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Hungarian: ''juhtúrós galuska'', ''csírásgaluska'', ''sztrapacska'', or ''nyög
enyel�'',
Austrian German
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: ''Brimsennocken'') is one of the
national dish
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* It is a staple food, made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs ...
es in
Slovakia
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.
This meal consists of
halušky (boiled lumps of potato dough similar in appearance to
gnocchi)
[ and bryndza][ (a soft sheep cheese),]bacon
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, and chive
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A perennial plant, ''A. schoenoprasum'' is widespread in nature across much of Eurasia and North America. It is the only spec ...
s or spring onions.[
One of its Hungarian names, ''nyögvenyelő'', can be translated to "pain to swallow", but despite this, it is a popular dish in the country.
Žinčica is traditionally drunk with this meal.]
History and terminology
In the Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
, two types of galuska were developed at the same time: the potato galuska of the mountains and the galuska of the plains, without potatoes. Potatoes could be grown in harsher conditions and became a staple food for the poorer mountain dwellers, as less expensive flour was needed for the dough. Today the Slovaks
The Slovaks ( (historical Sloveni ), singular: ''Slovák'' (historical: ''Sloven'' ), feminine: ''Slovenka'' , plural: ''Slovenky'') are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history ...
call the soft dough dumplings with boiled potatoes and sheep's cheese ''bryndzové halušky'', while the local Hungarians call it ''sztrapacska''. The Slovak '' strapačky'' is a dish made mainly of dumplings with potatoes, as opposed to its Hungarian counterpart the '' nokedli'', which do not contain potatoes.
See also
* Strapačky
References
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Slovak cuisine
Potato dishes
Cheese dishes
Dumplings
National dishes