Mulgipuder

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Mulgipuder

Mulgipuder (also Mulgi puder) is pieces of potatoes mixed with pearl barley and topped with fried pork. [1]

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The name literally means 'porridge from Mulgimaa (an area in southern Estonia)'; the word puder 'porridge' comes from Proto-Finnic *putro (cf. Finish puuro 'porridge'), [2] and the modifier mulgi is the genitive of mulk 'a person from Mulgimaa', derived from Latvian muļķis, muļķe 'idiot, fool'. [3]

Mulgipuder is the only Estonian national food that is in the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. [4] Some[ according to whom? ] claim that Mulgipuder is not in the older[ when? ] cookbooks. What makes this food unique to Estonia, is adding pearl barley to mashed potatoes. Many[ clarification needed ] foods in Mulgimaa contain barley, as a lot of barley is grown there.

References

  1. ↑ "Mulgi pudru valmistamine ja söömine Mulgimaal". Eesti Rahvakultuuri Keskus. 19 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "puder". Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ "mulk". Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Cooking and eating Mulgi puder, traditional mashed potato with barley in the Mulgimaa region, Estonia". UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 2024.

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