About Transylvanian Cuisine

             Transylvania is the land of gastronomic miracles. Only French and Chinese cuisine can be compared with the ancient and original dishes. I know that is surprising because Transylvania is known as Dracula's land in Hollywoodian adaptations. This wasn't said by a Transylvanian but by Rónai Egon a gastronome living in England.
             In the embrace of Carpathians the Hungarians, the Romanians, the Saxons, the Armenians, the Jewish lived together for centuries so, that everybody made the other rich and everybody got richer due to the other.
             The tastes of Transylvanian cuisine are so varied as the landscape in which it was born where mountain trout streams and the rolling rivers follow each other, the blond lowland and snow –capped mountains where chamois pass by (live).
             The spices of Transylvanian people are marvellous in their abundance. Tarragon (tárkony), dill (kapor), caraway (köménymag), lovage (leostyán), thyme (csombord), marjoram, basil (bazsalikom), anise (ánizs), juniper (boroka) and the sweet smelling rosemary aren't only the ornaments of the kitchen gardens and flower beds but they are used as condiments for dishes , vinegar and brandy. What's more they are medical plants as well.
             Some characteristics of Transylvanian cuisine compared to the cuisine in Hungary: more traditional and frequent use of the local spices. More frequent presence of fruit soups and sauces. Close relation to the style of the Russian, the Rumanian, the Balkanian and the Ukrainian dishes that are striking with the more bolding use of vegetables.
             The catering industry and the methods of global feeding have had less influence. On a word its family atmosphere is more emphasised. This means that if you visit Transylvania and for example enter a restaurant in CsĂ­kszereda and you ask for the menu unfortunately you won't find the dishes I'm talking about. These can only be...

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