August is the best time to enjoy foods grown locally
and picked at peak ripeness and best taste. There are some farms and shops that
sell Kimito grown products, for example meat, flour,
bread, berries and vegetables.
We managed to get almost everything for one weekend using local foods. On the way from Helsinki to the island we stopped at Pohja village to check Westchark meat that can be bought from Deli Tukku. The shop had already closed at six, but the owners were in the Glöden restaurant next to the shop, and we could get our meat from the restaurant, the Black Angus steaks and chorisos, ordered by phone earlier.
There’s a good selection of vegetables from
local producers at Perniön K-Kauppa. I bought 7 kgs of cucumbers and pickled
them.
At this time of the year, it is also the crayfish season, and local crayfish can be bought, cooked with dill, at Ölander (signs on the road from Perniö to Kemiö/Kimito) or Perniön K-Kauppa.
I forgot to buy crusty bread for the
breakfast in Helsinki (not available in Kimito) and remembered a recipe my
colleague once gave for a bread to be made in a cast iron pot.
The wheat and rye flour for
the bread came from from Kemiön mylly. It was easy
to make and succeeded beyond expectations – Crusty and warm and soft inside! I made the dough previous evening by just mixing the 7 dl flower, salt , little yeast and 3 dl water, preheated the pot and lid in 230 degrees Celsius, baked the bread 30 minutes under the lid, and 15 minutes without the lid to get some cover.
Excellent rye bread can be bought from Kemiön leipomo which is, unfortunately, not open on Saturdays.
On top of what you can buy, the forests are full of berries and mushrooms. I was looking for CEP mushrooms, but it is still too early for them. Instead, I found and picked Craterellus
cornucopioides, black
chanterelles, which are rather rare or difficult to find in Kimito and, in my opinion, they are more aromatic mushrooms than yellow chanterelles. These black mushrooms are are very good in a soup.
And wild raspberries with vanilla sauce is the best seasonal dessert. Combined with blueberries, that will be a totally different taste. If preserved, it's called Queens jam.
We managed to get almost everything for one weekend using local foods. On the way from Helsinki to the island we stopped at Pohja village to check Westchark meat that can be bought from Deli Tukku. The shop had already closed at six, but the owners were in the Glöden restaurant next to the shop, and we could get our meat from the restaurant, the Black Angus steaks and chorisos, ordered by phone earlier.
Lamb meat can be bought lamb meat from Westankärr estate
and great turkey sausages from a farm Kirakan tila.
There’s a good selection of vegetables from
local producers at Perniön K-Kauppa. I bought 7 kgs of cucumbers and pickled
them.
At this time of the year, it is also the crayfish season, and local crayfish can be bought, cooked with dill, at Ölander (signs on the road from Perniö to Kemiö/Kimito) or Perniön K-Kauppa.Baking pot bread
I forgot to buy crusty bread for the
breakfast in Helsinki (not available in Kimito) and remembered a recipe my
colleague once gave for a bread to be made in a cast iron pot. 
The wheat and rye flour for
the bread came from from Kemiön mylly. It was easy
to make and succeeded beyond expectations – Crusty and warm and soft inside! I made the dough previous evening by just mixing the 7 dl flower, salt , little yeast and 3 dl water, preheated the pot and lid in 230 degrees Celsius, baked the bread 30 minutes under the lid, and 15 minutes without the lid to get some cover.Excellent rye bread can be bought from Kemiön leipomo which is, unfortunately, not open on Saturdays.
Wild foods
On top of what you can buy, the forests are full of berries and mushrooms. I was looking for CEP mushrooms, but it is still too early for them. Instead, I found and picked Craterellus
cornucopioides, black
chanterelles, which are rather rare or difficult to find in Kimito and, in my opinion, they are more aromatic mushrooms than yellow chanterelles. These black mushrooms are are very good in a soup. 
And wild raspberries with vanilla sauce is the best seasonal dessert. Combined with blueberries, that will be a totally different taste. If preserved, it's called Queens jam.
