As a child I always dreaded the question “where is your family from?” Because I know the question that would immediately follow would be , “Oh, your family is from Hungary? Are you hungry?”
The answer was and will always be yes.
Yes, I am hungry/Hungary.
Onions, lard and paprika. The three things that I can say shaped my culinary tastes growing up and that defines the things I crave today.
Its also interesting that Hungary is the only country on this list that has lard as a “spice”. Can rendered pig fat be a spice? I don’t know. But I do know I enjoy a healthy {unhealthy} spoonful of lard spread on a fresh piece of bread. Straight up rural Hungarian farmer status, just the way my grandfather did.
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HUNGRY HUNGARIAN 