Finnish cuisine (where are the spices)

[itrytobe]

people keep asking me if i only cook Chinese and Vietnamese food, and why. and i don't really have a good answer for that – i just happen to have found sources of good recipes, dishes that i really enjoy, and at this point i have a pretty specialised pantry and i'm too lazy to change.

however, i do occasionally think about getting into Finnish cooking, so i'm looking through my Finnish recipe book now. here are my thoughts:

• Where Are The Spices
• seriously, it's all just seasoned with salt, black pepper and onion, plus garlic and bay leaf if they're feeling fancy
• although i have to say the things with Aura cheese sound interesting. too bad you can't get Aura cheese here.
• everything is meat
• i don't have an oven to roast/bake stuff for half a day