Bacon (“SA-LOW-NA”); In Hungary, fatty smoked bacon is often diced and rendered, and used for cooking. There is a great variety of Hungarian bacon, which comes in thick slabs, with the rind still on. It can be smoked, boiled, salted, or raw.
Abált szalonna: Boiled bacon (usually streak-less) topped with garlic and paprika, and salt, and served cold.
Császárszalonna: Boneless, meaty back bacon slab which can be fried or boiled.
Erdélyi szalonna: Bacon slab cut from the belly, with a thin layer of meat.
Fokhagymás szalonna: Bacon flavored with garlic.
Főtt szalonna: Boiled bacon.
Füstölt szalonna: Smoked bacon.
Házi szalonna: Homemade bacon.
Hédervári szalonna: A type of császárszalonna, which is usually smoked, and spiced.
Kenyérszalonna: Thin slab of smoked bacon, similar to fatback, which is almost purely fat.
Kolozsvári szalonna: Slightly smoked slab bacon from same cut as császárszalonna, but with some bones.
Sült szalonna: Cooked bacon.
Zsírszalonna: Unprocessed fatback, which is used for cooking, baking, and making cracklings.
Kolozsvári szalonna: My impression is that this is not back bacon
(an inference that can be drawn from your statements about this
cut and császárszalonna), but instead is cut from the hog’s belly.
Has my local husbolt been playing me false?
AS A CHILD I ATE PAPRIKA BACON WITH HOMEMADE BREAD AND SLICED RED ONION. I LOVE IT AND USED TO GET IT IN CLEVELAND BUT CANNOT GET IT ANYMORE.ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN SEND FOR IT?
AS A CHILD I USED TO WRITE IN ALL-CAPS but now I am a man who knows the unfortunate truth that meat/produce products can’t be shipped into the US. Try searching for a supplier of Hungarian goods in the US.
@Mary…I know there is a Hungarian Grocery in Toledo. Not sure if they ship anything or not, or if they carry that. But you may want to call and find out. http://www.takacsgroceryandmeats.com
Hungarian Sausage and Meats!!! Go to Bende.com they will ship. If you live in the Chicagoland area, you can go to one of their 2 outlets.
They don’t have Szalonna for Gerus Kenyer, but some fantastic other types of Szalonna including the paprika type. Also, some of the best Kolbasz. Enjoy!
Jared