2011-06-25 Turkish Makkaraperunat

2011-06-25-_MG_8428.CR2, a photo by anttia on Flickr.

I was walking throught the pizza/beer/thaimassage-district when I noticed a peculiar thing. A Turkish pizza-place was adverticing Makkaraperunat.

Makkaraperunat means chunks of cheap sousage deepfried with chips. This is the stuff Finnish people used to eat at the Grill on friday nights, before MC Donalds and Turkish pizza doninated the market.

But well now we have Turkish makkaraperunat.

2011-06-24 Karjala 6-1

2011-06-24-_MG_8420.CR2, a photo by anttia on Flickr.

I was buying some beer to celebrate the midsommer eve (like we do here in Persuomi), when I noticed an interesting new product.

Karjala 6-1, eng. Karelia 6-1. I guess it is supposed to remind us of Ice-hockey, but it also reminded me of a a numeric question asked by Paavo Haavikko: How is it possible that the land of the Karelian people have been taken 3 times, without ever been given back?

2011-06-21 Pommiromanit

2011-06-21-_MG_8415.CR2, a photo by anttia on Flickr.