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THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 148
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(Our 11th Year - Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold
Feb. 28, 2006
(c) 2006 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved

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This first section of our 2-section newsletter concerns:
1. Changes Affecting My Status As BB Editor & Coordinator
2. Improvements To The BB Homepage & Procedures
3. The Best From Ten Years Of BB Newsletters
4. Albert Schuch Resigns From BB Staff
5. Vienna Mozart Orchestra To Tour North America


1. CHANGES AFFECTING MY STATUS AS BB EDITOR & COORDINATOR

My health has deteriorated.  A recent body scan shows that cancer has spread
to my hip and pelvic area.  Doctors give me one or two years more if the cancer
cells don't suddenly move to other regions.  My chemo-treatments now involve a
fairly new drug that protects bone from the invasion of cancer cells.  It is
time to put my house in order.  I want the BB to continue with or without my
guidance, so I have asked the BB staff to discuss this among themselves and
attempt a solution.

Short term changes to the BB may become necessary, such as freezing the
Homepage and/or membership for a period or suspending the newsletter for
awhile or changing the format.  Main concerns must be the survival of the BB.
I will continue to head the BB, initiate memberships and changes, edit the newsletter
and respond to queries as long as I can, even in a supportive role if that comes
about, but the time for those options may be shortened suddenly and irrevocably. 
I am thus advising you of the possibilities of sudden changes in the availability
of the BB.

2. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BB HOMEPAGE & PROCEDURES

Hannes Graf, Tom Steichen, Anna Kresh and myself have revised the Homepage.
We have moved the Invitation Letter to a web page, prioritized and alphabetized
the Index, added new items and reworded titles.  Hannes and Tom have designed
a new membership and change form that could eventually make the updating of
our membership lists virtually automatic.  Most importantly, Hannes and Tom
have adjusted email addresses on the membership list to preclude their being
harvested by other than the most sophisticated methods.  That change will be
transparent to the membership except for a slightly different graphical "@" sign.
This change will also appear eventually on all lists containing addresses.  Our
membership then will no longer be prone to Spam based on harvested addresses.
These are most important changes, look for them.

At the same time, we have moved the BB Homepage to another ISP.  This will
make future changes easier and  provide assured future back-up capability.  To
this end, Hannes and Tom have been added to BB Staff as associate Homepage
editors along with Hap Anderson.  Hap's ISP Homepage may be in operation and
frozen in the old format for some duplicate period.  Still available from the old
URL, it can be closed with the new site in operation.  We thank Hap profusely for
initiating the BB Homepage and maintaining it at his ISP since the inception of
the BB.  We are also providing a new BB URL with the domain name:
http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org/.

Please change your bookmarks.  These changes go into effect March 1.  We will
also maintain the current membership and change procedures for an indefinite
period.


3. THE BEST FROM TEN YEARS OF BB NEWLETTERS

As I was my purging my BB files recently, I came across an article in a
folder called "Favorite Articles." Like many good intentions, this one never got
off the ground.  There was just one article in the file.  That gave me the idea
that BB members might again enjoy reading archived articles.  One can scan our
newsletter index and bring up old newsletters, but not many do that.  As a
result newer members have missed some of our best articles.  By the best, I don't
necessarily mean the most helpful or the most important.  I mean articles that
are just fun to read while imparting Burgenland immigrant flavor.  Do you have a
favorite? Let me know, I'll reprint it as part of this planned series.

(ED. Note: The following was suggested by a gift that I received from
Viennese friends, Albert and Inge Schuch of Vienna, on the occasion of my 70th
birthday.  It is reprinted from BB News No. 88B.)

SACHERTORTE VS IMPERIALTORTE VS STRUDEL
Having recently returned from France, I can tell you that I ate a lot of
pastry.  It was all tasty but not on a par with Austrian pastry.  I felt the same
way about Italian pastry a few years ago.  My wife doesn't agree, she feels
Italian is still the best (something called "tiramisu.") So it goes, we all have
our preferences.

During the days of the Empire if you were a craftsman, a sure way to success
was to attract the Emperor's attention with a superior product.  If he
expressed satisfaction with it, the entire aristocracy would follow suit.  A little
like the way corporations go after the sports champions, getting them to endorse
their products.  The English and other remaining monarchies also still have
their "purveyors to the crown."  Thus we have "Kaiser this" and "Kaiser that" in
case you wondered.

