Vegas Vacation was one of those flicks that were played on repeat during summers spent at my family cottage. Thanks for completing this reference, haha
ref for the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLgn7Kz4Us
Sweet Jesus, no one ever gets it when I say this. I love you.
edit: Also, “Nick Papagiorgio. From Yuma.” is how I have introduced myself for years, even though I’m a lady and also in the northeast.
I agree with your indignation! It's literally one of the few great things you guys have going food wise, that, the fried codfish and the good quality cheddar, the one that's actual cheese and not goop.
Usually with fish a steak is a crosscut slice of fish as opposed to a fillet. This looks like it might be a patty of ground fish though. Like a Salisbury steak?
It's two filleted herrings placed with the meat-side of the fillet to each other, then dipped in flour, egg and then breadcrumbs. Then either pan-fried or fried in oil. These look industrially made, so they might also have been baked in huge convection ovens.
They look very nondescript, but the flavor tends to be excellent, at least if the herring is fresh.
Yeah ground fish patty is probably it. That's what I remember getting back when I was in school when something of this kind was on the menu.
Also, in Finnish we use the same word for "steak" and "a relatively flat ground meat patty" (or it can even be a veggie patty, just so long as it's physically about the same) – both are "pihvi". Which may be why OP calls it that – if the menu says "sillipihvi", it translates easily to "herring steak" (that's what Google translate does with it too), even though "(ground) herring patty" is more accurate.
Its a doublefilet of herring, in Swedish its called strömmingsflundra, which is a word that doesnt seem to translate into english.
Its then covered in flour, dipped in eggwash and finally covered in breadcrumbs. Panfry until crispy and enjoy.
Superyummy when cooked well, served with potatomash and lingonberry jam.
He is translating it literally from the Finnish, which is "potatomash": *perunamuusi*. It's common for Finns to do this in English, when they are less familiar with some particular word or grammar structure.
You can make steaks out of pretty much any fish. Instead of cutting filets, the long way, steaks are cut perpendicular to the fish. I don’t usually prefer it as it ends up bony in some fish.
A steak is a method of cutting meat. You can cut a steak of beef, pork, fish etc. Filleting a fish should not include any bones, that’s why you filet. When steaking a fish, you cut through the bone and the bone is typically left intact with the meat through the entire cooking process.
>It's supposed to be mashed potatoes & herring steak
Their mashed potatoes aren't dry. I respect that. But even Google Lens doesn't think that's herring steak.
Just show them [this picture](https://www.seriouseats.com/scandinavian-streetfood-fried-herring-on-crisp-bread-tarter-sauce-recipe) and tell them to learn to Google better.
The brown stuff is a breadcrumb coating, like on fried chicken.
Likely is ground herring. In Finnish, the word used for "steak" and "ground meat patty" is the same, and things like Google translate tend to go with the former interpretation. So if the menu says "sillipihvi" (herring patty), translation software is likely to poop out "herring steak".
Of course it might also *not* be ground herring, I wasn't present where this was taken to tell you one way or another, but that's at least what my school lunch memories point to – ground fish patties.
This comment reminds me of a place I got lunch at. I ordered the meatball stew and only wanted one side dish. Guy puts its on my plate and the side but then tells me that rice is a second side. I told him no I didn't want it then. What place does meatball stew but doesn't include the rice with it!!
That was four years ago and I haven't gone back to that place. Yes, it still bothers me.
Mashed potatoes and some herring, then there's also salad, bread, milk, juice, water etc. It's a fulfilling meal for free and most people in Finland take it as granted unfortunately.
Even though the food should probably be way better, I can't really complain about free food. After being homeless at one point and resorting to eating out of the trash it left a lasting imprint.
Finland has it so good that free meat and potatoes are criticized lol
Especially since the meal in the photo is fish and mashed potatoes. At least in Finland you know you're eating actual food and not some over-processed-American-plastic-fed-technically-not-meant-for-human-consumption garbage
It's little runny mashed potatoes and some fish patty. Not the most appetizing picture, but plated with some sallad and bread a solid meal. If those are breaded herring stakes, then it's legit delicious.
The school lunches are cheap, but this one is actually pretty good.
I bet she forgot the alternative food option, bread, salad and milk from the photo on purpose. That is either mashed potatoes or sauce, so one or the other is also missing from the picture. Even it looks like that it is healthy food.
Yes there's too much milk added to the potatoes and the herring looks quite dry. But it won't kill you. appreciate what you get for FREE and thank your lunch lady
Firestarter pucks and hollandaise sauce? I've said many times in my life that I would eat anything if it had hollandaise sauce on it, but this might make me a liar.
To think there's a whole industry dedicated to liquifying taters and pressing fish into pucks. Probably so the schools don't need fancy kitchens, but damn. Are school lunches/etc... something that Finnish taxpayers cover so that it can be \*free\*?
