Inkiwäärijuoma; or, May Day the Finnish Way

Vappu is coming! If you didn’t start making sima a week ago, you’re not ready.

Mrs. Hindle's Viands and Vittles

A week from now is May Day, and I just know you’ve all been dying to celebrate it the way we Finns do. I know, I know, we’re not known as particularly festive, exuberant or ebullient. But May Day is special. May Day is the beginning of spring (though traditionally the weather is usually awful), May Day is a day of balloons and streamers and picnics after a long, dark and dreary six-to-eight months.

Oh yeah and somewhere in there is a celebration of the proletariat, and equality, and education, but we tend to forget about most of it. Although May Day is the one day a year we pull out our white hats that prove we’ve completed secondary academic education. No longer the feat it was 150 years ago. Mrs. Hindle’s hat is a tad small and tends to result in a headache.

An integral part of May Day…

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6 Responses to Inkiwäärijuoma; or, May Day the Finnish Way

  1. Or you’re planning to mooch Sima off a friend.

  2. Toon says:

    Sima made according to your recipe and given to a Finnish friend in exchange for Vappu doughnuts. All parties very happy!
    Thanks Hatboy, your recipe clearly passed muster with a Finn even when it was made by an Australian who had no idea what it should look or taste like…..

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