#359 - Speciality

'Szentes paprika' a.k.a. white paprika is a special mild sweet paprika. It's mainly for stuffed paprika, which is a speciality of Hungary. They're also good as pickle, stuffed with white or red cabbage. Anyone tried that before? Personally, I prefer them raw in sandwiches because of the appetising aroma....this is making me hungry!

Gastromy : Pudding tasting

On the scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate the appearance of this pudding?

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Mine, would be 1 as it simply doesn't appeal to me. I put off tasting the pudding as long as since I moved here. Last Monday, I did it! I finally gave it a chance..and all I can say is beauty is only skin deep!

The pudding, csíramálé or wheat germ pudding, is made from wheat germ, sweetened with honey. I was told that the 100 year-old pudding is a specialty of our town and the surrounding areas. As the name suggests, the pudding contains loads of health benefits ; however, it is still not widely known in other counties (states). Zsolt, have you tried / seen this?

wellness well

Thermal well disguised as an oriental pagoda, cool, huh?! These days, there's no denying oriental theme is fashionable, but this park was opened in the 30's, the designer of this garden was way ahead!
Too bad I couldn't find much info. , aside from it is located inside the hospital (i zoomed from the fence) . The well is the first of its kind in the town. I'll write more on the goodness of thermal water when I visit a themal pool. Stay tune!

Some like it hot

I saw this scene yesterday. Does the owner of this flat like paprika so much? or it is a way to gain additional income? Whatever it is, the sure thing is, these wonderfully garland paprika (paprikafüzér) will ended up as the "ultimate spice" for many kitchens in Szentes.

Here's a recipe that you might be interested in trying with some authentic Hungarian paprika.

Tips
Its important not to cook paprika over rapid fire or it will turn bitter and destroy the taste.

another kind of ABC

Buy me a bottle of vitamins and the chances of me remembering to pop the tablet daily is unlikely. I'd rather go through the trouble of peeling, cutting, biting (etc) fruits/vege to get the necessary vitamins required..oh, I don't care about the health benefits really, its just plain pleasure to eat them as is.
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Let's get to the point of this post..
We have abundance of lovely locally produced fruits/vegetables. The flavour is very much unique due to the greater hours of sunshine and high content of mineral in our natual waters. What a bonus!

Have a little fun, pick a fruit and get analysed!
apple, banana, black grapes, cherry, coconut, mango, orange, papaya, peach, pear, pineapple, durian