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Thanks Ramona. My mother used

cmaukonen — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:48:10 +0000

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Thanks Ramona. My mother used to make for my father when he was alive. And did for a while after. Of course my aunt an grandmother made it. My sister's make it occasionally but lately it has just been me.

It is a lot of work but worth it and I make enough to send to various friends as well. Cannot afford to do much at Christmas and this is one thing I know will be appreciated by all.

How the heck did I miss this?

Ramona — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:33:01 +0000

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How the heck did I miss this? My Finnish mom and grandmother and assorted aunts and friends all had their own variations of Nissu, just as you say. I liked my mom's the best, of course, but never made it myself--considering it the kind of sacred effort that requires a loving hand and tender care and lots of time, and since I didn't have to, I didn't do it. (My job when Mom made it was the egg wash and sugar finale. I took it seriously, spending many minutes sprinkling the sugar carefully so as to cover the entire braid evenly. Sometimes the wash would have already dried before I was finished.)

We ate it sliced and spread with lots of real butter. I can taste it now as I'm writing this.

All of those women are gone now, and the tradition has died out except for one cousin who makes it now and then, but she's in Arizona fighting the Republicans there so I don't know if she even has time anymore. I'll have to ask her.

Hyvää Uuttavuotta, Carl. Thanks for a lovely memory.

Thanks very much, not only

wws — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:09:24 +0000

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Thanks very much, not only for the recipe, but also for the step-by-step instructions -- so often, it is doing that correctly that makes or breaks the end result.

I haven't used cardamom very often, so looked it up just now to understand what kind of flavor it would impart to a sweet bread as compared to a sauce. Really interesting read, here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamom

Thanks again. Happy New Year.

Thanks Anna. To bad we did

cmaukonen — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:59:29 +0000

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Thanks Anna. To bad we did not meet up in NYC when I was up there. Maybe some other time. Ans Merry Christmas to you. And I only make Pulla at Christmas, Mostly for friends and family.

Sounds just about the same

anna am — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:02:34 +0000

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Sounds just about the same exact as my grandmother from Kuopio's recipe though I confess (quite shamefacedly) I'm trusting memory only as I haven't looked at her recipe or made pulla myself in years. I think you may have inspired me though.

Merry merry and happy happy to you, cmaukonen.