In 1832, so one story goes, a Viennese master sugar baker (a pastry chef
- Konditor, as opposed to a bread baker - Bäcker) called Franz Sacher invented a
cake to attract the attention of Prinz Klemens von Metternich.  It was a round
chocolate sponge cake filled or layered with apricot jam and covered with a firm
glaze.  Eating a piece is a must experience for all of those visiting Vienna for the
first time.  It's a tradition.  Had Metternich been lucky he'd be memorialized by the
name "Metternichtorte", this name never caught on, but "Sachertorte" did.  The
Sacher family went on to operate Sacher's Hotel in Vienna - now priced out of
existence except for contracting plumbers, prince-bishops, US Congressmen or
those on Fortune 500 expense accounts.  Walter Cronkite stays there when he
hosts the New Year Gala.  Nonetheless, one can eat a piece of Sachertorte
in the hotel tearoom with a cup of coffee (mit schlag) without mortgaging the
farm (although you may have to go without dinner in order to afford it, you
won't lose out calorie wise).  I find it to be like any good chocolate cake, the
Betty Crocker mix used by my wife makes a cake just as good but it has no
historical association.  I like apricot jam used between layers but the wife tells
me I don't need all that extra sugar.  My grandmother always used jam between
her layer cakes, it added something and kept them moist.  My wife doesn't like
to hear tales about how my mother or grandmother cooked.

The Emperor Franz Josef enjoyed pastry as much as I do - it's said he ate Danish
pastry "Plundergebäck" every morning and "Kugelhupf" every day, supplied
some say by his mistress, the actress Katharina Schratt.  Some also say she was
just a platonic friend whose company and conversation he enjoyed.  She kept him
apprised of the local gossip.  Either way he visited her every morning and they
shared some pastry and coffee.  He may even have had a bread roll named after
him, the little rolls called "Kaisersemmeln" which readily break into 5 or 6
sections without crumbs.  The accepted Viennese bread for a dinner party.

In 1873, Emperor Franz Josef was to visit the first royal palace hotel to be
built on the Ringstrasse.  It was to bear the name "k. u. k. Hof-Hotel Imperial.
Its first visitors were to be guests of the Emperor.  A "new" torte was in
order and all of the best cooks of the monarchy assembled to perform their
magic, conjuring up magnificent cakes fit for a king in a fairy tale.  A pot and
pan scrubber by the name of Xaver Loibner longed to produce his own specialty
but he was restricted to the pots and pans.  It is said that during the night,
unable to sleep, he went to the kitchen and created his masterpiece - a chocolate
torte layered with jam, encased in almond paste (marzipan), covered with glazed
chocolate bearing the imperial eagle in chocolate.

The next day the Emperor passed along rows of cakes, made just for this
occasion.  He spotted the Habsburg crest, stopped in front of Loibner's creation
and pointed to it.  He ate a piece and supposedly said "das war sehr gute" - that
was very good.  Loibner's fortune was made.  From then on the "Imperial Torte,
as the Emperor is said to have called it, was reserved for him.

Now, in his memory, it is being baked again at the same Hotel Imperial
(another hotel for plumbing contractors and those with money) and can be mailed
all over the world.  My good friends Albert and Inge Schuch treated me like the
Emperor and sent me one for my birthday.  Like the Emperor, I can only say "es war
sehr gute" (and better than the Sachertorte)!  It arrived in a wooden presentation
box with red ribbon and the Imperial Seal.  A gift to be treasured and
remembered.  Fit for a king.

When we first went to Austria in 1974, we spent a few days in Vienna.  One
evening, our children were not interested in going to Grinzing to watch us drink
wine, so we left them in the hotel with money and instructions to eat in the
dining room of the Hotel deFrance.  They slipped out to the Ringstrasse instead,
went to a nearby "würstel" stand owner who called himself "Der Kleiner
Sacher" and bought sausages and bread which they took back to their room to eat.
They acted like true descendants of the Burgenland, to enjoy a wurst snack over
formal Viennese cooking.  On a later trip, I passed up a piece of Sachertorte in
favor of apfel strudel.  I must now consider whether I will accept Imperial
Torte over strudel.  Maybe a piece of each! Although our Burgenland ancestors
probably never tasted either torte, they made it possible for me and you to enjoy
what was once reserved only for the Emperor.


