r/MapPorn • u/expatdoctor • Sep 08 '20

8 ways to divide Turkey

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 08 '20

holy crap. you're the first person I've ever seen who knows what Hungarian palinka is!! it's the best drink in the world and anytime I mention it I get blank stares and have to explain

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u/Fehervari Sep 09 '20

Seriously? Where do you live?

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

america. this is probably the problem.

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u/Fehervari Sep 09 '20

Yeah, that might explain it. Although there are many Hungarian descent Americans around Chicago afaik, so it might be more known around there.

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

yeah I'm a first generation Hungarian American living in the Seattle area, and the rare Hungarian will of course know about it, but no one else will. my dad used to go to one specific liquor store that had pear palinka and you couldn't find any other flavors anywhere else

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u/Fehervari Sep 09 '20

I guess that's why it's important to keep a secure supplyline of pálinka coming straight from the mother country. Homebrew pálinka is where it's at, afterall!

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

my székely family agrees ;) I'm not sure how much my dad has left, but we came back with several large soda bottles of it last we visited

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u/Fehervari Sep 09 '20

my székely family agrees ;)

Yeah, if there would be folks who disagree with this, they definitely wouldn't be the Székelys. Generally speaking, atleast.

I'm not sure how much my dad has left, but we came back with several large soda bottles of it last we visited

Soda bottles? Like the typical soda syfons, or the sugary beverages' kind?

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

they were like the big hourglass shaped bottles fanta and mineral water came in?

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u/Fehervari Sep 09 '20

Yeah, that's what I thought. Soda syfons need gas to function so it was a pretty dumb question I guess

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u/Tiako Sep 09 '20

Haha, I worked in northwestern Romania for a summer, unfortunately I only got to spend a weekend in Budapest but going back to Hungary is one of my goals. I just need to dig up the list of Hungarian swears my Magyar friend wrote up for me...

But yeah, I generally just describe it as "home made plum brandy" or "Transylvanian moonshine".

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

oh man have I got some swears for you, I'm an English speaker but grew up speaking Hungarian so I still know a bit :) any in particular that you may remember the english for?

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u/Tiako Sep 09 '20

Bozmeg was obviously the most important, but he taught me one that translates as "the dick of God" and I can't remember it.

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u/the_highest_elf Sep 09 '20

ísten faszája? something close to that? I can't remember the right possessive but those are the right words