Kuuma koira

Kuuma koira is a fast food cuisine created in the 1960s in the Finnish city of Nokia.[1] The term Kuuma koira is Finnish for "Hot dog", but the ingredients differ so much that Kuuma koira is completely different cuisine. The dish is not well known outside Pirkanmaa region, but Nokia holds an annual International Kuuma koira day in March to celebrate the cuisine.[2] Thousands of Kuuma koiras are eaten at the local grills on that date.[3]

Kuuma koira
The traditional way to serve Kuuma koiras
TypeFast food
Place of originFinland
Region or stateNokia, Tampere
Created byTeodor Leppänen
Main ingredientsJelly doughnut, sausage, mustard, ketchup, pickle relish, chopped onions

Invention and rise to fame

The dish was conceived in 1960s by Teodor Leppänen (1902–1978), a fast food grill owner from Nokia. The most well known story about the invention says that he had been selling apple jelly doughnuts with coffee and steamed sausages. Combining the surplus ingredients to save some money, he created Kuuma koira.[4][5] In the following decades, other grill owners at the area copied the dish, and it became a staple in the local fast food scene. In the end of the first decade of the millennium, MTV3 Ennätystehdas record making show had Mikko Salonen from Nokia eating four and a half Kuuma koiras in 5 minutes on a live broadcast, creating a new official record. Around the same time, the International Kuuma koira day was held for the first time. These events together propelled the cuisine to the knowledge of all Finns, further aided by Finnish Grillit Huurussa fast food program on Nelonen TV channel in 2016.[6]

See also

References
  1. Sirén, Anna (30 March 2013). "Munkin ja makkaran yhdistelmä on nokialaisten herkku". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  2. https://allevents.in/nokia/kansainv%C3%A4linen-kuuma-koira-p%C3%A4iv%C3%A4/20002845706068#
  3. Häkkilä, Kimmo (10 March 2018). "Koiraa haukkaava ei evästään purematta niele". www.nokianuutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  4. Nupponen, Sakari (18 January 2013). "Mitä meillä oli ennen hot wingsejä: Kuuma koira on nokialaisten nimikkoruoka". Tamperelainen (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  5. "Nokia Kuuma Koira". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  6. "Tampereen grilliherkku saa Sami Hedbergin ymmälleen: "Niin häiritsevä yhdistelmä"". www.aamulehti.fi (in Finnish). 17 February 2016. Retrieved 2019-04-03.


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