4. ALBERT SCHUCH RESIGNS FROM BB STAFF

Burgenland Editor, Dr. Albert Schuch of Vienna and Klein Petersdorf,
Burgenland sent  the following  (edited):

"Hello Gerry, Many thanks for your note.  It has indeed been some time since
I last wrote to you.  Every so often I thought about doing so and addressing the
issue you raised: the future of my involvement in the BB.

To some extent it is the nature of my work - lessons in the morning as well
as in the evening - which makes it so difficult to find the time for personal
interests.  I have also been required to work overtime (about 25%) from the
beginning.  On the one hand I don't really like to do this, on the other hand we
will be able to make use of the extra money.  Elizabeth and I plan to buy a flat
in the near future.

So while I still do have an interest in the BB, the last years have certainly
proven that I am not able to find the time to contribute as much to its work
as a staff member should.  I don't think that my situation will change in the
near future (which I had initially hoped), so it will probably be best to
continue as an ordinary member......I would like to continue receiving the BB
newsletter.

It is sad to hear the news about Molly's and your own health.  I wish and hope
the best for both of you and trust that your continued work for the BB, apart
from the support of your friends and family, will give you the strength to
cope with whatever may come.  Best wishes, Albert "

My reply: Albert, thank you for a prompt and complete answer to my questions.
I will remove your name from the BB staff listings and continue to forward
the newsletters.  You have my thanks and I'm sure the thanks of the BB staff and
membership for your excellent past contributions to Burgenland family history.
In the event you should ever find the time and interest to again join the BB
staff, you will find a ready welcome.  Molly and I both wish you and Elizabeth
the best and hope your purchase of a flat is successful.  Warm regards, Gerry &
Molly

(ED Note: Albert was among the first BB staff members.  He joined the BB
while attending the University of Vienna.  At that time, he provided the BB with
many English language translations of Burgenland material among which are
"Albert's Burgenland Village Data", a compilation of ethnic village names and
record sources; Village Extracts from the 1930's work of Father Gratian Lesser,
thumbnail sketches of village histories through the ages and a host of articles,
replies to queries, etc.  All of these are now part of the BB Homepage or
Archives.  Later he was instrumental in providing the BB with much historical
source documentation of Burgenland family history.  He is the author of various
articles concerning the BB which have appeared in Austrian publications.  He is
a prolific author of other articles and wrote a definitive history of Burgenland
industry.  His assistance with the Teklits' translation of the History of Croatians
in the Burgenland (serialized in the BB newsletters) was instrumental in
leading to the success of that endeavor.  His ability to find Burgenland material
in Austrian libraries and archives is unsurpassed.  He personally met with many
BB visitors to Austria.  In 2001, he helped make my visit to Austria, to
receive a Burgenland medal, one of the high points of my life.  After being awarded
his doctorate, Albert worked as a freelance journalist.  He later joined the
staff of a Viennese High School where he is presently employed.  His expertise
and cooperative, engaging manner will be sorely missed.  He became not only a
BB editor but a personal friend to many.  His position as Burgenland Editor will
be filled by Burgenland Associate Editor Klaus Gerger.)


5. VIENNA MOZART ORCHESTRA TO TOUR NORTH AMERICA
    (courtesy Margaret Kaiser)

(ED. Note: Asked about my favorite composer, I would mention Haydn, that most
famous musical Burgenländer.  Read Fritz Königshofer's article concerning his
genealogy in our newsletter archives.  In secret; however, I really love Mozart,
the man and his music.  I believe we have CD's or tapes of everything he ever
wrote.)

Margaret sent us the following: Vienna Mozart Orchestra tours North America,
March 17 thru 29, 2006, in celebration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th
Birthday.The world's best Mozart Orchestra direct from Vienna, performs in
authentic historical costumes, complete with wigs and lace ruffles.

USA:  Atlanta, Boston, Nashville, New Brunswick, NJ, New York, Philadelphia
           & Reading, PA
Canada:  Hamilton, Kitchener, Montreal, Ottawa & Toronto

For Information: 1-800-545-7807 & www.salutetovienna.com

Newsletter continues as number 148A.

