mangalica
Feb 09 '10
Walkin' in a Winter Pork Wonderland
If you're wondering why posting has picked up so dramatically today, the answer is inspiration. On Sunday, I stumbled down to Budapest's City Park to catch the tail end of this year's Mangalica festival. Maybe it was the incredibly...
Oct 13 '09
Usual Hamming Around, Unusual Ham at This Year's Pálinka and Kolbász Festival
So just a quick follow-up to my post last week urging everyone to attend the big Budavári Pálinka- és Kolbászfesztivál, which was, as I promised, exactly as a sausage and fruit brandy festival should be. But while there were...
Mar 27 '09
Rich Americans, Poor Hungarians Brought Together By Love of Authenticity, Exclusivity
In these days of international economic crisis and discord, it's always nice to hear stories that illustrate how food can build bridges between peoples. This morning, several readers sent over a link to this story in today's New York...
Feb 10 '09
Mangalica Mania (IV): 2009 Festival in Pictures
To conclude our recent coverage of "Mangalica mania" below is a nice little gallery of pics taken at the festival devoted to Hungary's favorite pig. Our thanks to reader David Erickson for the shots of the pork-party, which he...
Feb 06 '09
Mangalica Mania (III): America Goes Hog Wild for High-End Hungarian Pork
With the Mangalica Fesztivál starting today in Budapest, we thought we’d take a look at all of the Mangalica madness happening on the other side of the pond (including some of my own). Having long been a Mangalica fan,...
Feb 06 '09
Mangalica Mania (II): Champagne, Caviar and Pig Grease
Speaking of Mangalica mania, I recently sampled a very interesting product made from Hungary's favorite "luxury" pig. The jar of "pumpkin seed Mangalica fat with truffles" you see nearby is made by a firm called Aranyszarvas-Gomba Kft (Golden Stag...
Feb 05 '09
Mangalica Mania (I): Stake Your Claim Early For This Weekend's Fancy Pig Festival
Just a quick post to remind you that the second annual Mangalica festival kicks off in Budapest tomorrow. You can get a sense of what it will be like by reading this report from last year's festivities. Tomorrow we...
Feb 12 '08
Crowds Go Hog Wild at First Mangalica Festival
Hungary has so many food and wine festivals - with celebrations devoted to even the most common foods like onions and garlic - that they can be hit-or-miss. If you're judging purely by crowd size, this past weekend's Mangalica...
Feb 08 '08
Will There be Meter-High American-Style Whipped Hungarian Hog Fat Ice Cream at this Weekend's Budapest Mangalica Festival? Anything's Possible!
Our latest last-minute post about an upcoming food event involves this weekend's first-ever "Budapest Mangalica Festival", a multi-day extravaganza featuring all kinds of activities involving Hungary's most overrated beloved breed of pig. But instead of giving you a longwinded...
Oct 02 '07
Piercing the Myth of the Hungarian "Superpig"
Among all the various articles of faith followed by Hungarian epicures, perhaps the strongest involves the mangalica, a type of pig bred in Hungary. Not only is the long-haired disznó (above) universally considered in Hungary to be tastier than...
Jan 11 '07
Pork Story (II): Charities Receive Gift of Luxury Pork Fat
Here's one that definitely gets filed under "only in Hungary." Yesterday afternoon, some producers of Hungary's famous Mangalica pigs gave away some 1.5 tons of rendered Mangalica fat worth approximately Ft 1.5 million (€5,800) to 54 grateful educational and social...
