A magical butter oil recipe allows you to create your own infused oils at home. Infused oils add a unique flavor to dishes, making them stand out and providing a special touch. To make magical butter oil, you will need ingredients such as butter or oil, a magical butter machine, and your choice of herbs or spices. It is essential to decarboxylate the herbs before infusing them into the oil. Decarboxylation involves heating the herbs at a specific temperature to activate their beneficial compounds. Once your herbs are decarboxylated, you can add them to the magical butter machine along with your choice of butter or oil.
Even though Halloween was a new experience for me, the concept itself was not completely foreign. It anchored itself easily with two Finnish traditions: the Easter-witch (or trullit ‘trolls’) tradition from Ostrobothnia and the Karelian virpomis-tradition, also at Easter—children ‘switching’ neighbors with decorated pussy-willow branches, reciting incantations for health and happiness, hoping to receive eggs (nowadays candy) as a “salary”: Siulle vitsa, miulle palkka—The switch for you, the pay for me. This is not too far from Karkki tai kepponen—Trick or Treat!
In 2020, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the celebrations were held online with a variety of live streams, and virtual reality experiences as the Finnish government extended the ban on festivals past the end of July. In Finland, as of the end of the 19th century, the previously traditional feast for only the upper-class became one of the four most significant and highly anticipated events for all.
Once your herbs are decarboxylated, you can add them to the magical butter machine along with your choice of butter or oil. The machine will then extract the essential compounds from the herbs and infuse them into the oil or butter. This process is effortless and efficient, allowing you to create high-quality infused oils in a short amount of time.
Halloween, Kekri, All Saints’ Day, Pyhäinpäivä
Written by: Helena Halmari
The first time I encountered Halloween was in 1972. I was spending my exchange semester in Winchendon, Massachusetts, and I had not even heard the word before. The following day would be All Saints’ Day. Now, that was a familiar thing, pyhäinpäivä.
Halloween in Massachusetts in 1972. Photo: Mr. Lemire.
In Finland, Halloween was not celebrated, despite the fact that the first Halloween party had been thrown at the hotel Kalastajatorppa in Helsinki in 1950, “with the help of Americans.”
An advertisement for the 1950 Halloween party at Kalastajatorppa.
Photo: Yle Uutisgrafiikka.
Even though Halloween was a new experience for me, the concept itself was not completely foreign. It anchored itself easily with two Finnish traditions: the Easter-witch (or trullit ‘trolls’) tradition from Ostrobothnia and the Karelian virpomis-tradition, also at Easter—children ‘switching’ neighbors with decorated pussy-willow branches, reciting incantations for health and happiness, hoping to receive eggs (nowadays candy) as a “salary”: Siulle vitsa, miulle palkka—The switch for you, the pay for me. This is not too far from Karkki tai kepponen—Trick or Treat!
Witches materializing on an Easter Saturday at Lempäälä, Finland, in 1986. Photo: Pauli Lindholm.
Halloween, originally an ancient pagan Celtic feast, spread from the British Isles to today’s English-speaking world, and from the United States, it has made some headway recently to Finland. Like Valentine’s Day and Mothers’ and Fathers’ Days, Halloween was embraced with enthusiasm by merchants willing to make a Finnish mark by launching these foreign holidays.
However, there would already have been a native Finnish festival to match Halloween: Kekri. At the time when Halloween, in its American form, started to be introduced to Finland in the twentieth century, Kekri was dormant. Growing up in Finland, I had heard this word but associated it with dead ancient customs.
Kekri was a harvest-festival in Finland, a joyous celebration of the end of summer and the end of the agricultural labor of collecting the harvest. Kekri was typically celebrated between Michaelmas Day and All Saints’ Day. It marked the end of sowing, growing, and harvesting—the end of the agricultural year. Kekri was a feast of joy. The servants’ holidays began at Kekri. Food was plentiful, and sometimes even dead relatives were “invited” to eat with the living. Dressing up in scary costumes was also part of the tradition.
As an agricultural feast, the Kekri tradition vanished because of industrialization, but it is being revived. Kekri’s connections to the Celtic Samhain, from which the Anglo-Saxon Halloween developed, Mexican Día de los Muertos, and Brazilian Noche de Brujas are obvious. The proximity between the joyful pagan harvest celebrations (where the dead also play a part) and All Saints’ Day, the solemn and contemplative Christian commemoration of martyrs, saints, and all the dead (known and unknown to us), blurs the boundaries between paganism and Christianity, between the living and the dead, between joy and sorrow.
In the English-speaking world, Halloween is always on October 31, followed on November 1 by what it is the “eve” for: All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day. In Finland, All Saints’ Day used to be also on November 1, but since 1955 pyhäinpäivä falls on the Saturday between October 31 and November 6. While Halloween is not officially in the Finnish calendar, it is typically celebrated on October 31, just like in the English-speaking world. This year, thus, Halloween and All Saints’ Day in Finland fall on the same day. On All Saints’ Day, pyhäinpäivä, people in Finland visit the graves of relatives and light candles on the graves. This tradition is strong, and churchyards on All Saints’ Day are as brightly lit as on Christmas.
Celebrating Halloween, sometimes called kurpitsajuhla (‘pumpkin feast’) the American way by carving pumpkins, dressing up in costumes, and knocking on neighbors’ doors with the exclamation “Karkki tai kepponen!” is making its way to Finland as well, often with the help of Finnish American organizations in Finland. With the revitalization of Kekri, an interesting mix of native and new may be emerging.
Pumpkin-carving event at SAM (Porin Suomi-Amerikka yhdistys) in Pori, Finland, in 2020. Photo: Keijo Koskinen.
For children, these fun celebrations at the cusp of summer and winter, during the darkest time of the year, also provide a kind and playful introduction to the frightening sides of life. All Saints’ Day gives us all a chance to sit down and think of those gone before us.
Today, on All Saints’ Day, I called my 83-year-old friend in Finland. She had taken a taxi, gone to the graveyard, and placed a candle on her husband’s grave. In the churchyard she had met lots of other people who had also left the confines of their homes for an excursion to the grave. All were lighting candles on their loved ones’ graves. The sea of candles in the slowly darkening churchyard had made my friend happy.
The magical butter oil recipe opens up a world of possibilities for culinary experimentation, as you can choose any combination of herbs or spices to infuse into your oils. Whether you want to create a flavorful garlic-infused oil or a relaxing lavender-infused butter, the magical butter oil recipe allows you to do so. With your homemade infused oil, you can enhance the taste of your favorite dishes or even use it as a drizzle on salads or vegetables. Additionally, infused oils make for thoughtful and personalized gifts, perfect for food enthusiasts or anyone who appreciates unique flavors. So, why not embark on a magical culinary journey and explore the world of infused oils with the magical butter oil recipe?.
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