Surprising Easter statistics about the Hungarians

Easter is not just about eating chocolate desserts and decorating the house with flowers and catkin. It is also about keeping the old traditions that are very important in Hungary. Easter sprinkling is one of these among family and the closest neighbours as well. Delmagyar.hu writes about Kutatópont Kft.’s research on this topic.

Foods and dishes

According to the data, the most popular foods and dishes during Easter are hard boiled eggs (81 percent), smoked ham (78 percent), escalope (54 percent), radish (42 percent), braided yeast bread (42 percent), smocked collar (40 percent), and stuffed cabbage (36 percent) in the Hungarian households. As for drinks, people prefer flavoured soda (53 percent), juices (43 percent), beer (37 percent), wine (35 percent), and pálinka (30 percent).

There is an interesting gastronomical preference difference between men and women. Men prefer spare ribs, stuffed cabbage, beer, wine, and pálinka. However, women like Russian salad, gerbaud cake, Linzer, and eggnog. Interestingly, traditional kocsonya, which has a six hundred years past, is not one of the most popular dishes. Statistics reveal that the older generations still like this jelly made of pork soup.