Hungary: You need to reach deeper into your pocket for Christmas dinner this year

Published 2020년 12월 21일

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The article reports a price increase of 5-8% for Christmas holiday food items in Hungary, affecting traditional and new dishes. Fish soup ingredients have risen by 4.5%, with carp, the favorite Christmas fish, being expensive due to the rearing costs. The collapse of the hospitality and tourism sector due to COVID-19 has led to a decrease in turkey prices. Hungarians consume an average of 4 kilos of turkey meat annually. The demand for sweets is expected to exceed Easter levels, with walnuts and chestnuts becoming more expensive. Intensive fish farming has increased fish production efficiency and has led to the successful breeding of native gray catfish. The article also mentions the traceability of fish and fish products from lake to plate.

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In recent months, food prices have risen the fastest. This year, you have to pay 5-8 percent more for the ingredients on the dishes on the Christmas holiday table. In addition to traditional fish dishes, turkey has also been added recently, and stuffed cabbage is gaining popularity. After lunch or dinner, bejgli is essential: in addition to poppy seeds and walnuts, the chestnut version is also becoming more common. The most popular Christmas fish dish is still fish soup, the ingredients of which have become on average 4.5 percent more expensive since January, according to CSO data. The kilogram of carp slices starts at 2 thousand forints, the catfish slices start at 5 thousand forints, and the perch and perch belong to a similar price category. African catfish is available in the markets for 3000-3500, busa for 900 forints. Based on this, fish is not exactly one of the cheap meats, but the price includes 2-3 years of rearing time and production costs. According to experts, for a ...

Source: Nepszava