Egg-painting, cooked ham and early-morning sprinkling of women and girls are all part of the Easter folk tradition in Hungary. In 2020 we might celebrate the holiday differently, some of the traditions will be definitely observed despite the quarantine. The Paprika Museum brings egg-decoration tips and paprika breadspreads to you for Easter. What do we…
We’re in the middle of the carnival season, which in western Christian calendar is marked with parading, dancing, eating and merry-making. Colourful costumes, masquerades and masks, people engaging in earthly pleasures like eating and drinking, partying and dating are all hallmarks of the season. This time is intense with colours and images. The colour red,…
The Paprika Museum item of the month series continues. Last month we portrayed the porcelain Paprika-stringing woman from Hollóháza. She is fragile, young and is performing one of the simplest activities in paprika processing. This time we’re displaying a more robust male character who’s representing paprika expertise. The Paprika Museum item we picked this time…
Now that the last week of Advent just started, we recommend something light before Christmas starts. This is an expectation anyway in traditional Christian culture as fasting is a way to prepare the body and mind for the celebration. Advent in a nutshell In Christian culture the four Sundays before Christmas is called Advent. The…
The Advent period – in fact all of December – is a collection of celebrative days. There is Borbala Day, arriving with a branch of a blooming fruit tree, then there is Luca the witch, and of course the holy night of Christmas Eve, followed by two days of Christmas. Then finally the Small Saints…
Recently, various museums initiated a series called „The item of the Month” and it becomes increasingly popular on social media. This initiative wants to highlight some of the more interesting pieces of the collection or those that are not part of the exhibition. In our Paprika Museum we too collected many artefacts – and there…
Another year has passed, most paprikas have been harvested and collected and the first round of milling is done. Freshly milled paprika is ready! From planting to processing This year’s paprikas have seen it all: It all started with a chilly and rainy May. Because in the planting time there were many heavy rainfalls several…
Sender: PaprikaMolnár Ltd Dear customers, visitors and partners! The autumn season is the busiest time for PaprikaMolnár Ltd. The fresh paprikas are continuously on the move: harvested from the fields, loaded, transported and unloaded at our courtyard, and our drying machine is working full-time day and night. Although we are working hard we don’t…
Nálam nem az újévhez kötődik az új kezdet, az újratervezés ideje, hanem szeptember elsejéhez, az új tanévhez. Ez lehet, hogy azért van, mert végzettségem szerint tanár vagyok és pontosan emlékszem tanár koromból, hogyan kezdtem neki a tanévnek: tervekkel, elhatározásokkal és tenni akarással. Az idén videokészítésbe vágtam bele: elindítottam a PaprikaMolnár youtube csatornáját és feltettem az…
Tulip will be paprika, Paprika will be Jancsika, Jancsika will be a little prince, And the little prince will be a tulip. Hungarian families are familiar with this paper folding game that illustrates the metamorphosis of a paprika. But this clever game is just a drop in the ocean of creative applications of paprika in…
In these mid Summer days, towards the end of July, you can already detect some red paprika in the fields. As the fruit is still growing, you can already see the changes in paprika’s skin color. The maturation time cannot be linked to a specific time or date, because of the way of cultivation, the…
Here’s a step-by-step process description of Hungarian paprika production. What about the process from paprika to paprikash? We looked at the process, broke it down into steps, asked Vera to draw the images for us and added our insights. We collected about 100 things to know and short-listed 20+ for you. Learn and enjoy!