48545 hungarian s christmas Recipes

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

christmas pudding, brandy, melted dark cooking chocolate, melted white chocolate

butter, cream cheese, flour, chopped pecans, chopped dates, orange juice, sugar

fresh sauerkraut, rinsed and drained, cooking oil, boneless pork blade steaks or 1 1/2 lbs sirloin steaks, trimmed and cut into chunks, fresh hungarian sausage or 1 lb fresh kielbasa or 1 lb fresh italian sausage, cut into chunks, onions , cut into slivers, green bell pepper, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, caraway seeds, salt and pepper, beef broth, hungarian paprika, sour cream

christmas plum pudding or 200 g christmas cake, brandy, icing sugar, egg white, dragees (silver balls)

chicken thighs, with skin (or equal amount of chicken pieces), big white onion, finely chopped, oil (originally cooked with lard), green peppers or 1 -2 slice red pepper, sweet hungarian paprika, hot hungarian paprika, salt

all-purpose flour, sweet hungarian paprika, salt, hot hungarian paprika, ground black pepper, beef stew meat , cut into 1 1/4-inch pieces, vegetable oil, divided, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, beef broth, stewed tomatoes, undrained, water, dried marjoram, crushed, egg noodles, uncooked (about 6 oz), green bell pepper, chopped, sour cream

boneless chicken breast halves, salt and pepper, all-purpose flour, olive oil, bell peppers , cut into strips, onion, medium sliced, garlic cloves, chopped, sweet hungarian paprika, hot hungarian paprika, canned chicken broth, canned italian plum tomatoes, chopped, drained, tomato paste

white cake mix (regular size), sugar, heavy whipping cream , whipped, m & s brand chocolate candies (gu drops, peanut & s, gu balls, lifesavers, chocolate stars), foil star (2 inches), red cake candles (2-1/2 inches), optional, green colored sugar and fruit-flavored decorating candies, optional

hungarian paprika (rind removed ) or 1/4 lb garlic bacon, cut into small dice (rind removed), salt, dried noodles (medium egg noodles, tagliatelle, or fettuccine), cottage cheese, fresh ground black pepper

christmas plum pudding, milk, double cream, vanilla ice cream, brandy

christmas honey fruit drops, mixed chopped candied fruits and peels , chopped candied cherries, raisins, and chopped pecans, bourbon, brown sugar, honey, butter or margarine, eggs, all purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, baking powder, dairy sour cream, combine fruits , nuts, and bourbon. cover, let stand several hours. in mixer bowl cream sugar, honey, and butter or margarine. beat in eggs. mix dry ingredients. add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. stir fruit mixture into creamed mixture. drop by tsp onto greased cookie sheet. bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes. cool on wire rack. frost, if desired. makes about 5 dozen cookies.

dried beans (almost any type can be used. i like the large speckled brown and white flattish ones you find in the market in budapest, but i don tsp know that i ve seen them in the us), smoked pig s feet, smoked pork ribs, celery knob, peeled and diced (for those in the united states who cannot find celery knobs, a few pieces of celery should make a fine substitution), yellow onion, chopped, olive oil, italian parsley, chopped, all-purpose flour, hungarian paprika (make sure it s fresh, not the funky stuff that has been sitting at the back of your cupboard for three years. it should be bright red and smell very pungent. in case you didn tsp know, paprika simply means pepper in hungarian, and the dry paprika powder you use as a spice is actually ground hungarian peppers. like a bell pepper or chile you d use fresh, paprika just isn tsp as good when it s been sitting on your shelf for months!), garlic clove, mashed, smoked pork sausage (see note ), salt to taste, sour cream

boneless round steak, cut 3/4 inch thick, onion , preferably sweet such as vidalia, green pepper, red pepper, vegetable oil, hungarian paprika, hungarian paprika, fresh ground black pepper, caraway seed , briefly toasted (see note), beef broth, bay leaves, chopped garlic, tomato paste, salt, wide egg noodles, sour cream

sliced hungarian gypsy bacon or 1/2 lb paprika bacon, cut into pieces, dried hungarian egg noodles, onion, chopped, green bell pepper, seeded and chopped, garlic clove, chopped, all-purpose flour, sweet hungarian paprika, beef broth, packaged sauerkraut, rinsed, drained, and finely chopped, dried marjoram, salt & freshly ground black pepper, water

baguette, swiss cheese, sliced, sour dill pickles, thinly sliced, hungarian salami, mild or spicy, hungarian paprika

butter, onions, thinly sliced, green pepper, diced, salt, hungarian sweet paprika, chuck roast , boned, hungarian sweet paprika

sugar (if using half semisweet and half sweet chocolate) or 3/4 cup plus 2 tbsp (if using all semisweet chocolate), fine-quality chocolate, preferably half dark sweet (sometimes labeled german s sweet chocolate), and half semisweet, but all semisweet is also delicious; cut into small pieces, eggs, separated, shelled walnuts (1 3/4 to 2 cups), matzoh meal, accompaniments: passover confectioners sugar (recipe below ) or chocolate icing (recipe below); heavy cream, freshly whipped to soft drifts and barely or very lightly sweetened; or vanilla ice cream, garnish: walnut halves, unsalted butter or margarine, fine-quality semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, cut into small pieces