Magyar Hírek, 1986 (39. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)
1986-01-29 / 2. szám
UtmpifiaD físacs CHRONICLE Prize-winning Recipes Ferenc Liszt Prize in America The Ferenc Liszt Association of the university at Columbia (Mass.), USA, which set the popularization of the works of Liszt and the keeping of the memory of the artist fresh as its objective, holds Liszt festivals every year. Frank Cooper, the pianist and chairperson of the Association announced during the festival of 1985 that the Liszt prize of the year was awarded to Mária Eckhardt, the Hungarian musicologist, for her research and publications. A memorial medal was awarded to Fernando Laipes, a former vice-president of the Association for all he had done to help keep alive the name and work of Ferenc Liszt. The Disciples — a new Hungarian film The Disciples, a new Hungarian film is a huge box-office success, in a number of Budapest cinemas. The story is of the intellectual currents and struggles of the late thirties and early forties which are presented in the figure of a peasant lad who made his way from his village to the Budapest university. The principal character is Zoltán Magyary, a university professor, who has his students carry out a survey in the country with the objective of working out an efficient and modern system of administration based on the exploration of basic problems, which — he hopes — will help to save Hungarian national values for the future. He comes into conflict with Pál Teleki, a Minister early in the film, but finally, Prime Minis! er when he commits suicide distressed by the invasion of Yugoslavia soon after the signing of the Hungarian—Yugoslav treaty of Eternal Friendship. Contemporary news reels used in the film lend documentary force to the story. Géza Bereményi, a successful young writer, assumed this time not only the role of scriptwriter, but also that of director. Károly Eperjes, played the part of the young peasant lad who made his way to Budapest, Kornél Gelley, Juli Básti and György Kézdy are instrumental in establishing the dramatic tensions of the film with their excellent acting. Uniform labelling in the Hungarian foo l processing industry Code labelling, which is successfully used in many parts of the world, is now being gradually introduced also in the Hungarian food processing industry. A number of enterprises took the steps necessary for the development of a code system to identify products two years ago, and have used the international code to mark their export products since then. Following the success of the initial steps, the computerized code system will now be gradually extended to the whole of the food processing industry and all Hungarian food products will be exported with code marking by the end of 1987. Numeral coding is used mostly, but line coding will also be given if requested by the importers. Adult education for 600,000 Adult education started in Hungary forty years ago, in 1945, following a decree by the prime minister of the day which called into life “Schools for Working People”. For four decades now about six hundred thousand men and women completed the eight grades of primary or general school in schools for working people, and about a third of secondary school leaving certificates were also obtained following attendance at night classes or correspondence schools. Elemér Kelemen, head of the relevant section of the Ministry of Education, emphasised on the occasion of the anniversary that the adult education system is in need of considerable reforms: The principal task today is no longer making good for the shortcomings and the neglect of the past, but much rather the dissemination of up-to-date knowledge to the masses. Unfortunately nothing can be done overnight. The number of people whose training does not meet growing requirements who are therefore only fit for manual work where no special skills are needed, is close to a million. Some 15 to 20 per cent of each generation fails to get basic training for one reason or another. New programmes have to be worked out in the immediate future which will improve general education and training in skills. Hungarian art in Scotland A concerted programme on the Hungarian arts recently took place in Scotland. It covered eighteen exhibitions of paintings and sculpture including a retrospective exhibition of sculpture by the late Erzsébet Schaár and graphic work by János Kass. Music was performed by the Budapest Wind Quintet, the soprane Adrienne Csengery, Márta Fábián and Ágnes Szakály on the dulcimer, and the Budapest String Quartet. A troupe of actors presented scenes from plays by István Örkény and Imre Sarkadi to Glasgow theatre goers and there was a series of screenings of the most successful Hungarian feature films of recent years. by Ferenc Novák, Master Cook Duck stuffed the Kalocsa way. A