{"id":2679,"date":"2020-05-13T17:14:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2020-05-13T17:17:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T15:17:20","slug":"the-healing-power-of-paprika-palinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/the-healing-power-of-paprika-palinka\/","title":{"rendered":"The healing power of paprika p\u00e1linka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;re extremely keen on protecting our health, it&#8217;s high time to discuss once more the healing power of paprika p\u00e1linka. This is &#8220;brandy&#8221; in which we soak hot paprika or chili fruits. It&#8217;s not a common drink today, but it was in Szeged Paprika Town a hundred years ago. Paprika p\u00e1linka &#8211; hot made hotter with chili &#8211; offered healing power and cure for everything from cough, cold and fever to cuts and wounds.<\/p>\n<p>What did Szeged country people use to fight illnesses in the 19th century? What else but hot paprika! Qualified doctors in the country were scarce therefore country people were used to relying on their own healing and curing practices when it came to illnesses. They must have tried and experimented with everything they found in their surroundings, this is probably how they discovered the beneficial effects of the paprika plant\u2019s hot fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Inspiration and encouragement came from the Franciscan monks in Szeged, who were not only priests of the community but also worked as healers. They encouraged common folks in Szeged to drink hot tea and p\u00e1linka (fruit brandy) in which they soaked hot paprika fruits (the skin and the seeds). This magic drink helped alleviate sores, bring down fever, and was thought to combat inflammation. Sprinkling hot paprika on cuts now sounds harsh but was thought to help prevent infection of the wound. To further enhance belief and magic, the Franciscans used the practice of adding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paprikamolnar.hu\/english\/sores-fever-seven-paprika-seeds-make-wonder\/\">seven (paprika) seeds<\/a> to hot drinks as a cure.<\/p>\n<p>Ferenc M\u00f3ra wrote of this practice sarcastically in the 1920s:&nbsp; <em>\u201eDiphteria was a tough enemy but we took other illnesses easy and healed them with p\u00e1linka.\u201d <\/em>Colds and stomach problems parents treated with hot paprika p\u00e1linka and gave bread bites soaked in p\u00e1linka to children as young as six years of age.<\/p>\n<p>In PaprikaMolnar&#8217;s Paprika Museum we experimented with paprika p\u00e1linka. The p\u00e1linka drink to use for this purpose should be made of apple of grapes (grape marc) and definitely should be served above 18!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;re extremely keen on protecting our health, it&#8217;s high time to discuss once more the healing power of paprika p\u00e1linka. This is &#8220;brandy&#8221; in which we soak hot paprika or chili fruits. It&#8217;s not a common drink today, but it was in Szeged Paprika Town a hundred years ago. 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