To see what Felix makes for Estonians’ to enjoy, visit www.felix.ee. The name AS Põltsamaa Felix marks the town where production continues to be based, although the company is now predominantly Swedish-owned.
Veise/liha is beef or literally “cattle meat”. The synonymous term looma/liha (“animal meat”) is also used, but packages of ground beef for example are labelled veise/hakk/liha. As opposed to cows who give milk – lehmad.
The soup’s serving suggestion reads: “Serveeri koos hapu/koore, värskelt hakitud maitse/rohelise ja röst/saiaga” – serve with sour cream, freshly chopped herbs and toast.
Make sure to try other special laulu- and tantsupeo yummies, such as Kalev’s commemorative chocolate bars and special jäätised (ice creams). Because regardless of whether you are singing, dancing or enjoying from the sidelines, when in Rome…. there is the new retro-packaged kama-koore/jäätis pohladega vahvli/topis – kama-cream ice cream with lingonberries in a waffle cone!
Riina Kindlam, Tallinn
