Kalakukko is a traditional food of which country?

Kalakukko is a traditional food from the Finnish region of Savonia made from fish baked inside a loaf of bread. Kalakukko is especially popular in Kuopio, capital city of the Northern Savonia region. Kuopio is home to many kalakukko bakeries. The city also hosts an annual kalakukko baking contest.

Some Finnish speakers today find the name kalakukko somewhat amusing, as kala is Finnish for "fish" and kukko is "rooster", leading to the oft used but non-morphological translation, "fish cock". However, the archaic form of kukko is derived from the same root as kukkaro (purse). Kukko also might come from a Finnish word of kukkula, hill, because the dish is elevated.

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Lawanta

I wish it were what it looked like to me... oatmeal covered in chocolate🙄

james parrillo

Lawanta , I thought it was a dessert, too, and chose Italy. Then, thinking about it, I thought the k sound in Italian would be spelled c. So, I checked to find Italian does not have a k in it. So, I learned many things, including the Finnish fish wrap. Thank you, Christine, James' wife

Kimberly Kennedy

Thank you. I learned something new. The name made the answer obvious, but I had completely miscalculated what I was looking at. Not an oldfashioned oatmeal center, wrapped in chocolate. LOL

Fred Keogh

With all those K's it couldn't be anywhere else.

Fred Keogh

Richard D. Boyle, No, you are right it looks Finnish.

Richard D. Boyle

Term just looked Finnish. Probably dumb luck.

Christopher J Voce

Lots of Ks and the U meant Finland for me.

Denise Currie

We went to Finland and everything seemed to be reindeer meat, reindeer burgers, sausages, steaks with some fish occasionally. I remember this though, it smelled awful