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Hungarian cooking: Goulash soup

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Goulash soup (in Hungarian, gulyásleves) is one of Hungary’s national dishes and a true symbol of the country. This rich, warming comfort food provides energy on cold winter days. However, it is also commonly prepared in the summertime—especially outdoors in a cauldron, cooked over an open fire in gardens. The name “gulyás” comes from the word gulya, meaning a herd o...
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Paprika Harvest

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paprika at the mills, to be grinded
  The main characteristic of the traditional Hungarian kitchen is paprika, without any doubt. Harvest time of this red "gold" plant (as called in Hungary) starts after September 8 (day of the misses). In October, farmers harvest for the second or even the third time from the same plants. The first ripe paprika fruits are at the bottom of the plant, and the upper o...
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Gastro Dictionary vol. 1

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While the neighboring countries around Hungary show some sort of similarities in their cuisine - especially the ones from the Slavic language families-, Hungarian kitchen does have some kind of originality, or we can say: an extra ingenuity. We do have many very difficult dishes, whilst surprisingly easy and tasty ones can also be found. This is true for soups, just like for ca...
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Sweet & Hot

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If you think about Hungarian meal, you will definitely think of a cooked dish with red color, thank to the widly used paprika. Why do Hungarians use so much paprika in their food, when the country is so far from Asia, where the chilli is so common, or South America, where the paprika is originally from? In the middle of Eastern Europe, it might be a bit strange, that paprik...
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