On 17 April 2008 PaprikaMolnar’s Paprika Museum opened and since then every April we like to look at and celebrate what we did, how we fared and what was good about the past year. I can hardly believe that in 2021 the Paprika Mill and Museum is celebrating its 13th birthday! A small family entreprise…
A few days after Palm Sunday now we’re getting ready to celebrate Easter in Hungary. The weather has suddenly become warm and now that we’re enjoying longer daylight the holiday finally seems real. The photo I chose of a Hungarian Easter table may not be fully authentic but it is picturesque, the ham is real…
Humour, criticism, political views and spicy paprika come together in this Cabaret series from the end of 1950s Hungary. Pesti paprika on radio In 1958 the Hungarian Radio broadcast a three-part cabaret series under the name Pesti paprika. The cabaret scenes are sassy, witty and funny and they give a whole new meaning to the…
So many things have happened in the past few weeks: Museum reopened with new Museum Garden and we’re writing the Paprika Book! PaprikaMolnar is happy to share the news with you: Paprika plantig: We finished planting successfully, so did our farmers. This is 10-year-old Bogi helping her Dad, Grandma and Grandpa plant the last plantlings…
4 June 1920 was a particularly dark day in the history of Hungary. Exactly 100 years ago on this day Hungarian politicians signed the Versailles Peace Treaty (known in Hungary by Trianon Treaty) that finalized Hungary’s fate after the lost war. The Treaty was unjust and exaggerating: it tore country, nation, property and families apart.…
In the past few weeks things have started to get back to normal. As Budapest is slowly being opened from the virus lockdown, more and more people are out using buses, trains, trolleys and trams. Accordingly, we’ve selected a humorous conversation between two Hungarians from Pesti Paprika Cabaret series entitled The tram terminates here. Pesti…
In April we’re celebrating the 12th birthday of PaprikaMolnar’s Paprika Mill & Museum. (To be precise: the paprika Mill has been running for some 25 years, it was the Museum we created 12 years ago.) For the anniversary we’ve selected a few moments of the many many great moments we’ve enjoyed spending with colleagues, friends…
March for Szeged people normally is the time to remember and celebrate the River Tisza. March 22 is World Water Day and March 12 is Flood Day in Szeged. This March we’re so preoccupied with the COVID-19 epidemic that we seem to have forgotten about the anniversary of the 1879 Great Flood of Szeged. I’d…
Although we’re experiencing a short winter return and COVID-19 virus news is depressing, let’s not forget to notice and feel grateful for SPRING coming. 25 March takes a special place in the Christian and rural folk calendar: it is the Feast of the Annunciation or Lady Day in the Christian Calendar. Hungarian language is beautifully…
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…
In 1958 the Hungarian Radio broadcast a cabaret series under the name Pesti paprika. The cabaret scenes are sassy, witty and funny and they give a whole new meaning to the terms “paprika” and “spice”. According to the cabaret host, Pesti paprika is a lot older than Szegedi paprika, it is as old as Buda…