Goulash
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The name comes from the Hungarian word gulyás, meaning 'cattle herder'.[1] Paprika and other spices season a meat and vegetable meal that has its roots in Hungary.[2] This dish serves as both a national emblem and one of Hungary's official national dishes.[3]
Key facts and history
Goulash began as a humble soup-stew cooked over an open fire by Hungarian herdsmen.[4] By the end of the 19th century, Hungarians had created paprika and used it abundantly in their new national dish.[4] The invention of goulash began with cowherds, according to Hungarian ethnologist Eszter Kisbán.[4] Goulash began creeping into urban kitchens, cookbooks, and restaurants in the 1830s.[4]
France's Auguste Escoffier served Goulash à la Hongroise in Monte Carlo in 1879.[4] By the end of the 19th century, goulash was firmly in the international lexicon for beef stew seasoned with paprika.[4] In Hungary, the term "goulash" is reserved for soups, while "pörkölt" is used for the stew.[4]
What the cited sources add
It was the far less wealthy petty nobility who paved the way for goulash's ascent up the social scale.[4] Nationalist movements in the early 19th century took up the romantic vision of a nation's essence expressed in its peasant culture.[4] By 1969, a Gallup Poll found goulash was one of the five most popular meat dishes in the U.S.[4] National Geographic states goulash became a national dish in the late 1800s, when Hungarians sought symbols of national identity to distinguish themselves from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Goulash" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: William White, Notes and queries, Volume 126, Oxford University Press, 1912; Judith Petres Balogh, This Old House by the Lake, Trafford Publishing, 2006, p. 244 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Goulash" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Goulash", BBC Good Food; Gundel, "Gundel's Hungarian cookbook", Corvina, 1992, p. 20 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Goulash" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gil Marks, Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, John Wiley & Sons, 2010, p. 234; "Orbitz Travel: Vacations, Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets & Airfares", away.com; "Top 10 National Dishes -- National Geographic", Travel, 2011-09-13 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Laudan, "The Humble Beginnings of Goulash", Smithsonian Magazine, April 2016. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com
- "Top 10 National Dishes -- National Geographic", Travel, 2011-09-13. facts only, no text reused. nationalgeographic.com
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- Wikipedia: Goulash (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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