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Late Laskiainen - Pea Soup Party - Lake Crabtree, Cary - on Saturday, April 5, 2008, 1 - 4 PM

Laskianen is the Finnish word for Shrove Tuesday, which is also known as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
We will meet at the Dogwood Shelter in the Lake Crabtree Park to enjoy hot pea soup, special Finnish home-made deserts, beautiful spring weather, and each other’s company.

·   Please e-mail coordinators: Eeva Bettis embettis@hotmail.com 
and let them know what you can bring from the following list of desserts: home-made Finnish pancakes (lättyjä/lettuja), Fat Tuesday buns (Laskiais pullat), Runeberg's cupcakes (Runebergin tortut), pulla, coffee cake (kuiva kakku) or home-made cookies.  

·   TFA provides in the cover charge (in addition to the shelter): peasoup, bread, butter, coffee, and soft drinks.

·   Cover charge is $5.00/family or $3/individual, double fee if you don’t bring anything from the list.

·   Please, let Eeva also know if you can arrive a little early to set up, hang signs and balloons.

Directions To Lake Crabtree

Take Exit 285 from I-40 (Aviation Parkway) and follow signs toward Morrisville.  The entrance to the park is well marked.  After you enter the park, follow the narrow road until you see signs toward the shelters.  Proceed until you see blue and white balloons and the sign to the Dogwood Shelter.  

Marimekko’s Tasaraita shirt

Last year at the Laskiainen Party, we took this great picture:

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Let us take another, bigger one this year. So, I ask everybody who has a Marimekko’s Tasaraita shirt to wear it.

If you do not have a Tasaraita, please, wear some other Finnish shirt if you have, like this shirt Jukka wore last year: “A Finn’s Feelings.”

Where to find the "right" peas
P ea Soup Recipe
Oven PancakeRecipe

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Vappu Party on Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 5pm – until

 

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Raleigh International Festival September 5th and 6th, 2008

The Raleigh International Festival

Merja Wolfe, Hanna Gnann, Timo Palo, Riitta Virtaranta, Marika Suominen Yeh, Kari Laitinen and Rosalind Laitinen

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Midsummer Party -

on Saturday, June 21st, 2008, 5pm – until

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Piirakka Party  - Saturday, September 27th, 2008, 4pm - until

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Independence Day – Saturday, December 6th, 5:00pm – until

Coordinators: Tiina Folley (tiina.folley@gmail.com) and Lotta Peltola-Nelms (lottapeltola@hotmail.com).

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Caspian International Food Mart

2909 Brentwood Road

Raleigh, NC 27604

You can find the following "Finnish" items at this shop:

YUMMMMM!!

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