[lbo-talk] RE: Tallinn

joanna bujes jbujes at covad.net
Fri Dec 19 09:53:28 PST 2003


Diane wrote:

"The Finns are actually very big coffee (kahvi) drinkers -- I think the largest in the world. "

Yes this is quite amazing. A few years ago, I read the novel "Independent People" by Harold Laxness (nobel prize winner). It was one of the best novels I've ever read and I was exceedingly puzzled that the diet of the most miserable and impovrished Finns as portrayed in the book seems to consist of 90% coffee (surely it must be imported and not cheap) and some fish.

???

Joanna



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