medium-size roasting duck will suffice for four, plus 300 grammes of minced pork, four bread rolls, four eggs, about 300 grammes of a slightly smoked sausage (preferably of the Debreceni type) onions, weighing 200 grammes, fresh green peppers, weighing 400 grammes, tomatoes weighing 200 grammes, 250 grammes of smoked bacon, 200 grammes of duck liver, 0.1 litres of vegetable oil, 0.2 litres of milk, and also salt, ground pepper, red paprika and nutmeg for seasoning. Debone the cleaned duck with a sharp knife, making y your first cut along the back. Lay it open and season the meat with salt and pejrper. Soak the bread rolls in milk, squeeze them and mix them with the minced pork. Finely dice half of the sausage and the liver, braise on a little oil and add to the mixture. Also add the eggs, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg, and work the mass thoroughly to get an even mixture. Stuff the boned duck, then saw up the opening using white thread. Braise the duck in an ovenproof dish for about 70 minutes with the oven at 180 °C. Pour a little water under it, and baste the bird from time to time with its own gravy. Dice the bacon in the meantime, render it and brown the finely chopped onion. When the onion is brown, take it off the flame, and sprinkle with about 20 grammes of red paprika. Now add the sliced green peppers, the skinned and sliced tomatoes, salt to taste and mix in the rest of the sausage and liver — which have also been finely cut. Braise in an open dish for ten minutes. Pour the ready mixture on a pre-heated plate, and place the thinly sliced, well roasted duck on top. Garnish it with buttered potatoes. Fogas stuffed with crayfish' To serve four take 600 grammes of fogas fillets, 200 grammes of crayfish, 120 grammes of butter, 3 eggs, 0.1 1. dry white wine, 0.31. cream, 100 grammes of flour, 2 stalks of dill, 200 grammes of mixed vegetables (carrot s, parsnips and celery), 50 grammes of onion, ground white pepper, whole pepper and 3 bay-leaves. Lay out the fillets, beat them until they are thin, season them with salt and pepper. Melt half of the butter and braise the crayfish, then add the beaten eggs. Season with salt and the finely chopped dill, then let it braise slightly. Spread the stuffing thickly on the fillets, roll them up, and encase them in aluminium foil. Slice the onion and the mixed vegetables, add 0.5 1. water and 0.3 1. wine, season with salt, whole pepper and bay leaves, then bring to the boil. Place the encased rolls of fish into the hot brew, bring it to the boil again and allow to boil for ten minutes. Now take out the fish, remove the foil carefully, pour the pickle into a separate dish, and stiffen it with thickening using the rest of the butter and the flour. Boil the sauce again, add the cream and pour it onto the fillets. Garnish with potato chips. Radio Hungary in English January 14th to January 20th Consolidation in Hungary after the First World War and the key figure of the process: Count István Bethlen. István Bethlen in 1922 HBi January 21th to January 27 th Two major Hungarian poets of the early decades of this century: Árpád Tóth, and Gyula Juhász. January 28th to February 3rd In December 1945 the foreign ministers of the Allied Powers met to elaborate the conditions of the peace treaty with Germany and her allies during the Second World War. In a highly complicated situation certain Czechoslovak politicians suggested the expulsion of the Hungarian speaking population from Slovakia as a solution to numerous problems. In February 1946, Hungary and Czechoslovakia reached agreement on asking as many Hungarians to leave Czechoslovakia as many Slovaks decide to move out of Hungary and settle in Slovakia on a voluntary basis. The programme is based partly upon an interview with historian Sándor Balogh, himself a person involved in the population exchange programme. February 4th to February 10th Hungary’s economy and society after the First World War. The economic consequences of the Great War and the Treaty of Trianon. Each instalment is broadcast five times during the week. The programme is transmitted first every Tuesday at 19.00 Greenwich Mean Time. It is then repeated four times according to the following sequence: — every Wednesday at 01.30 GMT; — every Friday at 19.00 GMT; — every Saturday at 01.30 GMT; — every Monday at 04.00 GMT. The programme and the four repeats are transmitted on short wave on the 25, 41 and 49 metre bands, that is, on 11910, 9655 and 6110 kHz, respectively. In case you miss one programme or another, or if you are prevented from listening to it because of poor reception or propagation conditions, you can try again when it is repeated later in the week. For further information or details about the programmes please write to The Editor of Hungary’s History Serial c/o ‘Szülőföldünk Magyar Rádió, Budapest I860 31
