Kepéné Bihar Mária - Lendvai Kepe Zoltán: Domonkosfai értékőrzők (Lendva, 2012)
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most every household in the village had its own pálinka. People in the area also produced peaches, apricots, cherries — although in smaller quantities — and liked to plant chestnut, walnut and mulberry trees. The Őrség region is well-known for its long-held tradition of pálinka distillation. At one time, every village had a special pálnika distillery hut, and there were several settlements that had more than one. Whereas the old traditional way of non-commercial distillation has taken a back-seat to the State monopoly on the distillation of spirits in Hungary, people living in Domaföld, Őrihodos, Kapornak, Domonkosfa, Bükalja were still allowed to distil their own pálinka under the Yugoslavian and Slovenian rules as well. Pálinka distillery huts were later replaced by pálinka distillery chambers. The most popular fruits used to produce pálinka included: plums, rape, crab apples, crab pears, peaches, cherries, strawberries and rowan. Special vessels were used to store the distilled pálinka: green glazed pitchers. People usually made enough pálinka to last for a whole year. The farmer usually drank it in the mornings and offered it to his guests and workers on special occasions, during pig slaughters and at the time of the harvest. A black thorn and a plum. English Botany. London, 1864. 20
