Palacsinta,- a HUNGARIAN delicacy.

[B_Ungaro]

Greetings,
It saddens me, but once again I must defend
my Hungarian heritage. In a posting to John, on February 11th, under the topic of ****,
Lilly proclaimed palacsinta as part of her Serbian heritage. Everybody wants to muscle in on Hungarian cuisine, but this is too much. I think that Attila was a Hungarian, even though historians dont want to give us credit for him. They want us to start with
Arpad in the 9th century. So, for this posting we will start with Arpad. Not much is known about Arpad, but one thing is clear,
HE LOVED PALACSINTA. It was his favorite dessert. A girl that wanted join his HAREM,
had to know how to make palacsinta. It was a requirement. As a matter of fact, Arpad used to pick his favorite concubine for the week by holding a PALACSINTA COOK OFF. The winner
would go to the head of the line. Sometime
the cook off would result in a tie. In that
case they would have a f..k off. I guess it is fair to say that to Arpad a girls ability,
to make palacsinta was more important than
all other things. This has changed with
the modern day Hungarians. Anyway, from this story you can tell that palacsinta goes way back in our history. I reject all claims by anybody to make PALACSINTA a part of their
heritage. This includes the French.

[Lilly]

Oh Bill darlin', what am I going to do with you.I'll give you that about the palachinka, but you can't lay claim to fame for everything.
You renamed our Dobosh Torta as a Hungarian Drum Torte, renamed our pasulj as Bableves csЭlЖkkel.
Next thing you will be telling me that Hungarian Goulash is Hungarian! (heheh) Wink!!

Soproni lakodalmas leves is Hungarian; I assume you will serve it at your son's wedding. It will be a traditional Hungarian one, will it not? I can just see the drinking and dancing and singing....yoy!

By the way, I did some research into the Barak Palinka (apricot brandy). As lilboots would say, "cool"

One thing I will say, is that Hungarian gypsy violin music makes my heart cry and sing. Can you hear it? I am swaying to the music; makes my blood stir.

Regards,
LillyNomad
Green Eyes Sparkling



[This message has been edited by Lilly (edited 13 February 2000).]

[beata]

I need to know it! So where does Palinka come from?!!! I need one, official version. I've already heard it's Serbian, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Romanian! How messy!

[B_Ungaro]

Greetings Beata,
Everybody wants to muscle in on that too. The real thing, the real Barack Palinka, comes from KECSKEMET in Hungary. Everything else is just a poor attempt to copy.
You and I have a deal.

[Zhenya]

I wanna try Palinka too.

[Lilly]

Gang: When Ungaro sends me a bottle of Barak Palinka (apricot brandy) you can all come over and share it with me. Everyone is welcome, even Kuhlenburg.

Ungaro dearest, what deal are you referring to?

Sincerely,
Lilly

[B_Ungaro]

Greetings Lilly,
Beata and I have a business deal.
This deal is not for me to reveal.
Don't think of it as something shady.
That would not be fair to the lady.