Junkie Stew (or Nistipata) is a finnish
dish, usually consumed by low-wage families, students, NEETs and... junkies. Every person has their own way of making this food, but they all share two common ingredients: ground beef (or pork, usually mixture of the two) and macaroni pasta and is made by frying the beef on a pan and boiling the pasta, then mixing them together. Other common ingredients include ketchup,
onion, garlic, heavy cream, cream cheese and different condiments, but it can be made with almost anything you find from your fridge or pantry as
long as it has
meat and pasta in some form.
There are differences in how people say the name of the
dish, both regional and by social class. Here are some alternative ways of saying
junkie stew in finnish, with literal translations:
makaronimössö (macaroni slob), pääkallo (skull), köyhän miehen makaronilaatikko (the poor man's macaroni-beef casserole), spurgupata (the drunkard's stew), paniikkipata (panic stew), rottapata (rat stew), mieslapsen makaronilaatikko (manchild's macaroni-beef casserole), sossupata (social
welfare stew), teräsmies (man of steel)
"It's the end of month, my bank account is on red and my head hurts after yesterday's kalsarikännit"
"Dude just return the cans to the store and buy some minced
meat and
macaroni for
Junkie Stew"
