Do you guys know and use chervil ?  We have tons in the woods this time of the year, all fresh, juicy and bright green and the whole place smells like anise. My kids just love wrestling in the green bushy stuff, while our pet goat and sheep will tear down a fence to get to it. Obviously, they are all gourmands :)

I love putting a bunch of these ( Read more... )

Dough :
500grams flour
200grams butter (or margarine or shortening)
1 cup milk
25grams fresh yeast
1-5tablespoons sugar
pinch of salt
2 eggs (original recipe says another egg yolk)

Filling:
fruit jam (I tend to use apricot, about two cups)
ground walnut (to taste, approx one cup)
+1 egg white to brush layers

Combine all the ingredients for the dough and let ( Read more... )

 I haven't written anything meaningful in a while. Partly because I didn't want a whiny post here and also because by the time I finish checking my mail and  friends' blogs I either forget what I wanted to blog about or simply have enough of staring at the screen...boo

Nothing deadly exciting has happened lately. I distance-cheered the whole weekend ( Read more... )

 As you probably know - if not now I'm telling you - Hungarians not only celebrate birthdays, but also namedays. Today it's Sándor and Ede. I don't know any Edes, but my dad and son are both called Sándor, so today we called dad to wish him well and I made cake for my son. Tomorrow it's hubby's nameday, he is József.

According to some myth/tradition ( Read more... )

 So, finally, a meat dish! I hear your sigh of relief, but do not be fooled ! This iS a meat dish, but with noodles as a side dish MUAHHAHA =)

Nay, really. It's one of the easiest and yummiest food that a poor dead chicken can be transformed into.

Chicken paprika /Paprika chicken/ Chicken Paprikasch or anything you wish to call it

Ideally, one would ( Read more... )

Another extremely useful article ;-)  (Source)

Mancakes
Cupcakes designed especially for men.

The Montreal Gazette recently observed:

Containing everything from bacon to beer, so-called “manly cupcakes” are a tongue-in-cheek response to the apparently too-prissy offerings that dominate display cases. As a female observer wryly put it on the blog ( Read more... )

 I really don't want to come across as a spoiled chick, but hubby can sometimes totally piss me off. One evening a couple days back he comes out of the bedroom and notices spiderwebs around a picture frame on the wall and another on the lights on the ceiling. With a weird expression on his face he basically jumps down at my throat that I should ( Read more... )

Just a tiny bit belated, let me show you two of our traditional doughnut recipes, typically made in Hungary in the "carnival" season.

The first is called Csöröge and is a very simple but delicious, crunchy type of thing. In fact, you wouldn't call it a doughnut as it's basically plain fried egg pasta.
To make the dough, simply knead a pound of flour ( Read more... )

I might have written about the annual fancy-dress ball the kindergarten organizes for the kids, now that thing is tomorrow. Or today, to be exact. Anyway, it's a celebration similar to Mardi Gras, based on all sorts of "ancient" traditions, but today, especially in the city, it's not more than putting on costumes and having fun.

Last year, the ( Read more... )

Instead of typical breakfast stuff like sandwiches or cereals, I decided to make pancakes today. And to make today's morning even more unusual, I did not make the kinda traditional very thin crepes, but opted for the fluffy American-style pancakes ( Read more... )