GOULASH, HUNGARY
TRAVEL WITH FOOD
This beef stew is a staple in every
household in Hungary, and also
very popular in Austria and Croatia.
The name comes from ‘gulya’,
which means ‘herd of cattle’ in
Hungarian. It’s an old recipe, dating
back to the 9th century, when it
was a favourite with shepherds;
it used to be cooked and dried in
the sun, then refreshed with water
to make a filling and comforting
meal. `Paprika is an important
ingredient. Each homemaker in
Hungary has her own recipe,
which she believes is the best.
These days, it is often served
more as a soup than a stew.5 GREAT-TO-KNOW
FACTS ABOUTTHE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
- China’s most iconic structure,
the Great Wall is 13,000 miles of
fortifications built over 1,800 years
across mountain ranges and deserts. - It is not one continuous wall -- rather,
it takes in natural barriers, trenches and,
now, isolated chunks of wall in various
states of decay. - It was built to defend China’s northern
frontier, but enemies, most significantly the
Mongols and the Manchus, crossed the wall
in the 13th and 14th centuries respectively. - The oldest parts of the wall date back to
221 -- 206 BC, the time of the Qing
Dynasty, and are made of earth and,
if you will believe this, the bones of
the people who died building them. - It’s not true -- you cannot see the
Great Wall from space!
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