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Paw-teet-zah & Yoh-loo-pookie
Reality Debate
by Suvi Aarnio (as potica, a Slovenian nut bread) and
Igor Stromajer (as Joulupukki, a Finnish Santa Claus)
featuring Martina Ruhsam (as a referee from the neutral state of Austria) and Miro Solkio (as a typical Finn from Finland)
Co-produced by Intima Virtual Base (Slovenia), Titanik Gallery (Turku, Finland) and Gallery P74 (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
# venues:
Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland, 15 December 2007
Gallery P74, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 4 January 2008
# Photos from the Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
# 15 Dec 2008; Photo by Miro Solkio
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This delicious potica bread is a Slovenian favorite. Bake for Christmas, Easter or any special occasion. For a special treat, thinly slice and toast. Slather with plenty of butter and enjoy for breakfast!
Yields: 4 loaves
Cook Time: 45 minutes
INGREDIENTS:
Dough:
# 1 cup milk
# 1 stick butter
# 2/3 cup lukewarm water
# 1 teaspoon sugar
# 1 ounce cake yeast (1/2 of a 2-ounce cake yeast cube)
# 6 cups flour
# 3 eggs
# 1 teaspoon salt
# 1 cup sugar
Filling (make two batches if you prefer extra filling):
# 1/2 pound white raisins
# 1 pound shelled walnuts
# 3/4 cup sugar
# 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
# 1/4 cup honey
# 1 slightly beaten egg
# 3 tablespoons milk
# 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Scald milk in pan, remove from heat, add butter and allow to melt. While mixture is cooling until just warm, prepare lukewarm water (85 to 100 degrees). Add one teaspoon sugar to water and crumble yeast on top. Let set for 10 minutes. When yeast is dissolved thoroughly and begins to float on top, mix in one cup flour. Beat eggs thoroughly and add, along with milk and butter mixture, salt, and 1 cup sugar, to yeast blend. Add flour a cup at a time, until soft dough forms.
Knead dough on lightly floured surface, adding more flour as necessary, until dough is smooth, elastic and springs back easily, about 3 to 5 minutes. Shape into a ball. Place dough ball in a greased bowl, turning once to grease surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 2 hours.
While dough is rising, cover raisins with boiling water and soak until plump and moist. Mix together walnuts, sugar, margarine or butter, honey, egg, milk, and vanilla, place in food processor, and pulse several times until walnuts are ground and a coarse paste is formed. Blend in raisins and set mixture aside.
Punch dough down. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Lightly grease four 13 by 2-1/2 by 4-inch loaf pans, or bundt pans. Sprinkle rolling surface with a light coating of flour. Divide dough into four balls. Roll out each ball into a 15-inch square. Cover and let rest 10 minutes. Then roll each square until it is 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick. Spread nut mixture on each square to within 1 inch of edge. Roll each square up jelly-roll style. Pinch seams and ends to seal. Place loaves, seam sides down, in prepared loaf pans. Cover; let rise until nearly double in size, about 2 hours.
Bake at 325 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until golden brown. To prevent over-browning, potica may be covered with foil or paper for the last 15 minutes of baking. Remove from pans and cool. Potica should be prepared a day before serving to allow flavors to mature.
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Santa Claus lives in Lapland, in the north of Finland. You can meet him any day of the year in Rovaniemi, in Santa Claus' Village on the Arctic Circle.
Santa's secret getaway is in the East of Lapland, on the Korvatunturi Fell, where he was first spotted in the 1920's. The secluded area of Korvatunturi, impossible to reach by anyone else, is situated on the border between Finland and Russia. Mrs. Claus lives there, and so do the elves that prepare the gifts. The Korvatunturi Fell is 483 metres high, and is the shape of an ear. With the unique shape of the fell, Santa can listen to all the children around the world.
As early as in the 1950's Santa would often enjoy visiting the Arctic Circle near the town of Rovaniemi, not only on Christmas but all throughout the year, to visit both children and child-like. By 1985, his visits had become so regular that he founded his own village there. Today, his village includes Santa Claus' Office and Santa Claus' Main Post Office as well as the reindeer park nearby.
Santa Claus comes to the Santa Claus Village every day of the year to listen to children's wishes and to talk to people from all over the world.
The Arctic Circle is a line on the surface of the Earth, which marks the northern latitude north of which the sun does not rise on the winter solstice or set on the summer solstice. The most exciting place to cross the Arctic Circle is the Santa Claus' Village in Finnish Lapland.
Santa Claus' Village is easy to reach. You only drive 8 km North from Rovaniemi, to the place where highway crosses the magic Arctic Circle. Santa Claus' Village can easily be reached by bus and by car. You'll know the place from log houses with peaked towers and the handsome highway gate. The international airport of Rovaniemi, Santa Claus official airport, is situated only 2 km from Santa Claus' Village.
Santa Claus lives on the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi for numerous reasons. First of all, elves could not permanently live south of Arctic Circle - there would simply not be enough snow! Reindeer also require Lapland's Arctic nature and snowy winters. The Arctic Circle is also the perfect place for Santa Claus to admire the midnight sun in summertime and the northern lights in wintertime.
Santa Claus has also his own new products which you can buy from different well-equiped souvenir shops at the Santa Claus Village and SantaPark or online.
The journey to meet Santa Claus follows a one hundred-metre long Sensational Experience Corridor, with Santa's secrets as displayed as fairytale-like elements, revealed to visitors for the very first time in the history of the world. Guests will learn how Santa is able to visit everyone's home during a single day, and how Santa fits down the chimney, to name just a couple. There is also a good reason why the Santa Claus Office is located at the Arctic Circle.
The highlight of the visit to the Santa Claus Office remains the free-of-charge meeting with Santa Claus, every single day of the year.
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Paw-teet-zah & Yoh-loo-pookie project supported by The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
Igor Štromajer Virtualna baza Intima Igor Štromajer Intima Virtual Base Ballettikka Internettikka
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