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Great pálinka (fruit spirit)

from “jungle fruit”

Good plum pálinka and plum jam are the “trademarks” of „Pálinka programmes”:
this region. Plum, a fruit grown in the favourable climate of • Plum Blooming Festival in Tivadar in the spring
the edges of the Carpathian Basin, in the Upper Tisza and • Szatmár Bereg Plum Days in the autumn - Th e Celebra-

Szamos regions, is a real treasure. The hard-working but tion of New Pálinka in Tarpa
needy villagers of the region were always looking for the • In the winter, the Luca Day Pálinka Celebration in Nyír-
versatile uses of the fruits that they grew for themselves, and egyháza htt ps://www.szatmaripalinka.hu/
therefore, in addition to dried fruits and jams, they distilled „Plum programme”:
pálinka in village distilleries. Even if you don’t remember, • International Plum Jam Cooking Competition, Szat-
the locals will not let you forget: frequent pálinka tasting is márcseke htt p://szatmarcseke.hu/
one of the ways they express their hospitality. And if that is not enough and you are hungry, you should
One shot glass for the guest’s health, one shot glass for the farm- try the fried bacon and sausage “cinke” (potato dumplings),
er’s health, one shot glass if you are soaked by summer rain, and polenta with jam or sheep’s cheese, pasta fi lled with plum

the shot glass that it has brought us together... jam, rösti, stuffed cabbage, oven-baked bread tarts, if you are
in the Fairy Field... www.tundermezo.hu

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