In February, one of the local Rotarians invited me and Aaron, a fellow scholar and partner in crazy Europeans adventure who has been featured in my blog before, to a traditional Hungarian pig killing. The former vegetarian that I am, I took it as a cultural event: in Hungary, each village household generally slaughters one pig a year, which provides enough meat for the family until the following year.
It was a full day event, which began at 5am and ended at 9pm. Just to give you an idea of the schedule:
5:00am- Lazi the Rotarian picked me up and we drove to Kecskemet, a city an hour and a half outside of Budapest
7:30am- ate breakfast (fresh boiled pig's blood and scrambled eggs) and started drinking palinka, a Hungarian liquor that is traditionally consumed in countryside to warm you up on those cold Hungarian winter mornings
9:00am- the pig killing begins (see photos below)
11:00am- wagon ride to a local farm for live music and hot wine
12:30pm- horse show
1:30pm- lunch and more palinka, followed by games, and more eating and drinking!
7:00pm- time to go home... zzzzzzzzzz
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