William Penn Life, 2003 (38. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2003-07-01 / 7. szám

Hungarian Kitchen

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Hungarian Crepe Suzettes/ Palacsinta, (Recipe #3)

3 cups sifted all purpose flour I Zi tsp. salt

6 large eggs slightly beaten I A cups milk 6 tblsp. melted butter I to I 'A cups soda water 3 tblsp. cooking oil

Mix together flour and salt in a large bowl. Blend in the eggs a little at a time, then very slowly add the milk, all the time beating mixture very well. Blend in the melted butter and continue mixing until the batter is smooth and a little thick. Refrigerate mixture for a few hours and, right before using, stir in the soda water until the mixture thins out to the consistency of light cream. Grease a very hot crepe pan with the cooking oil and pour in enough mixture to cover the bottom of the pan. Cook until done, then flip over and finish the other side.

Cool to room temperature before filling. Makes about 20-24 crepes.

Hungarian Pancakes/ Palacsinta (Recipe #4)

3 large eggs beaten I 'A cups sifted flour I cup milk I tsp. sugar I pinch of salt I cup carbonated water Clarified sweet butter

Mix the eggs, flour, milk, sugar and salt in a bowl to make smooth pancake dough. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for a few hours. Before cooking, stir in the carbonated water to thin out the dough to the consistency of batter. Heat a crepe pan and grease with the clarified sweet butter. Pour in batter to cover bottom of the pan. Cook until done, then turn over and finish other side. Cool before filling. Makes about 12-14 pancakes.

Branching Out

with Endre Csornán

Gyula Verhovay

Parliamentarian (1848-1906)

The Association's founding members, 28 Hungarian coalminers, did not follow the lead of most of the contemporary rivals and successors, who named their organizations after Hungarian national heroes and saints of the past. Instead, our founders named their new organization after a living Hungarian parliamentarian, Gyula (Julius) Verhovay.

Verhovay was born in Sátor-Alja- Ujhely, county of Zemplén in 1848, educated in Budapest and employed by the Ministry of Defense. He was well known as the editor of the "Ellenőr" until the Tisza/Government 1875. Later, he joined the "Egyetértést" in which he was widely published and became well known world wide.

Verhovay's emotional Kossuthist nationalism and anti-urbanism appealed to the similarly nationalist and anti-urbanist immigrants, who generally disliked the Habsburgs and distruted the "city slicker" types.

Verhovay was arrested several times for his public meetings and mass instigation, as well as for his editorial "Kassai Toaszt."

In the capital and other parts of the country where he delivered speeches during elections, he was well known and liked, especially by the young generation.

In 1879, he left the "Egyetértés" because of an incident which led to a dual with one of his co-workers. A year later he started his own newspaper under the name "Függetlenség" (Independence).

After his death 20 or so years later, the American-Hungarian members of the Verhovay Aid Association erected a monument in a Roman Catholic cemetery at Battonya, Hungary, where the remains of Verhovay were permanently placed.

Williu Pen Life, July 2003

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