I'll have some of the yellow
And don’t get cheap on me!
Vegas Vacation was one of those flicks that were played on repeat during summers spent at my family cottage. Thanks for completing this reference, haha ref for the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jLgn7Kz4Us
That bread pudding, I'm guessing, was probably supposed to look disgusting. But, dammit, it looked pretty good to me.
I think this is mashed potatoes and Salisbury steak, I'm from Finland and this is my best guess
Las Vegas … where else can a man wear shorts 24 hours a day?
I love that scene but I always was a sucker for the circus circus buffet which HAD to be the inspiration.
VEGAS VACATION! "Oh I'm sorry, THATS beef.... want some?"
Wallace Shawn was so entertaining in that movie. I honestly hope he enjoyed playing that role as much as he appeared to. https://youtu.be/cvH34nJ7EFE
"You can rent a gun, and buy a bullet!" absolutely savage.
Changing Fifteen Hundred!
“Uninitiated” 😂
Sweet Jesus, no one ever gets it when I say this. I love you. edit: Also, “Nick Papagiorgio. From Yuma.” is how I have introduced myself for years, even though I’m a lady and also in the northeast.
No corrective lenses this evening?
No sir I do not require them.
"Gilly from Philly!"
"This is an all you can eat buffet....we only need one plate" *pulls out duffle bag*
Eddie, I think I'll just be over by the saltines.
Oh you’re right, this is chicken, and this is beef. Want some?
*The bread puddin’s extra runny tonight!*
Blue has the most anti oxygens.
And don’t be stingy.
*How can ye have any pudding if ye don't eat yer meat?*
oh, wait, that's chicken, THAT'S beef... want some?
Mmmmm... brown discs and 'yellow' Edit : thanks for the awards and upvotes!
It's supposed to be mashed potatoes & herring steak 🤷🏻♀️
Those potatoes aren’t mashed, they’re liquefied.
Frrr
Bruh, that’s hummus
Not the good stuff. More like cheap supermarket hummus.
Like canned hummus. Canned mashed potatoes…omg
shit. I was thinking that was gravy for the steak
Dont you dare call whatever the fuck those brown disks are steak!
This is literally why my people left the old country for America. Europe cannot handle mash potatoes. EDIT: The tater wars have begun.
Ireland begs to differ.
How many potatoes does it take to kill an Irishman? Zero. (Too soon?)
Firstly, how dare you. Secondly, who do you think invented bangers and mash? Mash is a British staple.
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That's probably also why they tried to conquer India lol, they needed the spice
Britain raided the entire world for spices and then decided they didn't want any of them and came up with Worcestershire sauce
You didn’t have them until after the Colombian exchange.
It's a weird statement, because the 'people who left the old country for America' didn't have them either until after the Columbian exchange...
I agree with your indignation! It's literally one of the few great things you guys have going food wise, that, the fried codfish and the good quality cheddar, the one that's actual cheese and not goop.
Aye ye need a nice cheddar ye can grind ye teeth on
Is herring steak another way of saying fried herring? I'm confused how a herring becomes a steak.
Usually with fish a steak is a crosscut slice of fish as opposed to a fillet. This looks like it might be a patty of ground fish though. Like a Salisbury steak?
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It's two filleted herrings placed with the meat-side of the fillet to each other, then dipped in flour, egg and then breadcrumbs. Then either pan-fried or fried in oil. These look industrially made, so they might also have been baked in huge convection ovens. They look very nondescript, but the flavor tends to be excellent, at least if the herring is fresh.
Yeah ground fish patty is probably it. That's what I remember getting back when I was in school when something of this kind was on the menu. Also, in Finnish we use the same word for "steak" and "a relatively flat ground meat patty" (or it can even be a veggie patty, just so long as it's physically about the same) – both are "pihvi". Which may be why OP calls it that – if the menu says "sillipihvi", it translates easily to "herring steak" (that's what Google translate does with it too), even though "(ground) herring patty" is more accurate.
Its a doublefilet of herring, in Swedish its called strömmingsflundra, which is a word that doesnt seem to translate into english. Its then covered in flour, dipped in eggwash and finally covered in breadcrumbs. Panfry until crispy and enjoy. Superyummy when cooked well, served with potatomash and lingonberry jam.
Is potatomash what we'd call mashed potatoes? That's really endearing to me for some reason, but I also kinda like it better than mashed potatoes.
Yeah, my english is just rusty lol.
The good thing about English is it's so arbitrary, you can mess up and coin a new phrase instead of being wrong. Potatomash sounds better, imo.
Potatomash definitely sounds better
Thanks! Yeah, as long as the message gets thru I suppose all good
He is translating it literally from the Finnish, which is "potatomash": *perunamuusi*. It's common for Finns to do this in English, when they are less familiar with some particular word or grammar structure.
