Posted: 9/13/2012 3:24:04 PM EDT
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Making up a pot for salmon camp this weekend. My great uncle always makes it for deer camp back home in Minnesota, so I figure I can contribute here in Michigan where we are guests at another camp.
I recently found out that the soup and the word are Finlander (as in northern MN/WI/MI Finnish-American rather than Finnish). So'm I, so that makes me feel even better about it. 
It's a very basic recipe –– linked here. Our family recipe is basically that, though I always try to use venison. I have not tried the fish version (kalamojakka) due to horror stories from my grandma and uncle.  I might someday, though...
Goes great with homemade wheat bread, and benefits from allspice in place of heavy pepper. |
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That's pretty much your standard recipe for beef stew. Can't wrap my head around a fish version. Blech.   Yep. I have always considered the included combination of cabbage, rutabaga and allspice to be the essential "mojakka" components. I just had a good weekend that left me with close to 10 pounds of fresh Lake Michigan salmon fillets... I see some kalamojakka in my future. Once, at least. 
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I've never made it with allspice and rutabagas, so, that will have to be taken care of this week.  You've probably used it before, but GO EASY on the allspice! I made a huge stockpot for this weekend, probably 2.5lbs of meat and again as much veggies, and I used a half teaspoon of allspice. |