BARK BREAD & TAR CANDY - Reviewing Interesting Foods in Finland

BARK BREAD & TAR CANDY - Reviewing Interesting Foods in Finland

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[WeirdExplorer]

What would you put on your bark bread?

[MrGlennJohnsen]

Tar is wood sap extracted from roots saturated with sap, the way you extract it is by heating the roots up and then naturally the sap will come out- or it's mechanically squeezed while the roots are hot. The "smoky" and "burnt" taste comes from that process, I don't like the taste either but it's one of those "hard times" traditional foods- same with the bark bread.

[lassemanninen]

Finland has wisdom of old:
"If sauna, alcohol or tar don't help, it is deadly."

[kdonsky]

"Most people would prefer this to not have wood in it." Yeah.

[lbh]

I actually really like the flavor of tar. My dad knew a guy who produced tar by himself, I got to taste it pure. Super intense. My favorite tar flavored thing is tar mustard, it is really good. I can't eat fish but my friend says that vendace in tar marinade is the best thing ever.

Also tar is used in sauna scents. You put a few drops of it in the water you throw on sauna stove.

[ayoitselaine]

love all the history you explain behind the foods you review : )

[friderosendal]

My grandmother eat bark bread as a child here in Sweden during the war, I think. You usually put butter on it though with cheese or ham if you had it.

[TheGrinningViking]

I can pretty much garantee that everyone watching this in the US has eaten something with sawdust as a filler. It's particularly common among low calorie breads and granola bars, but it finds its way into a bunch of places.

The magical words that mean "sawdust" without saying it on the package are "cellulose powder." It could technically mean other things, but it doesn't. It's just bleached sawdust. Removes the wood flavor.

[QuiznosBear]

I come from a long line of roofers and was pretty excited to see tar on the menu. Tar used to be the common chew substitute on the job / or bubble gum for kids. VERY popular in the 20's-30's.
It's pretty much always been considered safe when the tar was pure.
Tar nowadays (industrial use since the 70s - 80's) is not actually *tar* though - it's just black mystery cancer goo for the same usage.

[generalchicken]

Knäckebröd (crispbread) is still very popular i Nordic countries. I don't know if it's also popular in other countries. Most are without any bark added though. Not very nice on it's own, but goes very well with creamy toppings. Like cheese & ham, hummus, räksallad (don't know the English word, shrimp mixed with crème fraiche and herbs), eggs etc. Nice crunch and something creamy so it doesn't become to dry.

Honestly never tried tar candy. But think I will stay away from it xD

[shitpostcentraI]

I love tar flavored candies, those Leijonas are really good!

[questconcrete]

Not really wood dust or bark. The cambium layer of many trees is edible. It has been used as food likely before wheat ever existed.

[let_uslunch]

Finnish curiosity shop having a slow day.
Jared enters said shop.
The shop: " ladies and gentlemen we got him."

[Jussi]

back in the days early 90's when I was in junior high school in Kokkola Finland... there was one Swedish teacher who hated the smell of Terva Leijona... that was the reason why students in her classes ate only Terva Leijona candy or similar tar candy 😅 Terva Leijona tastes amazing, it's one of my favorite candies 👌😋

[Oubliettedweller]

Bark bread reminds me of that one william osman video where he puts increasing amounts of sawdust in rice krispies treats to see what amount people notice it at

[goofmuffin]

translations for products and brands in this video
Skogs Knäcke: (Swedish) Forests crispbread (my swedish isn't perfect)
Leijona: Lion
Terva Lakritsi: Tar Liqourice

[havrekli]

That bread is from Sweden. 'Skogs Knäcke med bark och enbär från härjedalen' literally 'Forest crispbread with bark and juniper berries from härjedalen' Härjedalen is a province in Sweden. And I love Leijona!

[eibyod]

Butter! You need butter for the bark bread! 🙂

[LaineyBug]

It would be cool to see you do a tree foraging video and eat the cambium, drink the needle tea, and even sap of some trees! Maybe juniper berries & pine nuts? Could be interesting!

[kehtux]

Pettu was not actually made from "saw dust" but from the layer between the bark and the wood called "nila" in Finnish, which is the part of wood that circulates nutrients from the leaves to the roots.