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THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 148A
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(Our 11th Year - issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold
February 28, 2006
(c) 2006 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved

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This second section of our 2-section newsletter concerns:

1. More On Illegitimacy & BB Genealogy
2. More Help With That First Burgenland Visit
3. Burgenland Honored & Remembered Website
4. BB Midwest Picnic Scheduled
5. More On Foreign Money Transfers
6. Debrecen Sausage

*This Edition, As Well As Previous BB Newsletters,
Are Available From Our BB Archives Web Page*

1. MORE ON ILLEGITIMACY & GENEALOGY (from Bob Unger)

BB newsletter 147A concerned the family tree when there are illegitimate children
involved.  I had such a problem searching my family tree.  I couldn't find the
village or country of my Grandmother's birth.  I knew that my Grandmother's first
child was illegitimate; however, I could not find a birth record for that child. 
Ultimately I found her birthplace by getting a copy of her married license application. 
Using that birthplace, I easily found the microfilm at the LDS Family History Center,
which proved her birth.  But, that record contains no information about my
Grandmother's place of birth.  Then via the BB I learned that at times the Priest
writes notes in the margins of the record book.  Unfortunately the LDS records for
Burgenland are the Austrian/Hungarian government records - obtained when all
churches were required to copy their records and send them to Budapest.  Often
those copied records did not include notes written in the margins.  If you find
yourself at what appears to be a dead end in your search, try looking at the original
church records.  In my case, the note written by the Priest led me to the village where
my Grandmother was born - opening many branches to my family tree.  I hope this
bit of info is helpful.

 
2. MORE HELP WITH THAT FIRST BURGENLAND VISIT (Bob Strauch et al)

Cheryl Gillmer writes to Bob Strauch:  I corresponded with you last year about my
family (Jacksits and Bezenhofer) from the Burgenland area.  We are planning a trip
to Austria this summer and I have some questions.  Do you recommend booking a
hotel ahead of time?  We have three villages to visit and don't know how long we
will be at each.  We also want to see all of Austria.  Is it easy to find a place to stay,
maybe just book Vienna on our first and last few days and do the rest on the fly?
 
Reply: This is Gerry Berghold, editor BB newsletter.  Bob Strauch asked me to
help with your question.

Except for large cities and important tourist areas (Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck) in
season, it is not necessary to book a hotel.  Use a local Gasthaus like you'd use an
American motel, but check in early.  Make arrangements Sunday for a Monday stay
when many are closed (Ruhetag).

I have done exactly what you are planning; however it required numerous trips. 
Two weeks would be a minimum to see Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and maybe
Graz (you say all of Austria) as well as your family villages in Burgenland.  You
would still be missing much of Austria.  Let me suggest a workable, but busy
two-week itinerary assuming you are renting an automobile.  Don't try it any
other way.

Fly to Vienna (Schwechat airport) - rent a car in advance and pick it up there,
Hertz is fine.  You'll be jet lagged and confused by traffic, foreign signs and
language.  Leave Vienna until last.  Drive south to Eisenstadt (two hours) - stay
at the Hotel Burgenland - make advance reservations (use the internet address
at the end of this email for hotel addresses.) Stay two nights - you can see
Eisenstadt (the capital) on foot in one relaxing day and leave the car in the
garage.  Day 1, see the Esterhazy palace, the Landesmuseum, the Cavalerienberg
church with Haydn's tomb and superb stations of the cross.  Day 2 - day trip (drive)
to Rust and Morbisch on the Neusiedler See.  Day 3 leave for Güssing area via
Rts 50 and 57 (your villages are in southern Burgenland - districts of Güssing
and Jennersdorf.) - about 4 hours with lunch at Bernstein.  See the castle (short
walk) and maybe the Bernstein Jade Museum.  Continue to Güssing (if enough
time, visit the Castle and Auswanderer Museum) then east to Heiligenbrunn (15
minutes) to Hotel Krutzler (reserve in advance.) Use this fine Gasthaus hotel as
your base for three nights.  There are others - the Kirchenwirt in Eltendorf and
Raffels in Jennersdorf.  Days four and five visit your villages - all nearby as
well as Güssing and Jennersdorf.  Visit cemeteries, churches and the local
Gasthaus - inquire about relatives.  Day six, leave southern Burgenland for Graz. 
Day seven - leave for Innsbruck - days eight and nine Salzburg - day ten Salzburg
to Melk, day eleven Melk to Vienna.  Days 12, 13 Vienna, day 14 flight home.

This is a busy schedule and a lot of driving what with meals and local sightseeing. 
Except for Eisenstadt, Heiligenbrunn and Vienna, I wouldn't bother to make
reservations, Use any local Gasthaus, breakfast included, as seen from the road
or village.  Must will be enjoyable, clean and comfortable, likewise with food. 
If it looks good, it probably is.  Eat a lot of schnitzel and goulasch if you aren't
sure of the food.  Buy picnic supplies at the local A&O and bakery, best bread,
pastry and cold cuts in the world.

