Mustamakkara 681610 180960749 2007-12-30T10:15:36Z Edward 4261 link [[local food]] [[Image:Mustamakkara1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Black sausage with [[lingonberry]] jam.]] '''Mustamakkara''' (''black sausage'') is a type of [[blood sausage]]. Nowadays available in most stores across Finland, it is originally a [[local food]] speciality of [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] and is traditionally eaten with [[lingonberry]] jam. Mustamakkara is at its best when bought and eaten fresh at market stalls, to which it is delivered hot in [[styrofoam]] boxes directly after baking. A typical practise of reheating the sausage is to just fry it in a pan. Mustamakkara is known to have been eaten as early as in the 16th century and was generally cooked over a small fire, in a hot cauldron or in an oven. Mustamakkara is made by mixing pork, pig blood, crushed rye and flour, after which it is stuffed into the intestines of an animal like most sausages. The three major producers of this food are [http://www.tapola.fi/ Tapola], [http://www.savupojat.fi/ Savupojat] and [http://www.teivonliha.fi/ Teivon Liha]. When buying mustamakkara, it is customary to specify the amount of money to spend instead of weight, length or number of pieces. Among many Finns not native to Tampere, mustamakkara is considered both strange looking and strange tasting and is truly appreciated only by few. [[Category:Finnish sausages]] [[Category:Blood dishes]] {{meat-stub}} [[de:Mustamakkara]] [[hu:Mustamakkara]] [[fi:mustamakkara]]