Hungarian gastronomy – drinkable delicacies
Wine and soda packet
According to the maxim, anybody adding water to the wine is capable of fulfilling other perfidies too. In spite of this we have a serious tradition of drinking wine and soda in Hungary. The fashion of drinking wine and soda as well, as the appearing of the wine and soda in the gastronomic offer started after the Millennium at the turn of the former century.
It is a historical fact, that Ányos Jedlik the teacher-inventor revolutionized beside a lot of other capital ideas the process of preparing wine and soda, too. Jedlik published in the year 1829 his work regarding the production of the soda-water and of the soda-water bottle, which laid the foundation of making one of the noble stocks of the fabrication of a good wine and soda: the soda-water.
But let’s not forget also, that the first wine and soda can be connected to the name of Michael Vörösmarty. According to the story Vörösmarty and Ányos Jedlik were drinking wine in the wine-cellar of Andreas Fáy located in Fót and Vörösmarty remarked tasting Jedlik’s wine splashed with soda: “- Spritzer? Far to German. Let it be rather “fröccs!” (Hungarian denomination of the wine and soda) – as he lifted the bubbling wine to his lips. Jedlik was standing behind him with an awkward smile on his face: the first soda-water bottle rested in his hand.”
Capacity of the packet: 0,75 l quality white wine or rose wine, 1piece bottle of soda with soda-water
Plum-” pálinka” (brandy) Szatmári style
It’s world of flavour is characteristic, further enhanced by the bouquet of the heart. Till today the distillation of the “pálinka” is accomplished partly together with the heart of the plum. With it’s aroma of almond, providing an agreeable bittersweet taste, the bittersweet taste is appreciable mainly at the palate. After the distillation the extract is smoothed in mulberry-barrels. A silky aroma of almond is appreciable in the aroma of an older, aged “pálinka” as well, as the flavour of vanilla in its flavour.
The guests straying in to Szatmár are readily offered with a small quantity of “homemade”, not infrequently ten-, fifteen years old plum-”pálinka” Szatmári style. The plum-”pálinka” Szatmári style is standing since the year 2000 under geographic protection of origin. 65 settlements were determined, who have the right to use the denomination plum-”pálinka” Szatmári style to the locally produced and locally distilled plum brandy.
Capacity of the packet: 2 dl-, or 0,5 dl ornate glass-bottles of plum-”pálinka” Szatmári style.
Apricot “pálinka”
Aroma and flavour of this “pálinka” speak for themselves: „to bite into a real Hungarian apricot”, which is an unforgettable experience. This is the feeling of everyone when tasting the nectar of the distilled apricot. Flavours of the traditional Hungarian apricot-trees from the most excellent orchards…
Capacity of the packet: 2 dl-, or 0,5 dl ornate glass-bottles of apricot-”pálinka”.