Alternatively you can spend a week in Vienna and use available hotel touring
facilities for day trips (not always English speaking) and then spend a week
or so in Burgenland.  You'd skip Salzburg, Innsbruck and Graz.  Driving in Vienna
is as bad as NYC.  Take an airport cab to Vienna and go directly to your hotel
(there are many fine hotels - expensive and inexpensive, visit them on the internet
and take your pick.  Take local tours (arranged by your concierge).  When ready,
rent a car and drive to Eisenstadt as above and then Güssing using that city (new
Sport Hotel - I have no experience with it) or Heiligenbrunn (Hotel Krutzler -
nice family, speaks English - indoor-outdoor pool - great restaurant - nice bkfst
buffet - comfortable rooms - nice little village - old wine cellars - reasonable
rates, my best choice for Americans) as your base for a week of seeing your
villages (a day in each?) and other parts of southern Burgenland.  Important - do
see Castle Güssing and Hungarian border villages!

Vienna Airport to Eisenstadt is 2 hours, Eisenstadt to Güssing another 2 or 3. 
Güssing to Graz - better part of day.  Graz to Innsbruck - at least a full day -
tough mountain passes!  Innsbruck to Salzburg - another full day.  As you move your
base, you always lose a day driving.  It's like the old expression about people
trying to see all of Europe in two weeks - "it's Tuesday - must be France! " I'd
cut back on what you are trying to do unless you are planning a longer trip than two
weeks.  Under two weeks - Vienna only and southern Burgenland or you'll run
out of time or burn out.  Check the BB archives and read some of the BB trip
reports and see our Austria links for more help.  Visit the following:

www.tiscover.com/burgenland
www.austria.info

Good luck and send us a trip report.  Contact Austrian Tourist Board in
NYC - search internet for address - they'll send you a lot of material.


3. BURGENLAND HONORED & REMEMBERED WEBSITE
   (from Margaret Kaiser)

(ED. Note: The impetus to start the BB was the fact that there was no database
of Burgenland immigrants.  Available were fragments scattered in a few
publications, mailing lists, ship manifests, etc.  Dr. Walter Dujmovits of the BG in
Güssing started a database by listing some in his book Die Amerika Wanderung
der Burgenländer and followed it up with articles in the BG news, now in its
50th year.  Then came 10 years of BB membership and surname lists, still ongoing. 
Recently the BH&R website as explained below began a data base of Burgenland
immigrant gravesites in NYC, then NJ and is now moving to other areas.  In effect,
the BB and the BH&R are complementary.  We are capturing Burgenland
immigrant data coming and going as it were.  If tracing your immigrant family's
migration, be sure to visit this web site.  It will also help the database to grow
if you supply your family data to the BH&R site.  It can be reached from the
address below or by hyperlink from the BB Homepage.)

Margaret writes: Burgenland Immigrants from Kansas, Nebraska, and
Pennsylvania Join NJ and NY Honorees at the Burgenland Honored and Remembered
Website (BH&R)

BB members are invited to revisit the BH&R website.  The website has been
geographically restructured.  More honorees, cemeteries, photos, and remembrances
have been added.  This website is developing into a premiere website for
Burgenland immigrant family tree researchers.

The current major initiative underway is identification of deceased immigrants
from the Lehigh Valley, a community with one of the largest concentrations
of Burgenlaenders in America.  Bob Strauch (BB Lehigh Valley Contributing
Editor) has been very helpful in starting our project rolling by contributing many
names for our Remembrance List.  We strongly encourage our BB members from
Pennsylvania to add their ancestors' names to the List.  It's simple.  Just go to the
website and e-mail the information.  Also, if you can help with the project,
contact Frank Paukowits at paukowits1(a)aol.com.

