait, delicious. You're right though the Finnish word is way better.
88Cardey
Muikku tai
Muikkukukko
Muikku=Vendace
Looks delicoius
I'm a professional chef, potato skin is loaded with vitamins & minerals. You should always keep the skins on.
🤮🤮😂
I win and the wife looses :D
I think that's only true for relatively freshly harvested potatoes.
@@hempoki Yeah, once they start to sprout, it's too late for that treatment, just cook them normally.
Mmm, big ol russet potatoe baked to perfection with butter, sour cream and bacon, the skin is the best part!
Fried Muikku is the Nr.1 fish food!!
Yes! 👏👏
Yay! Finland Friday is back! Too bad I don't like fish.....Just never could get used to fish in any form....my loss I guess!
Fast and easy. ☺️👏
I like these kitchen videos. There is a British version of this fish called whitebait, which looks very similar, and can be prepared in a similar way, except the fish are other species including immature herring and sardines. Personally, I would have a traditional real ale or a pot of tea with my food instead of chemical fizz. Natural, unprocessed food and drink is the healthy option!
I can't ever find those smaller ones here on the coast, only the bigger ones.
I love Finland
I live in the state of Wisconsin in the US and those fish look a lot like the smelt that we get from lake Michigan and Superior very tasty little fish.
Always charming : )
Here in Texas we call that bait to go catch a real fish. We call them minnows.
Minnow and vendace are different fishes. 😁 We have minnows in Finland too.
But everything is bigger in Texas 😂😂😂
I think ive seen vendace at the market. Can't wait to try this! Real.butter, real food!!!
@@pernila7400 ......... The truth hurts. ......😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
Reminds me of smelt. Lightly smoked and then fried crispy. Eat with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise in a sandwich! Dash of Tabasco for an even better treat!
🍅🥓🥪🍞🐟🐟🐟
Kind of like smelt in the States. So good!
I thought they would have been the same genus, just a different species, but they aren't the same genus, the same family, or even the same order!
Smelt:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osmeriformes
Suborder: Osmeroidei
Family: Osmeridae
and the kind we get in Lake Huron are
Genus: Osmerus
Species: O. mordax
Vendace, or as Anni likes to say; Muikku:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Coregonus
Species: C. albula
Smelt fishing was a really big deal when I was a kid, but these days the numbers just aren't there. I live on Lake Huron and they just don't come up the streams the way they did 40 years ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelt_(fish)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_smelt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coregonus_albula
ABitOfTheUniverse that’s great! I live in Michigan that’s why I’m familiar with smelt! Cheers!
I grew up in the U.P. and every spring as far as l can remember, people went smelting. I used to help clean them🤢 and my mom would shake the smelt in a paper bag with flour, salt and pepper. She placed them in the fry pan(like bacon strips)and lightly browned them on both sides. We ate them like French fries. Fried potatoes and smelt yum😋.
@@abitoftheuniverse2852 Right! When I was a teen and 20s It was easy to fill a few 5 gal buckets near Au Gres. I've heard now there's hardly any to be found.
Mmmm making me hungy....we eat and prepare these very similar in the UK they're often referred to as 'white bait' ...I love them...but they're hard to get hold of sometimes.
yum yum yum yum yum
Muikku, dont mix it up with mulkku. Thats different kind of a fish xD
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But lets be real, it isnt that much different. This common freshwater fish is quite similar in size with muikkus, but what makes it special it can grow almost 3 times its size just before spawning period. Usually people like to have it as appetizer or dessert. Even though some say it can be very delicious..I personally have never tasted it. xD
lauri take the potato skins and fry them in butter after fish.
Really good, even better than pretty good :)
So apparently vendace are almost considered extinct in the UK... looks like the closest we can easily get now is sardines. Luckily, they're plentiful and tasty!
That's sad. ☹️ Small vendace like this is super tasty fish. Basically the only problem with them is the fact that they have higher level of toxins than bigger fishes. But it doesn't really matter if you only eat it once in a while.
Nowhere near extinct in the uk but they are illegal to sell if caught in uk waters, but that doesn't stop many other European fishing boats coming and fishing for them in the water.
I wish I could taste this.
Come to visit in Kuusamo and try best muikku's in finland :)
We have actually planned a Kuusamo trip later this year. 😁
Those look a lot like Pacific smelt - something I used to eat a lot when growing up in Southern California - I haven't had them in ages, and now I really want some. Too bad I'm now living in the middle of the desert in New Mexico...