5 Strangest New Year’s Eve Traditions
In many countries, New Year’s celebrations begin on the evening of December 31—New Year’s Eve—and continue into the early hours of January 1. Revelers often enjoy meals and snacks thought to bestow good luck for the coming year. Denmark Residents of Denmark greet the New Year by throwing old plates and glasses against the
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The Somlói Galuska – Hungarian Sponge cake Somlo style
Amazing Somloi Galuska is one of the most famous Hungarian desserts. It was first made for the World Exhibition of 1958 in Brussels by Jozsef Bela Szocs. It won the professional price and became very popular all over Hungary. The confectioner gave the name to the cake, which comes from the name of the hill,
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One of the must-do feasts of the Christmas festive table is the poppy seed bread pudding, the mákos guba. Mákos guba is one of the most delicious Christmas dessert in Hungary. Although consumed almost every season of the year. The combination of soft poppy seed bread with vanilla custard is simply amazing. If you go to
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Hungarian Kakaós csiga, cocoa snail or cocoa rolls
Chocolatey cocoa swirls, puffy dough and a sprinkle of powdered sugar – this is the divine kakaós csiga (literally cocoa snail or cocoa rolls), the childhood favourite of all Hungarians. The baked wonder was invented by Mór Pösch, a confectioner in Göd, in 1908, who originally called the dessert chocolatey twirl (csokoládés tekerge). He made
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New Year Resolutions
NYE Resolutions Once you’re done with your year-end reflection for the year that’s ending, it’s time to look forward to the year that’s about to start. What will you write for the next chapter of your life? It’s entirely up to you. Take the first step to make sure that it’s a good great chapter
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Kürtőskalács – The Hungarian Chimney cake
Kürtőskalács a Hungarian pastry. Popular in fairs and festivals throughout Hungary. It is constructed by wrapping a stripe of dough on a specialized rolling pin which doubles as a spit. It is then glazed and baked by rotating over heat source until the glaze becomes caramelized. (Hungarian pronunciation: sometimes transliterated kurtosh kalach) is a spit cake
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The Hungarian street food, Lángos
Lángos, this traditional Hungarian street food, is slowly conquering the whole world, the number of its fans is increasing day by day. Lángos is a fried dough that can be bought in every corner of Hungary, but it’s also available in the Hungarian-speaking regions of Romania, Slovakia and Serbia. Some assume that it appeared in
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Traditional Hungarian Christmas alcoholic drink: The Pálinka
The most popular alcoholic drink of Christmas holidays is the Pálinka. Of course the Hungarians don’t only drink just at Christmas time. 🙂 Pálinka is a traditional fruit brandy in Central Europe with origins from the Carpathian Basin, known under several names, and invented in the Middle Ages. Protected as a geographical indication of the
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