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Kesäkeitto (; ) is a traditional
Kotiliesi (in Finnish) For this reason, the Finno-Swedes called it ''snålsoppa'' (''snål'' means "stingy").
Kesäkeitto
at TasteAtlas Vegetable soups Finnish cuisine {{finland-cuisine-stub
Kesäkeitto (; ) is a traditional vegetable soup
Vegetable soup is a common soup prepared using vegetables and leaf vegetables as primary ingredients. It dates to ancient history, and is a mass-produced food product in contemporary times.
Overview
Vegetable soup is prepared using vegetables, ...
in Finnish cuisine
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and ''haute cuisine'' with contemporary continental style cooking. Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes in ...
cooked in milk with butter
Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream. It is a semi-solid emulsion at room temperature, consisting of approximately 80% butterfat. It is used at room temperature as a spread, melted as a condiment ...
, potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
es, carrot
The carrot ('' Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', nat ...
s, pea
The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...
s, cauliflower
Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species ''Brassica oleracea'' in the genus ''Brassica'', which is in the Brassicaceae (or mustard) family. It is an annual plant that reproduces by seed. Typically, only the head is eaten – the ...
and possibly other vegetables of the season.https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6222956 uutisartikkeli (in Finnish) During the wars in the 1940s, summer soup was very popular in Finland because the availability of many foods was inconsistent, it was satisfying, and it could be made with ingredients from the garden.KesäkeittoKotiliesi (in Finnish) For this reason, the Finno-Swedes called it ''snålsoppa'' (''snål'' means "stingy").
See also
*List of soups
This is a list of notable soups. Soups have been made since Ancient history, ancient times.
Some soups are served with large chunks of meat or vegetables left in the liquid, while others are served as a broth. A broth is a flavored liquid usua ...
* ''Mykyrokka
Mykyrokka is a soup that is a typical traditional dish in eastern Finland ( Savo region). The main ingredient is ''myky'': a palm sized dumpling made from blood and barley flour. The dumplings are cooked in the soup. The soup also contains potatoe ...
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Sources
* Tero Kallio, Kimmo Saira: Simply Scandinavian: Travelling in Time with Finnish Cuisine and Nature. Raikas Publishing Ltd., 2009.References
External links
Kesäkeitto
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