'Tis the season to go out in the forest foraging for
seened (mushrooms), see people returning from such jaunts carrying
ämbri/täied (bucketfuls) of
seened or to go out and buy butter-fried
kuke/seene (chanterelle mushroom) flavoured potato chips. Prepared
värsketest kartulitest (from fresh potatoes). Potato chips (
kartuli/krõpsud) are generally shortened to simply "
krõpsud" from the word
krõpsuv meaning crunchy (sensation and sound). This is a new flavour of Estrella brand
krõpsud. Estrella began making
soolased suu/pisted (salty snacks) in Sweden in 1946 and has expanded its Baltic headquarters and
tootmine (manufacturing) to Kaunas,
Leedu (Lithuania).
The package also announces the potatoes used are the
kartuli/saak (potato harvest) hailing from July to October of this year.
Päeva/lille/õliga indicates they were prepared using sunflower oil and
piiratud kogus means there is a limited amount, hence it's a limited edition. The Estrella Eesti Facebook page advertises that
kuke/seened (literally "rooster mushrooms") cannot only be found in the forest... And asks which will you choose:
seenel/käik, a mushroom trek, or
Estrella värske saak (Estrella's fresh pickings)? Hmm... Can you make
soust (sauce) out of the latter and slather it over
keedu/kartulid (boiled potatoes)? If not, it's time to grab your
korv (basket).
True
seene/sõbrad, 'shroomies or connoisseurs, who "stoop low" to gather their treasures would most likely consider these
seene/matkijad (mushroom mimickers) beyond low and downright appalling (
kohutav). I must say, they taste quite yummy though and have the dangerous addictive quality of most
soolased (salty) and
rasvased (fatty, oily) snacks.
Sõitke seenele instead. Photo and text: Riina Kindlam, Tallinn.
