Hunglish.orgTry out a meat byproduct that is much like bologna for a cheap meal in Hungary and add a roll and eat for less than one euro.
Written by Scott Savoie
So you’re strapped. You are hungry in Hungary and you are almost out of money.
No problem.
Eat like a paraszt (peasant)! It’s fun, delicious, and almost nutritious!
First things first: Find a CBA or Match grocery store or any élelmiszer, go to the deli counter and ask the counterperson for "tiz deka párizsit, kerek szépen.” You will get something that is much like what we in the US would call "bologna.”
Párizsi (lit. meaning "from Paris”) is also reconstituted meat and meat byproducts, lard, and filler, but if it killed you, I would be long dead.
I do find it odd that both cultures named this artifical foodlike substance after exotic, faraway European cities renowned for their cuisine.
I wonder what they bologna in Bologna or párizsi in Paris.
In Italian and French, "reconstituted cutting floor remains” probably translates to something like "cat food” if they have the stuff at all.
Anyway, in Budapest it’s called párizsi and it is the cheapest thing behind the meat counter.
On your way to the checkout, pick up a few zsemle (these are small Hungarian round rolls) with your remaining forints and prepare yourself for your paraszt feast.