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Iconic Hungarian Christmas dish in danger: ingredients are sold at sky-high prices
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Many typical Hungarian Christmas dishes will be difficult or even impossible to prepare this year. One of these is fish soup, which is a holiday staple in most Hungarian households. Now, with fish prices at an all-time high, that could change.
Fish at sky-high prices
Hungarian families will have to pay significantly more (40 percent more!) if they want fish on their Christmas menu. This is mainly because of the summer drought and the rise in feed prices. Nevertheless, traders say there will be enough fish for the holidays, which is good news at least.
Experts predict that the price of fish soup will be extremely high at Christmas. Not only has the price of fish risen, but the cost of ingredients has almost doubled since last year. The rise in fish prices has been driven by a 121-year drought that has left many lakes completely dry, Blikk reports.
Food price increase is probably our biggest problem
Index recently reported that according to the latest inflation figures, the abolition of the fuel cap may not be the biggest problem: consumer prices in November 2022 were on average 22.5 percent higher than a year earlier. Over the past year, household energy and food prices have risen the most. On average, consumer prices rose by 1.8 percent in one month. If we dig deeper into the inflation data, Index says, we can see that food prices have risen by 43.8 percent year-on-year.