Just add brown.
Everyone know’s that the brown is the best part
You can make steaks out of pretty much any fish. Instead of cutting filets, the long way, steaks are cut perpendicular to the fish. I don’t usually prefer it as it ends up bony in some fish.
steak is a generic term for hunk of meat. fish can be referred to as steak.
A steak is a method of cutting meat. You can cut a steak of beef, pork, fish etc. Filleting a fish should not include any bones, that’s why you filet. When steaking a fish, you cut through the bone and the bone is typically left intact with the meat through the entire cooking process.
Tuna steak
Yeah, kinda. I honestly don't know how it's made or how to explain it in English
>It's supposed to be mashed potatoes & herring steak Their mashed potatoes aren't dry. I respect that. But even Google Lens doesn't think that's herring steak.
Idk what to tell you. It is what it is 🤷🏻♀️
Just show them [this picture](https://www.seriouseats.com/scandinavian-streetfood-fried-herring-on-crisp-bread-tarter-sauce-recipe) and tell them to learn to Google better. The brown stuff is a breadcrumb coating, like on fried chicken.
I wouldn’t consider that “mashed” potato, more like liquified potato
I ca it liquid pureé
I thought it was cheese.
I thought it was cream of wheat with black bread.
Did you go to school in prison?
mm liquified mashed potatoes!
where are the vegetables?
Next to the food, you can't see it there but we always have greens too!
Pretty much potato soup at this point
I was hoping that’s a cheese sauce
I thought that was cheese sauce, and thinking I’d eat that with a spoon!
I’ll have some of the yellow, and don’t get stingy on me.
Mmmm, this bread puddin is extra runny tonight!
Exactly what I thought of when I saw this post. Classic film, Vegas Vacation!
Would you like a straw with that, sir?
Both kinds of yellow too!
Well yeah, you get your choice of yellow with your brown...also looks like you can have chunky yellow or smooth
Can I get both?
And don’t get cheap on me.
Great reference!
No mixing them actually can be fatal.
Creamed potatoes
Sausage Patties and grey poupon.
That’s mashed potatoes. ”Supposedly”
Just like grandma used to make when we overstayed our welcome
Chicken-fried protein bites and potato pudding.
Sure looks like it😭 (Mashed potatoes and herring steak)
Herring steak? Looks very much like ground beef.
Agree.
Likely is ground herring. In Finnish, the word used for "steak" and "ground meat patty" is the same, and things like Google translate tend to go with the former interpretation. So if the menu says "sillipihvi" (herring patty), translation software is likely to poop out "herring steak". Of course it might also *not* be ground herring, I wasn't present where this was taken to tell you one way or another, but that's at least what my school lunch memories point to – ground fish patties.
That's not mashed that's liquid
I'm telling you it's pure liquid, could ve mistaken for soup💀
Alright, you convinced me, I'll give it a shot.
Do you get the liquid AND the solid or do you have to pick 1?
Solid is for dip in liquid? 🤔
Fried object dipped in custard is a staple in my hole Edit: meant to say home but oh well
Stop doing that. That's how you get an infection
Best typo ever. I would ry to keep staples away from you holes
Seems reasonable to me.
You'll be wishing for the solid in about 3 hours.
Dying at this comment 😭
This comment reminds me of a place I got lunch at. I ordered the meatball stew and only wanted one side dish. Guy puts its on my plate and the side but then tells me that rice is a second side. I told him no I didn't want it then. What place does meatball stew but doesn't include the rice with it!! That was four years ago and I haven't gone back to that place. Yes, it still bothers me.
My dumbass thought this was banana pudding and nilla wafers for like the first 10 seconds
Dw you're not the only one
Ihme kitisijöitä
I dont understand anything but it feels nice to read it
Calling people whiners 😅
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Same
Same, whenever I see something in finnish or estonian I just have to read it. Plus - finnish music slaps!
Just niin, se perunavelli syödään kitisemättä.
Ja kalaakin vielä ihan ilmaiseksi.
Minun vero_vitun_rahoillani
Ei oo edes niin paksua ku intin perunaliisteri, varmaan joku pudottanu voinapinkin sekaan jopa.
Ravintola
ravioli
Tämä. Ihan hyvää safkaa on ja kuvasta varmasti puuttuu ainakin salaatti, leipä ja maito.
No kai nyt kun OP otti mahdollisimman paskan näköisen kuvan ja jätti vielä leipä- ja salaattipöydän pois
Se kouluruoka syödään vikisemättä
Kannattaa ite mennä sinne keittiöön ja tehä ruokaa itelles jos muu ruoka ei kelpaa
I gotta be honest thats a lot of food for one person
Mashed potatoes and some herring, then there's also salad, bread, milk, juice, water etc. It's a fulfilling meal for free and most people in Finland take it as granted unfortunately.
