BEST BLOOMS IN A BASKET

In Hungary the chrysanthemum, which in the U.S. we say "mum", is closely associated with funerals and death, perhaps because it can bloom into the harvest season.
 

PUMPKIN PIE

THANKSGIVING may be the most popular American Holiday because anyone - any religion - can celibate it.  The tradition of eating Turkey - an All American bird - is strong but now there are so many people who are vegetarian or vegan - and so many people who have not adjusted culturally to eating the turkey.  I thought I'd feature a favorite desert - the pumpkin pie.  Pumpkin is extremely nutritious and the canned puree is available all year in American groceries.

That dollop of whipped creme cannot be avoided.  Give me three dollops!

HUNGARIAN MEDIEVAL DANCE : KINGDOM OF HUNGARY

THANKSGIVING IS A GOOD TIME TO INTERVIEW RELATIVES - BRING ALONG A HUNGARIAN DESSERT

The turkey or ham out of the oven. The sit down dinner accomplished.  Stomachs full.  A wait for dessert.  Coffee and tea. 

When everyone is settled, this might be the time to engage in conversation and to record interviews with relatives.  Ask them about their lives and also what they remember of their parents, grandparents, and and ancestors.

Ask people to bring along photos that can be scanned or photographed and uploaded and shared.

Be sensitive to people's sense of privacy. Not everything is for putting up on social networking, in databases, or on the Internet.  So ask individuals what they feel comfortable with and be sure they understand the possible implications of that sort of exposure. Consider the entire family including those who are not at the gathering.

I personally never put anything like that up for sharing.  It stays within the family.

Perhaps a few days before is the perfect time to get the children involved in making some Hungarian recipes for the dessert.  Here is a link to a site that has 26 Traditional Hungarian Desserts - poppyseeds, walnuts, almonds, sugar, apples... stacks, crepes, cakes.... bread pudding, dumplings, pancakes.

INSANELY GOOD RECIPES - HUNGARIAN DESSERTS include

Rakott Teszta - Baked Noodle Dessert.

Kakaos Csiga - Hungarian Chocolate Rolls.

Piskotatekercs - Basic Sponge Cake

And my favorite, which I grew up with, Kolachy Cookies, although mom called them Vienna Tarts...  cream cheese filling... we used apricot jam and strawberry jam. In a tin in the cold closet they took on an even better flavor three days old, if we could stand to hold off that long on eating them.

GATHERING

 

HUNGARIAN FOLK SINGING CIRCLE : YOU CAN SING FROM ANYWHERE ON VIRTUAL CLUB MEETINGS : Népdalkör

What an interesting idea!  You link first to them to get the other details and can sing with others around the world.

FACEBOOK : HUNGARIAN FOLK SINGING CIRCLE

THE GENETIC LEGACY OF THE HUNYADI FAMILY : KING MATTHIAS and the SEARCH FOR HIS GENETIC ORIGINS THROUGH HIS DESCENDANTS

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9678726/  THe NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE is with the UNITES STATES OF AMERICA GOVERNMENT...

Excerpt:  The Hunyadi family is one of the most influential families in the history of Central Europe in the 14th - 16th centuries.  The family's prestige was established by Johannes Hunyadi, a Turk-beater who rose to the position of governor of the Kingdom of Hungary.  His second son, Matthias Hunyadi, because the elected ruler of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1458.  The Hunyadi family had unknown origin. Moreover, Matthias failed to found a dynasty because of lacking a legitimate heir and his illegitimate son Johannes Corvinus was unable to obtain the crown.  His grandson, Christophorus Corvinus, died in childhood, thus the direct male line of the family ended.

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This scientific article explores the DNA of the Corvinus (Crow) family heritage.  Matthew the Crow or of the Crow clan, as I see it, is linked with the Hunyadi family.

HEREND MANUFACTORY : SEE THE MUSEUM - TAKE A TOUR OR A CLASS! HEREND HUNGARY : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #20

Perhaps you would like to own some chess pieces or a religious statue or perhaps the latest figurines of tortoise or tigers.  Perhaps you would simply like to eat off fine porcelain plates or pour tea from a porcelain tea pot or put your flowers in a special vase. Well, it will set you back a few hundred to many thousands of dollars. You can purchase in Canada or in the United States and other locations. But if you happen to be in Hungary...

Herend is the finest porcelain in Hungary and has been around for quite some time since 1826.

HEREND VISIT INFORMATION HEREND HUNGARY

According to a German website the Herend Manufactory is the largest of its kind in the world and everything is down in century old traditional ways, each and every phase by expert skilled crafts persons.

While sometimes someone sells on e-bay, these are collector's items.

I found this video that is simply wonderful.  It features deaf sign language and even a scene in which a Hungarian deaf signer is translating!  And scenes of the artists finally painting the porcelain.

JOEL BARISH : VIDEOS : HEREND TOUR Joel has traveled the world and is the founder of Deaf Nation. 

Click on the label Wonderful-Hungary to get to the entire series on this theme.

ANCIENT MAGYAR DEER