Taste of Kukkónia

Dec 13, 2018

The Rose-Hip Jam of Kukkónia The rose-hip is a real tiny miracle. Just think of the burning bush which burst into flame in front of Moses, but did not burn out. God appeared to Moses as a burning bush and spoke to him. In Christian culture the rose is symbol of the Christ the Redeemer, and how interesting, the pyracanth is a medicinal plant and herb, which belongs to the rose family. (It is also called “wild rose,” “thorn tree”, “dog bush”,”dog rose”, “tree cursed by god”, “moses bush”, hecsedli). It is considered miraculous not only in religion. This plant that has such a beneficial effect...

Taste of Kukkónia

Nov 28, 2018

The bread of Rye Island

“Give us this day our daily bread.” It is seven o’clock in the morning by the time we reach the Felsőpatony bakery. We come with a whole team, the cook, the photographer and the journalist to discover the secret of the famously delicious bread of Csallóköz. The baker just shakes his head, after all, they are done. We are too late. Truly! It was cold all week, below zero, which slowed down the leavening (that is why agreed on seven). But it was warmer today, so bang! The dough rose. So now we have dough measured out in baskets, ready for baking. We can watch them being shoved into the oven on...