Editing Hungarian cuisine (section)

==Hungarian meals==
[[File:Bouillon de volaille.jpg|thumb|Hungarian lunch starts with soup. This is veal meat soup (''borjúhúsleves'').]]
[[File:Salami aka.jpg|thumb|Winter [[salami]] is made from cured pork and spices, smoked slowly. During the process a special noble-mold is formed on the surface.]]

In [[Hungary]], people usually have a large breakfast. Hungarian [[breakfast]] generally is an [[open sandwich]] with bread or toast, butter, cheese or different cream cheeses, ''[[túró]]'' cheese, [[Smetana (dairy product)|tejföl]] or ''[[Liptauer|körözött]]'' (Liptauer cheese spread), cold cuts such as ham, liver [[pâté]] (called ''[[Braunschweiger (sausage)|májkrém]]'' or ''[[Liverwurst|kenőmájas]]''), bacon, [[salami]], [[mortadella]], sausages such as [[kabanos]], [[beerwurst]] or different Hungarian sausages or [[kolbász]].<ref name="gundel"/>{{rp|34}} Traditionally fresh tomatoes and green peppers (sometimes scallion, [[radish]] and cucumber) are served with these when they are in season. Eggs (fried, scrambled or boiled) may also be part of breakfast.

Some types of meat that were commonly eaten in the past (such as [[beef tongue]], ''[[Head cheese|disznósajt]]'' ([[head cheese]]) or ''véres hurka'' (similar to [[black pudding]]) are now more associated with the countryside.

Meals are often eaten with [[savanyúság]] and [[millet]].

Contemporary Hungarians do not always eat this typical breakfast. For many, breakfast is a cup of milk, tea or coffee with pastries, a [[bun]], a ''[[kifli]]'' or a ''[[strudel]]''<ref name="gundel" /> with jam or honey, or cereal, such as [[muesli]] and perhaps fruit. Children can have rice pudding (''tejberizs'') or [[semolina]] cream (''tejbegríz'') for breakfast topped with cocoa powder and sugar or with fruit syrup. Bodzaszörp or hot drinks are preferred for breakfast. In the past, breakfast itself was much more important, often only breakfast and dinner were eaten. In those days, cabbage soup was a common breakfast.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-25 |title=Müzli helyett őseink csak ezt ették: ennyiből jön ki egy magyaros parasztreggeli |url=https://www.hellovidek.hu/gasztro/2021/04/25/muzli-helyett-oseink-csak-ezt-ettek-ennyibol-jon-ki-egy-magyaros-parasztreggeli |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=HelloVidék |language=hu}}</ref>

''Villásreggeli'' or brunch (literally 'breakfast with fork') is a more luxurious big breakfast given on special occasions or holidays. Often guests are invited. Deviled eggs, cold [[steak]], cold salads, salmon [[omelette]]s, pancakes, a spicy cheese spread made with sheep milk cheese called ''[[Liptauer|körözött]]'', [[caviar]], [[foie gras]], fruit salads, [[compote]], fruit yogurts, fruit juices, [[Champagne (wine)|champagne]] and pastries, cakes and cookies may be served.

[[Elevenses|Tízórai]] refers to a meal eaten between [[breakfast]] and [[lunch]].

[[Lunch]] is the major meal of the day, traditionally with several courses, but often just one course in modern times. Cold or hot [[appetizers]]<ref name=gundel/> may be served sometimes (for example, fish, egg or liver), then soup. Soup is followed by a main dish. The main dish is a dish including meat, side dishes and [[salad]] (such as the ''uborkasaláta'', a typical sidedish made with [[Smetana (dairy product)|smetana]], [[paprika]] and [[Cucumber|continental cucumber]]) or [[savanyúság]] (from [[Pickling#Central and Eastern Europe|pickled vegetables]] - paprika, cucumber, sauerkraut, etc.), which precedes the [[dessert]]. Fruit may follow. In Hungary, pancakes (or rather, crepes) may be served as a main dish or as a dessert but not for breakfast. Salad is typically served with meat dishes, made of lettuce with tomatoes, cucumbers and onions, or some pickled variant of them.<ref name=gundel/> A simple thin sliced cucumber or tomato salad in [[vinaigrette]] is also typical. Salads such as [[Salade Olivier]] or potato salad are made of boiled potatoes, vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, fried or boiled meat or fish, in vinaigrette, [[aspic]] or [[mayonnaise]]. These salads are eaten as appetizers or even as a main course.

Some people and children eat a light meal in the afternoon, called ''uzsonna'', usually an open sandwich, pastry, slice of cake or fruit.

Dinner is typically less important than lunch, and there is no typical Hungarian dinner. It may either be a lunch-type meal, with multiple courses and the same foods one would serve for lunch, or it could be the same as a traditional Hungarian breakfast, with bread, cold cuts, cheeses, tomatoes and peppers as described above. When dinner is an important occasion it will be prepared the same way and with the same courses a full lunch would be. When it's not an important occasion, it's a good time to eat leftovers.

Hungarian meal times are somewhat flexible. Typical times are as follows: Breakfast 6-9 am; Lunch 12 noon-2 pm; Dinner 6-9 pm.