CLASSES

From September 18th, 2012


Classes are on Tuesdays, 11.00 – 14.00 (approx.)

September 18

The first meeting is on 18th September, at 11.00  in the cafeteria of  Hotel Gellért to get to know one another and discuss further details. This meeting is naturally free of charge.


September 25

We’ll be cooking: csirke pörkölt  és csirke paprikás nokedlivel, savanyúsággal 
(Hungarian Chicken Stew and Chicken Paprikás, with Hungarian Dumplings and Pickles )

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungarian customs and attitudes, etiquette


October 2


We’ll visit the “Vásárcsarnok” (Budapest’s main fresh produce market) and buy the ingredients we will need for lecsó ( pepper and tomato stew)
We’ll be cooking: lecsó kolbásszal  és  vegetáriánus lecsó: tojással vagy padlizsánnal, lecsó szósz (Hungarian Pepper and Tomato Stew cooked with Sausage and the vegetarian alternative: cooked with Eggs or Aubergine/Egg-plant, and Lecsó sause)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation:basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and markets and shopping in Budapest

October 9

We’ll be cooking: gulyásleves csipetkével (Gulyás soup with small noodles)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungarian food and wine festivals

October 16

We’ll be cooking: Székelygulyás (Stew with Sauer Craut and Sour Cream)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and museums, baths  in Budapest

October 30

We’ll visit the “Vásárcsarnok” (Budapest’s main fresh produce market) and buy the ingredients we will need for layered potatos and pickles


We’ll be cooking: Rakott krumpli vecsési savanyúsággal, szalámi és kolbász kóstoló (Layered Potatoes with Pickles from Vecsés, salami- and sausage-tasting, with télisalami, and Csabai and Gyulai sausage)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungarian National Holidays


November 6

We’ll be cooking: Ropogós libacomb párolt káposztával (Cripsy Goose Leg with Braised Cabbage)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and food and wine shops, shopping

November 13

We’ll be cooking: Hortobágyi palacsinta  és Gundel palacsinta (Pancakes Hortobágyi and Pancakes Gundel style)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Coffe house culture - past and present


November 20

We’ll be cooking: Aszaltszilvás, almás, mazsolás, diós,  pulykamell fehérborban

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungarian Restaurants

November 27

We’ll visit the “Vásárcsarnok” (Budapest’s main fresh produce market) and buy the ingredients we will need for fisherman's soup

We’ll be cooking: Halászlé (Fisherman's soup)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungaricum - (from the Herend porcelain to Zwack Unicum)

December 4

We’ll be cooking:  Mézeskalács (Gingerbread)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and  Hungarian Christmas Festivals

December 11

We’ll be cooking: Hungarian Christmas Cakes  (Beigels)

We’ll eat what we have cooked followed by dessert and coffee

Conversation: basic Hungarian for day-to-day survival and Hungarian Christmas Traditions