[Sca-cooks] Hungarian Torta

[Sue Clemenger]

Or "Icelandic" chicken....
--maire

Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
>
> Also sprach Randy Goldberg MD:
> >And, by the way, Redon comments in the book that both of the recipes she
> >found for this are Italian, and she doesn't know why it's called
> >"Hungarian". Maybe because of the lard? :-)
>
> Interesting point. Maybe the lard; it could also be something a cook
> acquired while travelling, or an approximation thereof. Think of the
> allegedly Jewish but clearly treif recipes found in some of the
> Spanish and Islamic sources. For that matter, all the Spanish and
> Mexican rice dishes that bear little resemblance to rice dishes from
> Spain or Mexico...