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Turun Mustard


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Turun Mustard
$9.00
Water,fructose syrup,mustard seed,vinegar,vegetable oil,salt,coloring,chili 7" x 1.5" Turku? or Sweden this is the question... Yes, although considered to be a national icon (Turun mustard and sausages) this product is no longer made in Finland; several years ago it was bought by a Swedish company and they began producing it in Uppsala, Sweden. Named for the city Turku, it has been produced since 1926. It was something of an outrage that a Swedish company could own Turun Sinappi being that it is a nationalistic brand. Especially outrageous as Sweden used to rule Finland for 100’s of years and until recently it was mandatory to study Swedish in school. Swedish remains the second language of the country and 5 – 6% of the Finnish population are Swedish speaking Finns. We found there is a good amount of animosity between Finns and Swedes, I won’t go into detail but it was made fairly clear in a quiet sort of way. My husband is Swedish and we found it was apparent not to brag about it while traveling. Swedes themselves consider Finns to be quite mad and in Swedish terms they are a bit. Thank God! Turku is called Åbo in Swedish and is located in the southwest part of the country where most of the Finland-Swedes are located. I think handing over Turku Mustard to a Swedish company was a little like handing territory back to Sweden, a national tragedy. A substitute Finnish made product using the Turun mustard recipe came on the market called Aurun Mustard; I tried it and it just was not the same, sorry.

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