Recent BH&R website changes: 
- Restructured website by geographic areas (Frank Klepeis and Frank Paukowits).
- Added photos; view the circa 1950s costumed NJ Burgenlaender Fasching Party
  celebrants..
- Expanded NJ Remembrance List which now honors more than 375 Burgenlaenders.
- Added Kansas-Nebraska Honorees (BB member Gary Portsche).
- Original art in the KS-NE section commemorates Burgenlaender migration from
  the Old Country to the New (Gary Portsche).
- Added German language feature.
- Added Castle Harbour Casino, Bronx, NY remembrance article and photos.
- Added Lehigh Valley (LV).  Two recent photos and a 1920 photo were submitted
  by Bob Strauch.  These form a LV photo triad.  Click any of the 3 individual
  photos to enlarge separately.  Click the Remembrance List to view LV honorees. 
  (BB members Frieda Eberhardt, Donna Hudson, Margaret Kaiser, and Bob
  Strauch).
- Added other honorees; e.g., BBer Bob Keppel sent his grandfather Frank's
  1911 wedding photo.  Select "K" in the Photo Gallery; click to enlarge photo, and
  also find a tribute.  Bob transfers professional photographer David Groh's
  Sheboygan and Milwaukee glass plate negatives to a historical website.  Bob
  seeks information about Sheboygan's Österreichisch-Ungarischer
 Franz-Josephs-Unterstützungsverein (Austrian-Hungarian Franz Joseph's Beneficial
Society).  Contact Bob at rakeppel(a)prodigy.net.

Future planned BH&R additions include:
- PA: Coplay/Northampton (LV) Our Lady of Hungary Cemetery (BB Editor Anna Kresh).
- PA: Pittsburgh/McKees Rocks (Sr. Mary Traupmann and Bernadete Sulzer Agreen).
- Add cemetery and other remembrance photos.
 
Other Website Expansion Goals (possible with BB member input):
- Add other US and Canada geographic locations.
- Expand website with more photos, and add honorees to Remembrance List.
- Encourage descendant participation and collection of Burgenland immigrant
  history.

Website Designer, Frank Klepeis, noticed that viewers seem to forget to visit
the BH&R Photo Gallery.  Photos of deceased Burgenlaenders are encouraged and
may include other family members, Burgenlaender events or Burgenland.  Date
and label photos.  Anyone have Castle Harbour picnic/dance photos?
 
BH&R looks forward to your visit and hopes you will add your Burgenland
ancestors to the BH&R website.  Direct questions to nyburgenlaenders(a)aol.com
and visit often at http://hometown.aol.com/nyburgenlaenders/home.htm.


4. BB MIDWEST PICNIC SCHEDULED

BB member Dean Wagner writes: I recently reserved the pavilion at Trapp Farm
Park in Eagan, Minnesota for the 2006 Midwest Burgenland Bunch Picnic.  The
pavilion is ours from 10AM to 4PM on Sunday, August 6, 2006.  The cost is $122
and comes with wood for the fireplace and a picnic kit (including horseshoes,
volleyball, etc.)


5. MORE ON FOREIGN MONEY TRANSFERS

My bank just sent me the following as an insert in my monthly statement.

Fee increases effective April 8, 2006:
Wire transfer: outgoing domestic (foreign will be more) $22.00
Foreign currency exchange fee: 3% of UD dollar amount, debit or credit cards)
Conversion rates may differ from those in effect on day of transfer.


6. DEBRECEN SAUSAGE

In a message dated 1/31/06 chuckimagine(a)comcast.net writes:

Periodically I see references to a town in Hungary called Debrecen.  When I
was a child my Uncle Vincent Petti worked for a sausage factory, and on special
occasions he would bring home debrecener (not sure of spelling), and it tasted
like a much spicier hot dog.  Is there any connection between Debrecen and
debrecener?

Reply; Yes Debrecen is a large city (200K inhabitants) in the eastern part of
Hungary.  It has a reputation as gourmet city with many Hungarian dishes identified
"as from Debrecen." Debrecener sausage is one of the food types identified with
this city.  I don't know the details but I would guess it started in the early 1800's,
a variant of something simpler, when Hungarian cuisine took a giant step forward. 
Dried meat - later made into sausage - was a major food source for Magyar nomads. 
Very early (8th century) Magyar warriors tied meat under their saddles to dry it and
tenderize it!) Debrecen sausage is a decided improvement with the later addition of
garlic and paprika.  Hungarian butchers in ethnic areas still compete for the best,
making it according to their own secret formulas.  Zecky butcher in Allentown, PA
(4th & Allen Sts.) was a favorite.  It can still be found in other ethnic neighborhoods. 
It is a major ingredient of Debrecen Beef Tokany (a ragout), as well as other recipes
calling for sausage.  In European, you can often see someone with a knife, a loaf of
bread, a length of sausage (smoked or dried) and a bottle of wine in hand having
breakfast or lunch while they wait for customers.


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Use our website to access our membership, village and surname lists,
archives, internet links, maps, instructions, ethnic song book, frequently asked
questions and other information.
 
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