Soup

Every nation has its own favorite and typical food. This is what most of the people love and this is what only they know how to prepare well.

And Hungary is not dragging its feet in this front. Fish soup Hungarian style (halaszle) is one of these national favorites. It is not easy to make, it takes a lot of preparation and that is why it is best at certain seafood restaurants rather than at home. This halaszle is a regional food. Various parts of the country make it differently but they all have one thing in common: it is great eating. It is so popular that they have competitions where people from different parts of the country come together and make this their own special way.

As its name hints it this is made from fish. One important thing is that it must be scaled fish. The fish is deboned and cut up to cubed pieces. Besides some other stuff it should be pretty spicy, and the spice should be Szeged hot paprika. So spicy that it should hurt twice!

Why am I into this? Because after years and years of "begging" by Abigail and me, my wife decided to shut us up by making it. It was just fantastic. 

Hungarian goulash soup, sholet (cholent), stuffed cabbage are like this. They all age well. Like us.