Sami cuisine

Sami milking bowls

Sami cuisine is the cuisine of peoples from the Sápmi territory of the Sami people, which spans Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Its traditional cuisine of each area has individual traits.

Staple food

Dried reindeer meat

Traditionally, the cuisine of Sápmi has been based on local materials, like fish, game, reindeer and berries.^[1] Berries have been important food, because other kinds of vegetables were not available during the long winters. Nowadays berries are parts of delicate sauces and desserts. The most valued berry of Sápmi is the cloudberry. Milk consumption varied among groups of Sami, but was not very common in general.^[2]

In eastern parts of Sápmi, reindeer herding became a way of life in the 19th century and, before that, people were hunters and fishers. These days reindeer is essential for Sami cuisine, but game, fish and wild birds are also important. The cuisine of Sápmi consists of a variety of dishes which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate.

Meat dishes

Smoked salmon

Reindeer, fish and game meats are staple foods,^[3] with thousands of recipes and flavors, although spices other than salt are very rare. The local cuisine varies a lot depending of access to food. Sápmi's history with its many cultural influences has led to an array of dishes. Most dishes are made of reindeer meat, although some also are made of moose or sheep. Smoking and drying have historically been used to preserve meat and fish.

Fish dishes

Fishes in the mountains and forest areas of Sápmi include Salmon, Common whitefish, Perch, Roach, and Char. Fishes of the coastal areas of Sápmi include Cod.

New cooking

In the last decades new influences have been introduced in traditional Sami cooking. A well-known dish of this cross-cooking is the Suovaskebab, which consists of sliced suovasbierggo, cucumber, salad and garlic dressing in a pita bread. The Suovaskebab can be found at festivals and fairs in northern Scandinavia. These days the old food culture is evolving and adapting. Fast food restaurants in Sápmi can have reindeer hamburger on their menus.

Gallery

Simple homemade flatbread
A Finnish version of sauteed reindeer
Swedish version

References

↑ "Roast reindeer and char". Eng.samer.se. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
↑ "Kozlov A., Lisitsyn D. Hypolactasia in Saami subpopulations of Russia and Finland". aikozlov.narod.ru. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
↑ Torrents, Anna. "21 Cosas que no sabías de los Sami". Traveler.es. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

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