{"id":1993,"date":"2022-02-23T19:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2024-02-05T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T07:48:09","slug":"the-taste-of-estonia-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/2022\/02\/23\/the-taste-of-estonia-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taste of Estonia: Independence day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are once again nearing the 24th of February, known to Estonians as Independence Day, the anniversary of founding the Republic of Estonia in 1918. This day is filled with celebrations starting with flag-hoisting at sunrise, a parade of the Defence Forces, concerts and a presidential reception. People can enjoy the festivities from the comfort of their own homes thanks to a full-day ERR television broadcast. And with the great celebration always comes an abundant mealtime with all the favourites from Estonia\u2019s national cuisine.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is why today we would like to share two quick, fun and most importantly delicious recipes from our national kitchen so you could get a true taste of Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2004\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2004\" class=\"wp-image-2004 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ilsekiluvoileib-252x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ilsekiluvoileib-252x300.jpeg 252w, https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ilsekiluvoileib-600x716.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ilsekiluvoileib.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from nami-nami.ee<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Kiluv\u00f5ileivad &#8211; spiced sprat sandwiches<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What you need:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sliced dark rye bread<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">butter (room temperature)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cleaned spiced sprat fillets (get canned sprats from a supermarket)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hard-boiled eggs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chopped green onion tops<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to make:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional: remove the bread crusts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Butter the bread and cut the slices into rectangles<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top with a cleaned spiced sprat fillet, then add the sliced egg and lastly sprinkle with chopped onions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serve and enjoy!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2002\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2002\" class=\"wp-image-2002 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martiinamaasikakamakreem-258x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martiinamaasikakamakreem-258x300.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/martiinamaasikakamakreem.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from nami-nami.ee<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Kamakreem maasikatega &#8211; Kama-cream with strawberries<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kama is a traditional ingredient in Estonian cuisine. This is a finely milled flour mixture, usually containing barley, rye, oat and pea flour. You can easily find the ready-made mixture \u201cKAMAJAHU\u201d from any supermarket nowadays. It can be simply mixed with kefir for example to make a quick drink or also be used in different desserts.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What you need (serves 4 people):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50-gram kamajahu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50-gram sugar<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 dl 35% cream (whipped cream)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250-gram strawberries or different berries of your choice (blueberries\/raspberries)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to make:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whip the cream with sugar and slowly add the kamajahu<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slice the strawberries and add to the mixture<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serve in a dessert bowl and decorate with additional berries or mint<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoy the food with family or friends! And if you don\u2019t feel like cooking on this festive day you can always hop to the nearest supermarket and buy yourself a Kohuke, the true pride of Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recipes were referred from Nami-Nami Blog.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Text composed by: <strong>Liisa \u00d5unpuu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">We are once again nearing the 24th of February, known to Estonians as Independence Day, the anniversary of founding the Republic of Estonia in 1918. This day is filled with celebrations starting with flag-hoisting at sunrise, a parade of the Defence Forces, concerts and a presidential reception. People can enjoy the festivities from the comfort of their own homes thanks&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/2022\/02\/23\/the-taste-of-estonia-independence-day\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","xfolkentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegee-tartu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}