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13/01/2025

The members of the Hungarian Wine Writers' Circle awarded the Hungarian Wine Grand Prix in white and red categories after blind tasting.

Returning the Crown of Saint Stephen to post-Cold War HungaryPresident Jimmy Carter made the controversial decision to g...
06/01/2025

Returning the Crown of Saint Stephen to post-Cold War Hungary
President Jimmy Carter made the controversial decision to give the crown back to Hungary based on evidence that it had improved its human rights record and allowed for travel of its citizens. On Epiphany, January 6, 1978, a U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and including Senator Adlai Stevenson, Congressman Lee Hamilton, and Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi, returned the crown to Hungary.
For centuries, it was the national symbol of a nation. For decades, it was kept in Fort Knox for safekeeping. The Crown of Saint Stephen dates back to the year 1000, when Stephen, a devout Christian and the patron saint of Hungary, became King and Pope Sylvester II gave him the crown as a gift. From the twelfth century onward, the Crown of Saint Stephen was used in the coronations of some fifty kings. At the end of World War II, the Hungarian crown jewels, along with the Crown, were eventually given to the United States Army by the Hungarian Crown Guard to keep them out of the hands of the Soviet Union. The Crown was kept at held Fort Knox, Kentucky alongside the bulk of America’s gold reserves and other priceless historical items.
Relations between the United States and Hungary subsequently improved, which helped pull Hungary even farther from the USSR and allowed Hungary to be granted Most Favored Nation status with the U.S. This meant reduced tariffs and increased trade and an eventual liberalization of the economy. The Crown of Saint Stephen is now on display in the Hungarian Parliament.
“This was all part of Carter’s policy to loosen Moscow’s grip”
Philip Kaiser
Ambassador to Hungary, 1977-79
“The regime felt that until we returned the crown, normal relations were not possible”
Stephen F. Dachi
Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Information Service, Budapest , 1973-1977

05/01/2025
05/01/2025

Do you think it is somewhere in Italy? No, just a cozy coffee in Budapest downtown in the Palace quarter,😍

05/01/2025

Life-size LEGO tram at Deák Ferenc tér
This Advent season, you can find a truly unique vehicle at Deák Ferenc tér: a life-size LEGO® tram has arrived in the heart of the capital. Built from nearly 1.8 million LEGO bricks, the 11.5-metre-long, 2-metre-high and 2-metre-wide structure is not only a symbol of transport, but also of playful creativity. The joint initiative of BKK, BKV, Budapest Brand and LEGO is not only promoting public transport but also raising awareness of the importance of play.

05/01/2025

As part of the Liget Budapest Project, the reconstructed, former Olof Palme House is opened as House of the Hungarian Millennium. This is the oldest building in the City Park (or Városliget) and it is one of its most precious monuments. The House of the Hungarian Millennium is a symbol of the Liget Budapest Project, becoming a real community meeting place, connecting the park with the arts The name of the house is a direct reference to the era and time when the Hungarian celebrated the 1,000 year anniversary of the establishment of the Hungarian state, i.e. 1896.

25/12/2024

Áldott, békés karácsonyt kívánunk!

Fotó: Régi László

24/12/2024
Paprika or Turkish pepper - the real Hungarian spice?If there is one ingredient that Hungary is undeniably associated wi...
14/12/2024

Paprika or Turkish pepper - the real Hungarian spice?
If there is one ingredient that Hungary is undeniably associated with, it is, of course, paprika. Though peppers were not introduced to Hungary until the 16th century, the spice symbolizes Hungarian cuisine and is an essential component of some of the best-known Hungarian dishes, including gulyás, pörkölt (stew), lecsó, chicken paprikás, and halászlé (fisherman’s soup). Paprika gives these dishes their brilliant orange color, and the intense peppery flavor and aroma so characteristic of Hungarian cuisine. “There is something about paprika itself that makes it synonymous with ‘Hungarian.’ ‘Fiery,’ ‘spicy,’ ‘temperamental’—all these adjectives suggest both paprika and the national character,” writes George Lang in The Cuisine of Hungary. “Paprika is to the Hungarian cuisine as wit is to its conversation—not just a superficial garnish, but an integral element, a very special and unique flavor instantly recognizable.”
Paprika is a spice powder made from drying and then grinding the pods of several different types of Capsicum annuum peppers (and in Hungarian the word paprika, confusingly, also refers to the peppers themselves, but it is actually not only a confusion by chance. As paprika plant came with the Turks to Hungary, and were used first not by the aristocracy but the peasants who could not afford the expensive pepper, ordinary people started to call paprika as ‘Turkish pepper’. Most commercial paprika comes from southern Hungary, particularly around the towns of Szeged and Kalocsa, and it comes in a range of sweetness/heat levels and coarseness. Visiting one of these paprika manufacturers during processing time will leave you smelling of paprika long after you have left the place.
Paprika is an everyday ingredient in the Hungarian kitchen and it is used in abundance, though in a thoroughly different way than it is typically used in the US. In Hungary, nearly all dishes are prepared with sweet paprika. If there’s a single Hungarian cooking technique that summarizes Hungarian cooking, it is that adding paprika (and not just a pinch, rather several heaping tablespoons) to diced onions which have been slowly sautéing in hot fat until they are clear (but never browned), will produce the most definitive Hungarian flavor, adding depth and complexity. “Somewhere along the line the Hungarians hit on the holy trinity of lard, onion and pure ground paprika,” writes Lang. To best bring out the full flavor in paprika, it must be added to the hot fat (in generous amounts) and heated very briefly (to prevent the bitterness that occurs when it burns) before adding the rest of the ingredients. This cooking method is the first step to countless Hungarian dishes.

Happened today:The town of fidelity, Sopron, HungarySopron is situated next to the western borders of Hungary at the foo...
14/12/2024

Happened today:
The town of fidelity, Sopron, Hungary
Sopron is situated next to the western borders of Hungary at the foot of the Alps. It is one of the oldest gems of the country. It is said, Sopron is the most beautiful town in western Hungary, its medieval Inner Town intact and its cobbled streets a pleasure to wander. Its name - town of fidelity - refers to the 1921 referendum when Sopron opted to stay part of Hungary rather than be absorbed into Austria. 70% of the city - including germans - voted on 14th December 1921 to remain part of the Hungarian Kingdom-

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