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43rd Annual Hungarian Festival – New Brunswick
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The New Brunswick Hungarian festival might have started in a gloomy mood, thanks to the rainy weather, but the people quickly turned it into a memorable day. The 43rd Annual Hungarian Festival took place on the streets, close to downtown, in a picturesque area on June 2nd.
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There were vendors, exhibits, folk art and folk dance, crafts and of course lots of Hungarian food. Admission was free, but the streets were packed with vendors, and there were some truly delicious and interesting things you could spend your money on.
Many say that the main attraction was the food. For Hungarians who live so far away from home, it is a delight to have some traditional Hungarian foods once in a while.
Let us see what dishes you could get if you were there.
The favorites: lángos, kürtős kalács, túró rudi
The programs started at 11am. After the opening ceremony people went to buy something for lunch, and there was a nice selection. You could get stuffed cabbage, sausages, goulash, but we could not find any paprikash. Of course, at a festival like this, even if you were hoping for something that just did not make it onto the vendors list, you will find other things that maybe never even crossed your mind as a possibility. Like bread that tastes just like the ones you would get in Hungary. Or if you want something long-term: Hungarian wax pepper plants. You can buy your own plants and have all the peppers you want for months.
Lángos is another thing you must try, if you have not done so before.
Interestingly, the vendors were selling lángos at the festival, but only plain lángos. No sour cream and cheese or other toppings, at least not that we have seen.
New Brunswick is a large province. WHERE was the festival held? Part of info needed in every good stroy are the 5 W’s . Who, What, Where, When, Why. Too often now I find that at least 1 of the group is missing. Shockingly, the Where is even missing in expensive ads many times…like in not even a contact number so you can’t even deduce general area by seeing the digital ‘area code’ at the start of a phone number. Like my NS is 902. Then Chester district was only 275 but with large growth during Covid (cus we behaved so well, remained so safe & free of illness) now also have 273. But as a population, we learn & can figure out general locations.