The weirdest questions asked about Hungary online – Part 2

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Sometimes people can type the weirdest questions into a search engine like Google about countries, famous people, cities, food and basically anything you can imagine. Today, in the world of the Internet, there is no secret question anymore. In part two of this article, here are some of the weirdest and most searched questions about Hungary.

What did Hungarians invent?

Hungary is the country of many famous people, and most of them are inventors who gave essential things to the world. For example, Ernő Rubik invented the world-famous Rubik’s Cube, Kálmán Kandó the electric trains, László Bíró the ballpoint pen and Albert Szent-Györgyi the Vitamin C.

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What is the Hungarian Goulash?

Hungarian Goulash is one of the most popular and delicious national meals in the country. It was the food of shepherds once as its name suggests; Hungarian shepherds were called “gulyás”. While the name of the profession originates from the Árpád era, the dish is much younger; it spread and became common in the second half of the 18th century. It was consumed in every Hungarian household, and later it was put on every menu in catering from the Reform age.

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What the Hungarian language sounds like?

The complexity and uniqueness make Hungarian an outstanding language in the world. Another interesting information is that there are no similar languages near Hungary. Only 13 million people speak Hungarian in the entire world because Hungary is a small country. It has only about 9.8 million citizens. The reason why more people speak this unique language than the population of the country is well known.

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What is the Hungarian paprika?

It was Albert Szent-Györgyi who discovered that paprika is the most abundant source of vitamin C and contains five times more vitamin than lemon or orange. It was only later that it became important as a spice. The Hungarian chefs, with long years of expertise behind them, realised that the flavour of fat, onion and paprika together create such a unique combination that these could be the basis for typical Hungarian dishes. Thus, it is like the “holy trinity” of fat, onion and paprika that dominates the Hungarian cuisine.

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What are the Hungarian foods?

The Hungarian cuisine is very well-known all around the world. Traditional Hungarian dishes are mainly soups, pottages, stews, and different meat or vegetable-based meals with a great variety of sides (dumpling, potato, pasta, dough, etc.). A traditional Hungarian meal always starts with a soup, followed by the main course, and ends with dessert.