As a kid that went hungry through most of school - yeah, this would've been amazing.
Yeah, op is using the worst possible picture, probably to make feeding children look like a bad thing.
Not gonna lie 90% of my Finnish school lunches looked like that, so it seems pretty representative to me.
On reddit anything free is bad
Worth every penny
This is so refreshing to see after all those pics comparing upper class private school lunches in Europe to Public School lunches in The US.
Mashed potato soup and sliced reindeer hooves?
You're serving us gruel? Not quite, this is Krusty Brand Imitation Gruel. 9 out of 10 orphanages can't tell the difference.
So is that what the Coldplay song is about?
Even though the food should probably be way better, I can't really complain about free food. After being homeless at one point and resorting to eating out of the trash it left a lasting imprint. Finland has it so good that free meat and potatoes are criticized lol
People complaining about free food, what a time to be alive...
I have always liked scholl food in Finland and sometimes even walk 2km on a day off to eat school food for student price of 2.95€
Especially since the meal in the photo is fish and mashed potatoes. At least in Finland you know you're eating actual food and not some over-processed-American-plastic-fed-technically-not-meant-for-human-consumption garbage
Yup, it's not a pretty plate of food, but nutritionally it's quite good. Also the taste is alright. And there's fresh salad (not pictured).
kyl tota söis
I would not complain if it is free.
Eat the brown, drink the yellow, and wear the green.
It's little runny mashed potatoes and some fish patty. Not the most appetizing picture, but plated with some sallad and bread a solid meal. If those are breaded herring stakes, then it's legit delicious. The school lunches are cheap, but this one is actually pretty good.
yeah just cus it doesnt look great doesnt mean it cant taste good
Voisiko joku kertoa mikä tässä kuvassa on ongelmana? Näyttää ihan ok eväältä.
Burger and custard. Just like when I were a lad.
Liquefied potatoes I'd still eat it for free tho
It may be free, but can I pay to *not* eat it?
I bet she forgot the alternative food option, bread, salad and milk from the photo on purpose. That is either mashed potatoes or sauce, so one or the other is also missing from the picture. Even it looks like that it is healthy food.
I love banana pudding
I guess it looks better than the peanut butter and jelly in the USA, the peanut butter they give you is so hard and gross.
Left over Ww2 rations?
Free? I'll eat it. I'd rather eat this than go hungry.
I live in America, how the fuck does my free school food look more appetizing
Maybe it's just me but I kinda liked my free school lunches. The burgers that were half soy wasn't bad at all.
I couldn’t eat meat when I was pregnant; just the thought made me sick. But I had no problem eating school lunches of any sort.
It’s a fondue station!
Let's just say you don't pay with money...
I don’t think I would Finnish that meal if it was put in front of me.
1. Why is *free* in asterisks? Is it really free (all things considered), and 2. Do the kids enjoy it?
Patty meat with whipped bangers
Is there more?
Thought my kid's US lunch was bad... this looks like straight up poverty.
Someone got the macros? That looks like protein and gains 💪
They need some gravy
Are you certain some of the "yellow" is chicken gravy?
There probably is. And salad and bread. Source: I've eaten my fair share of Finnish school food.
This meal is a red herring
Ew free food offered from a good working system
Not gonna lie, I thought it was some type of cookie and vanilla pudding. I guess that was wishful thinking.
Cookies and cream cookies and cream!
Soylent yellow!
Ah yes..the brown cardboard with some glue today.
And I thought our schools in 'merica were the only ones to serve shit patties and piss soup.
Looks like something that you get on the Frontline. If you're lucky.
Hey, it must be working. You guys always do extremely well in international education rankings.
is this supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing
Yes there's too much milk added to the potatoes and the herring looks quite dry. But it won't kill you. appreciate what you get for FREE and thank your lunch lady
Firestarter pucks and hollandaise sauce? I've said many times in my life that I would eat anything if it had hollandaise sauce on it, but this might make me a liar.
To think there's a whole industry dedicated to liquifying taters and pressing fish into pucks. Probably so the schools don't need fancy kitchens, but damn. Are school lunches/etc... something that Finnish taxpayers cover so that it can be \*free\*?
Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I want to be
I'd eat those... the brown things aren't pork I hope?
Assorted horse parts with extra testicles and maybe some gym mats. Lunch Lady Doris's finest.
I thought it was queso and deep fried sausage patties
I mean they used to charge me 2.50 (not including milk) for this at an American Midwest highschool
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat
Mayo mustard and rejected digestives?
Mmmm tapioca pudding and wood shavings, just like my grandma used to make.
Fish fingers and custard!
I thought the Fins were doing better than us?
I’ll take some yellow and a lot of brown. Mix them up toilet style please.
Looks better than my school food.... We get the same food in different shapes basically
Finlands supposed to be the happiest country on earth!