33 Hungarian Foods The Whole World Should Know And Love

[Agelastus]

Ah, Goulash...

One of the mainstays of school meals at my school.

Perhaps not a favoured reminiscence as the only decent things my school ever managed to cook were steak and kidney pie and sultana sponge pudding - both of which were among the best I've ever had, strangely enough.

Shame about everything else, including the "goulash", though.

[Syt]

Somebody should research the genetic basis of that aging process, then. 

if the Russian girls I know are anything to go by rapid aging is induced by vodka and cocaine.

And smoking. A lot.

[Josquius]

hmm, I know a 31 year old Russian girl who is still pretty attractive.
I shall have to keep tabs.

[Gups]

http://helengraves.co.uk/?s=hungary

Interesting trip report from one of my favourite food bloggers. This pork sounds damn fine

And so to Mangalitza pork. This has suddenly started to pop up in the UK (at least in London) but trust me, if you've got Hungarian friends, you've been hearing about these pigs ever since you met them. This is certainly some of the best pork I've ever eaten and we all know I have many points of reference. The fat is the kind of thing you want to wrap around everything you eat and I guess it wraps itself rather effectively around the Hungarians during harsh winters. It's wonderful once smoked (again the Hungarian friend gifted a slab) and wow, just WOW. See ya later, Italian lardo. I also had a hulking great piece of shoulder in a restaurant called in Budapest which I will be thinking about, dreaming about, writing songs about perhaps. It fell apart to reveal crevices of silky fat. As if not content with tasting incredible, the pigs look pretty fly too – check out those piggy afros. I believe you'll shortly be able to order this precious meat from Turner and George and from the menu of Pitt Cue Co. in Soho.

[The Larch]

Somebody should research the genetic basis of that aging process, then. 

if the Russian girls I know are anything to go by rapid aging is induced by vodka and cocaine.

And smoking. A lot.

Ok then, I'll look for slavic girls who lead a healthy lifestyle in the future. 

[HVC]

Somebody should research the genetic basis of that aging process, then. 

if the Russian girls I know are anything to go by rapid aging is induced by vodka and cocaine.

And smoking. A lot.

Ok then, I'll look for slavic girls who lead a healthy lifestyle in the future. 

how do you think they stay skinny? It's the coke and the smokes. Catch 22

[garbon]

We've made #2 a few times and #15 fairly often.

Based on what I have seen and heard, "goulash" in America is "throw some leftover shit together and boil them". So you probably have not, in fact, eaten goulash*

*I am no particular fan of proper goulash either, but it is decent food, when made properly. Did you know it is actually a soup?

What bee got up your bonnet?

[Valmy]

Goulash is great. So nostalgic....
Never had the others that I know of. Except paprika, its Hungarian?

Woah.  I was going to make some crack about how paprika on that list is like declaring that the whole world should know about this obscure Mexican thing called a 'taco'.  But maybe some people were actually not aware.

[The Larch]

Somebody should research the genetic basis of that aging process, then. 

if the Russian girls I know are anything to go by rapid aging is induced by vodka and cocaine.

And smoking. A lot.

Ok then, I'll look for slavic girls who lead a healthy lifestyle in the future. 

how do you think they stay skinny? It's the coke and the smokes. Catch 22

Then I'll look for a sporty one.

[Valmy]

Then I'll look for a sporty one. :p

Try tennis they seem to be fairly common there.

Spaniards just not doing it for you?

[Caliga]

What bee got up your bonnet?

Yeah, nice how he assumed I don't know what goulash is without any evidence to that effect.  Meanwhile, my many posts about food on Languish over the past decade should have made it clear (gas station jokes aside) that I'm a bit of a gourmand and very interested in international cuisine.

[Valmy]

Your embracing of my Chili recipe, not tarnished by beans, was definitely appreciated 

[Caliga]

Your embracing of my Chili recipe, not tarnished by beans, was definitely appreciated 

I like that one but haven't made it in a while.  The Texas recipe I normally use has beans as an optional ingredient.  I often use them.

[The Larch]

Then I'll look for a sporty one. :p

Try tennis they seem to be fairly common there.

Spaniards just not doing it for you?

I'm open to all kinds, but slavic girls hace a certain je ne sais quoi.

[Valmy]

Your embracing of my Chili recipe, not tarnished by beans, was definitely appreciated 

I like that one but haven't made it in a while.  The Texas recipe I normally use has beans as an optional ingredient.  I often use them.

I take it all back.  You: worse than Oklahoma.