Wouldn't want to bother myself

Not sure why I would use an exclamation mark on a work email

Or just an exaggeration not meant to be taken seriously.

I’m like 90% sure you definitely replied to me in a thread that I talked about being abused by the police, with the general suspicion of “our police don’t do that” which all Finns have. Even I had it, until I got abused like that.

I mean could be, I don't remember. Just seemed like a weird thing to throw out there.

Boiled meat is not unique. I would argue we don’t have enough food culture for it to constitute “a cuisine”. And that’s sort of backed up by there being no international restaurants serving mainly Finnish cuisine.

That is you trying to define it. Your own article links to "List of European cuisines" and that includes and links to "Finnish cuisine". If you were trying to define cuisine through truly unique foods or preparation techniques etc, not only would you drive yourself insane but you'd also find out you wouldn't have many cuisines left.

"Nordic cuisine" is probably used because it provides better name recognition too, in addition to a wider selection.

Karelian stew and mämmi. Crispbread to go with them. That’s it.

It's much more than that. https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomalainen_keitti%C3%B6 But a lot of those aren't internationally known or specifically associated with Finland so it doesn't make it worth it to run a specifically Finnish cuisine focused restaurant.

I mean, Finnish cuisine is a thing, but… it’s not a thing. And you probably very well know what I mean with that.

It's not on par with world class cuisines, definitely.

Oh you dipshit, that just means a restaurant that’s in Finland.

Nope.

Often when you specify "suomalainen" it correctly interprets the results as you seeking for Finnish or Finnish influenced food. Test it out yourself.

I get that you don't much care for Finnish cuisine but it doesn't mean such a thing doesn't exist. How fancy or popular or varied or even good it is is an another matter. And it's not what I'm arguing about. This isn't an emotional or opinion thing to me, I'm just saying the concept of cuisine doesn't really work how you are defining it. It's not even about it being Finnish, it'd be the same for Icelandic or Russian or Greek or any other cuisine.

Don’t think I don’t remember you doubting my story of the police abusing me, of which I have proof.

Huh?

Just turn the brush?

Or otherwise emotionally unstable

It's about the concept of a "cuisine". I'm sure you understand what is meant by it.

No I understand, I'm just saying how you define it doesn't really follow how it is commonly defined. Which is fine, but again, something to keep in mind.

I don't believe there are any "Finnish restaurants".

There are. Search for "suomalainen ravintola".

But I'm quite sure no other country has a "Finnish restaurant"

Those exist too. Mostly to serve expatriates, but still.

I'm pointing out Finland lacks food culture

Well that's an opinion you are sharing. And it's fine to think so, it's just not generally seen as true. Food culture is just what people are eating in certain areas and the traditional dishes associated with it. So of course Finland would have a food culture. You are defining it as something else, so by the way you are defining it it might be true.

I think the whole thing could be summed as you feeling that Finnish cuisine isn't good or popular enough to warrant the term. It's an opinion I've heard before, so I get it and I'm not arguing against it. I'm just saying on more objective way, the way the terms are defined, Finnish cuisine and food culture does exist. Doesn't mean you are wrong but I just simply wanted to note that to make up "cuisine" there's no high bar.

I hope that helps to settle this.

btw

I don't know if you think the colloquial use aligns more with what you said, but in Finnish cuisine is just "keittiö" (as in suomalainen keittiö) or ruokakulttuuri. English word is much the same in that it actually doesn't just mean something fancy, even though as a French origin word it can seem like a fancy word.

I'm just going with that. It's not a personal preference thing. I like Finnish food but it doesn't really matter to me if the term cuisine was reserved for just fancy. I was just saying.