Hungarian Wedding

[Odin]

Hi guys,

Any of you ever been to an Hungarian wedding? I have. Hey, my wife is Hungarian, so where do you think we threw the party? Cold blooded Holland or hot blooded Hungary. The last one! Now, in a few days time, we will leave for Hungary (living in Holland), becaus a niece is getting maried. 1,400 kilometers by car, but what a party it will be!

Odin.

[Bushman]

Have fun and don't be too critical where the liquor comes from at the reception!

[palinkagus]

Odin,

What part of Hungary are you going to? I've been to two weddings in a small town known as Szentpéterfa. It's right on the border with Austria. I have to say that they were two of the wildest weddings I've ever been to. We started at the couple's house, danced our way through the streets to the church, danced our way to the reception and danced our way through the night until the sun came up. All the while drinking various homemade Palinkas.

My trips to Hungary were actually my inspiration to start distilling my own products.

Have a wonderful time at the wedding!

[Odin]

Palinkagus,

I think I know this village! Have driven thru it, not really visited it! Wedding is in Siofok, some 100 kilometers to the east, on the south side of lake Balaton. And yes, it will be wild! Hungary also inspired me to take on this hobby, actually.

Bushman,

I am responsible for the "pia" myself. I have 10 liters of UJSSM bourbon, 6 liters of Dutch gin/geneva, 4 liters of vodka, and 6 liters of Malibu ready. Hope it is enough for the 125 guests, apart from the wine & beer & palink that will be served.

Odin.

[J3ff]

I know nothing about Hungarian Weddings as an American who has only left the country once to visit Canada. I do hope you have a good time while there!!!

[Odin]

I think American weddings must be like Dutch weddings. Hungarian ones are different. In general there are not two but three ceremonies. Town hall and church are well familiair for us, but over there they also have the "becoming member of the tribe" part. Really archaic but therefore so nice!

It works like this: after town hall (white dress), and church (big white dress), the real party starts. When everybody is welcomed and dinner is finished bride & groom go away for some 30 to 40 minutes. When they come back, bride is dressed in red (symbolic, no?) and all the men present get to dance with her. Well, if they give a present that is!

[Bull Rider]

Odin. Bring back some stories and photos. Have a great time. I bet they will love your hand crafted spirits.



Bull.

[Bushman]

I think American weddings must be like Dutch weddings. Hungarian ones are different. In general there are not two but three ceremonies. Town hall and church are well familiair for us, but over there they also have the "becoming member of the tribe" part. Really archaic but therefore so nice!

It works like this: after town hall (white dress), and church (big white dress), the real party starts. When everybody is welcomed and dinner is finished bride & groom go away for some 30 to 40 minutes. When they come back, bride is dressed in red (symbolic, no?) and all the men present get to dance with her. Well, if they give a present that is!

I have been to two weddings in different countries. The first was in the Phillipines, in the wedding I attended the bride and groom would dance on the dance floor and the guests would pin money on them for their honeymoon. The other wedding was in Germany, and just before the wedding we all met in a courtyard where the bride and groom had to do something for each other to show their love and willing to help one another out. I remember the groom liked cigars so she had him sit in a chair while she rolled tobacco in a news paper lit it and we all watched while he had to smoke it. Later I asked how the cigar was and he said it tasted like shit! The dancing went most of the night and the food and drinks just kept coming. Have fun and don't tell anyone you made the booze or you will probably have to start taking orders!

[Odin]

Arived in Hungary. they made over 2000 pieces of cake, using over 400 eggs. There is a total of 50 liters of likker ... for 120 people ?

Odin

[Bushman]

Arived in Hungary. they made over 2000 pieces of cake, using over 400 eggs. There is a total of 50 liters of likker ... for 120 people ?

Odin

Have a great time at the wedding, I am sure your wife enjoys being back to her native country

[Odin]

Well, the wedding was great! Will post some pics later! All the booze is pretty much finished. Yeah, my wife loved to be back here, and me too. Since I was the best man I was supposed to give a speech ... in Hungarian. Now that took some energy & time, to get it right. But when I made the speech, it had all the hilarious effects I wanted it to have. Great succes for me, but boy was I exhaused after that. Not an easy language, Hungarian. Odin.

[Bushman]

Well, the wedding was great! Will post some pics later! All the booze is pretty much finished. Yeah, my wife loved to be back here, and me too. Since I was the best man I was supposed to give a speech ... in Hungarian. Now that took some energy & time, to get it right. But when I made the speech, it had all the hilarious effects I wanted it to have. Great succes for me, but boy was I exhaused after that. Not an easy language, Hungarian. Odin.

I am thankful that the world language is English, with as much traveling as I do I would be in trouble if I didn't speak it. Glad to hear your trip was a success, I am home and currently have two washes going and have made 3 double condenser coils. One I sold and the others turned out ok as I am experimenting on different ways to successfully bend the coil without having and flattening and without having to clean salt out at the end.

[hstuurman]

He Odin,

I knew you've been in Hungaria, but you didn't told it was in Siofok. Have been there on a great vacation once. 2 weeks of sun, and some terrible thunderstorms. The lake I liked, and the wineries... Great food, but had to get used to the waiters, the took away my plate as soon as it was empty, I was told that it was unpolite to look at a dirty plate
I remeber great beer, a dark lager and an evening drinking sligovitch, I almost emptied a hole bottle by myself, and cannot remeber been so drunk ever
Alcohol was incrideble cheap overthere in these days, but I loved the country. The small railways, and realy liked Buda & Pest!

[Odin]

BM,

Since I am just back from my trip like an hour and a half or so, it is just the missus starting up washes here. Washing machine and so. On the other hand ... the second gen sweet feed (with sour mash) seems to be dry. Will distill it tomorrow or the day after, if I get to it. Also, I am going to spirit run my second gen of all bran. As an experiment, that also has back set from gen 1. Lots of fun for the weekend!

Henk,

You only THINK you had a problem with the waiters! I will explain. Yes, in Hungary, is is different than in Holland. Here, we finish our plate to show we liked all of it. In Hungary it is the other way around. Finished plate? Means you did not have enough and get more (when visiting family or friends) or order more (in a restaurant). Now imagine me like 18 years ago going on a trip by car to invite all of the families living nearby (like 20, 30, 40 kilometers away) for our wedding. Me, my future wife and the mother in law. I go to family one. Get a full, warm meal. Soup (twice, because I finished my plate), then salad (once, because I forgot to finish it), main course with meat, potatoes, rice, paprika (3 servings because I made the mistake of telling them I really liked it!). Then deserts. Yes, with an "s" at the end! Then of to family two. "Do you want to eat someting?" "No, I say, I just ate at family one!" "Well, they replied, they don't cook nearly as good as we do!" And there we went again. Visited 5 families that day. Finished about 10 three course meals for sure. Didn't eat for two days afterwards. Holy shit!

Odin.

[hstuurman]

Remind me of the weddings in my place of birth, still the Netherlands but in the backcorner (engelish for Achterhoek).
When you finish your beer, you get a new one. You don't have to ask, they just refill, and refill, and refill and so on. Only when you don't empty your glass you don't get a new one!
Beerdrinking is a tradition overthere

[Odin]

I know! It is the same in Drenthe. Took me a while to find out. I saw the guy serving the beer and thought ... there he comes, let's finish my beer. He thought: "heck, is this guy thirsty!".

Odin.