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Nógrád has a special ‘world of taste’ and a typical gas- festivals. Such as the Haluska Festival of Vanyarc, the
tronomy. Soup is of special importance in the Palóc Laska (Pasta) Festival in Kazár, or the Nagygönc in Ér-
diet. As the old local saying which shows this richness sekvadkert.
goes ‘there were at least seven kinds of soup’. Th e soups Fruit is highly respected in this region. A good exam-

were mainly thickened using flour with milk, whey, and ple is the Apple Blossom Festival in Kozárd or the Plum

rarely, sour cream. A typical fasting dish is the mush- Saturday in Kétbodony. The men here still believe that

room cabbage soup even today. the best fruit is the drinkable fruit. The good fruit bran-
The potato dishes are more dominant in this region dy ‘pálinka’ is very popular here. Today, the Öregetes

than in the Great Plain. Most often pastry, ganca (dum- Palóc Pálinka Manufactory, which also processes ber-

plings), haluska (noodles), strapacky or potato pan- ries, is nationally famous.
cakes were made using boiled potatoes and a litt le With the absence of wine grapes, wine culture does

wheat fl our. They were served with roasted onions, not really have roots here. However, the beer is sold
crackers, butt er, cottage cheese, poppy seeds, or stewed quickly, especially when it is brewed locally. Th e various

cabbage. A typical Palóc dish is the morvan, a braided Palóc beers from Balassagyarmat are popular, as well as
kalach (sweet bread). The home-made strudel is still a the locomotive-labelled products of the Rétság Heat-

favourite treat on the tables during festivities. ing House Brewery. The water from the springs of the
Dishes made from potatoes, which grow beautifully Csevice stream is a medicine for the upset stomach.
even on lean lands, serve now as the basis of gastro

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