Identifier: hungaryitspeople00felb (find matches)
Title: Hungary and its people: Magyarorzág és népei
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Felbermann, Louis
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Publisher: London, Griffith Farran
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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amily sleep in this room,the younger members lying most of them on thebare floor, or in the huge fireplaces. In the sum-mer, however, almost all sleep under the lovelysky amongst the hay in the courtyard, and veryoften have I been tempted to follow theirexample ; but instead of closing my eyes Icould only gaze on the moon and stars, andadmire the beauty of sleeping nature. Thedaily living of the peasant is most simple,and indeed they might almost be regarded asvegetarians. Their breakfast consists in thecase of men of a small piece of bacon, some-times toasted before the fire on an iron skewer,and a piece of bread and salt, with a glass ofPálinka, a sort of brandy made from potatoesand barley. The diet is the same in the caseof the women, but they consider it beneaththe dignity of their sex to touch brandy. Theirdinners at mid-day are prepared from variousvegetables. They have a great variety ofpastry, which is really delicious, and they havesimilar dishes for supper. On Sundays, and
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A < < P^Q:0 HPi :3o u The Httngarian National Dish. i6i perhaps on one or two other occasions duringthe week, they will have the well-knownnational Hungarian dish Gtclyds^ or somepoultry. It may be interesting here to statethat the Gulyás is a sort of Irish stew, contain-ing plenty of red pepper. It forms the food ofthe shepherd, who tends his herds on the dis-tant Pusztas^ and it is from them that the nameis derived, Gulyás meaning one who looksafter his herds. The peasant is very fond of buying what hemay require in exchange for the produce of hisfarm, and you will often see a woman going toshop, and carrying in her apron separate littleparcels of beans, and Indian-corn, eggs, etc.,which she offers for sugar, pepper, and otherarticles, her own goods often representing threeor four times the value of those she buys.Their dresses too are bought in the samemanner. This is not only done in the house-hold, but also in other ways when demands aremade upon their re

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