Is Finnish food really that horrible?

One is accustomed to gibes about British cuisine. But who knew that Finnish food is reputed to be even worse? In his latest lapse into undiplomatic speech, French president Jacques Chirac reportedly made jokes this week about the horrors of Britain’s cooking—by comparing it unfavorably to the Finnish variety. “After Finland, it’s the country with the worst food,” he’s quoted as having said to Russia’s president and Germany’s chancellor, and within earshot of a reporter from French newspaper Libération.