Summer is the season they look forward to the most, but other seasons, too, have their delicacies and culinary traditions. January is the month for burbot roe and blini, served with whipped cream or smetana and finely chopped onion. Many consider winter burbot soup the finest fish dish of all. Thursday is, by the way, pea soup day nationwide.
Pea soup is served at canteens, restaurants, homes and in the army always on Thursdays.
The dessert that goes with pea soup is oven baked pancake or crepes with jam. On February 5, the day dedicated to the memory of Finland's national poet Runeberg, bakeries sell cakes named after him. Colorful Easter announces the arrival of spring. The Finnish speciality at Easter is mammi, malt flavored oven baked pudding. Easter fare in Finland features egg, chicken and lamb dishes, and such traditional Orthodox dishes as pasha, kulitsa and baba.