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Palócleves, or Palóc soup is a popular dish in Hungarian cuisine. Hungarians enjoy it either as a hearty and flavourful meal in itself. Or as a first course. The exact origin of the soup is not clear. According to one legend, the famous Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician…

Thick slices of carp are generously coated in breadcrumbs and fried, before being pickled gently in a vinegar-salt-sugar pickinsolution. After four or five days, the sweet and sour juice has not only imparted its sweet and sour flavour into the fish, but it has also dissolved away the smaller fibrous bones of the fish.