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"This recipe comes from my mother - originally called Emäsalo chicken salad, but I'll spare you for pronouncing that! - and was published in their sailing club's cookbook. She makes it for the boat, but it's a perfect make-ahead picnic food for land too!"

Ingredients: roasted sunflower seeds, cucumbers...

"This recipe for rye bread makes a medium-sized, heavy loaf. It is great served with butter, mustard, and cold meats. It's also delicious when toasted in the morning, and spread with lashings of butter and honey. Mmmm!"

Ingredients: compressed yeast, rye meal...

"This salty bake goes for brunch or late night snack. Cut to portion pieces, eat hot or cold, will last freezer and microwave. Serve with green salad for example."

Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, fresh dill...

"This salad is made in Finland in two ways: either with herring (rosolli) or without (punajuurisalaatti). It's my favorite beet salad, and although I've never made it including the herring I'm sure it would be tasty that way, too! Based on a recipe from "The Finnish Cookbook" by Beatrice A. Ojakangas. First prepared in our household..."

Ingredients: pickled herring, dried onion flakes...

"Cookies to give as gifts or to eat yourself.If you don't have a fluted pastry cutter you can use cookie cutters."

Ingredients: eggs, colored crystal sugar...

"The only real kind of apple pie, finnish-style I guess. This isn't what most people, especially americans, are used to but it's delicious and tastes just as good after being frozen and melted as it did freshly baked. Can be served both hot and cold (I quite like it when it's still a bit frozen)."

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, margarine...

"The Perfect Day, on PBS. The perfect Girls Night Out or In snack, but I like it as a light lunch. Lose the bread and you have a Shrimp Salad ...."

Ingredients: cilantro, shrimp, garlic...