What specialties can I buy when traveling to Eastern European countries?

Hungary is rich in specialties, with a wide variety, especially the local specialties are very attractive to tourists.

Hungarian lace. Lace is one of the oldest and most traditional specialties in Hungary with a long history. There are two famous kinds of lace, one is called Chetnake and the other is called Harasch. The former is older than the latter, and its source can be traced back to lace popular in Ireland; The latter is more innovative than the former, because only patterns, filaments and needles need to be prepared. These shoelaces are mainly used for decoration, and they are beautiful to hang at home. In addition, you can learn how to crochet lace by buying lace patterns locally, and it is also a good choice to take them back to make lace in your spare time.

Hylander porcelain, a Hungarian specialty. Hungarian porcelain enjoys a good reputation overseas, and the most famous porcelain production base here is Helander Porcelain Factory. This is the oldest porcelain manufacturer in Hungary, and its products are world-class and well-known overseas. Porcelain production here has absorbed the excellent traditional technology of porcelain production in many parts of Europe and has unique artistic characteristics. Even many professionals and elites are full of praise for Hylander porcelain. Today, the porcelain produced here has the reputation of "platinum", which shows its quality and popularity. Friends who like collecting must not miss it.

Hungarian pepper. Caruoqiao area in Hungary is rich in peppers, which most people probably don't know. The peppers produced here are the best in the world. They are not big, but their colors are very bright, often dark red. It tastes very spicy and slightly spicy, and it is an excellent seasoning. The peppers here can also be ground into Chili powder and sold overseas. In addition, there is a unique Chili sauce. There is a kind of Chili sauce called jinhong.

Salami sausage, a Hungarian specialty. This is a unique food in Hungary, which is very popular in the whole European continent and has a large sales volume. For tourists from afar, they like to taste it with an early adopter's mood. After tasting it, I can't put it down. I always buy more and bring it back to China. This kind of sausage is mainly processed in a special way. Of course, it also includes the raw materials of sausages, that is, pork in different parts, but the ratio of lean meat to fat meat has a certain formula, so that sausages can be fragrant but not greasy.

Polish specialty: Amber is the most common gemstone variety in Poland and the most distinctive tourist handicraft.

Polish vodka enjoys a high reputation all over the world, and brands such as "wyborowa", "zubrowka", "luksusowa" and "belvedere" are almost everywhere. According to historical records, beer and mead are the original products of ancient Polish specialty wines and drinks.

Cyprus specialty:

Good wine

Cyprus has a history of 7000 years. Every September, during the grape harvest season, Lemasos holds a grand wine festival. Tourists and islanders came to the grape plantation together, sipping newly brewed wine and singing and dancing to celebrate the grape harvest.

The climate here is unique. There are 320-340 sunny days in a year, and grapes are especially sweet. The Song of Solomon in the Old Testament compares the grapes here to the sweet kiss of a beautiful woman. The history of grape cultivation in Cyprus seems to be longer than that in Mesopotamia, where the oldest grape varieties in the world grow. Its wine-making history is also very long. The pottery pots unearthed in the 9th century BC are painted with women drinking, and the year is also recorded. It is said that Cyprus is the birthplace of wine, from which French grapes were transplanted.

There are four famous wineries in Lemasos, and there are many unknown small businesses. There are some sweet wines and some spicy wines. The best dishes to drink these wines are fresh seafood, goat cheese, fried squid and local fried potatoes. You can feel an ancient simplicity while eating and drinking. [2]

perfume

People have always had the impression that the hometown of perfume should be France. However, archaeological discoveries enable Cypriots to proudly claim that the world's oldest perfume was produced in their country.

90 kilometers away from Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, there is a mountain overlooking the charming Mediterranean Sea. On its overgrown hillside, a group of Italian archaeologists found a pothole. In this pit, they found the oldest perfume in the world.

German specialty

German chocolate tastes good. High-grade Cologne specializes in producing high-grade chocolate, and you can watch them make it there. But of course it's expensive. If you want to be ordinary, they are sold in ordinary supermarkets. All kinds of packaging, all kinds of prices.

The quality, practicability and durability of various famous brand products in Germany have won unanimous praise, and major cities in Germany are also the concentration places of world famous brands. All stores in Germany hold price reduction and clearance twice a year, especially on weekends from Christmas to February and June to July. German products are famous for their durability, especially good quality tools and machinery, such as cameras, optical instruments, clocks, pens and blades. In addition, woodcut, leather and gem products are also exquisite. At the end of the trip in Germany, most passengers will bring back some souvenirs, ranging from musical instruments and optical instruments to beer cups and T-shirts. If you are not afraid of sinking, you can bring back some ceramic products, even the tiles of the Berlin Wall. The plush toys there often attract tourists, but please carefully identify the place of origin before buying, because it turns out that many teddy bears come from Asia and they often go further than the buyers.

In addition, it is wise to buy European antiques and door scissors in Germany.

Italian specialty:

Food local specialty

Grape wine

The most famous Italian wine in the world, red wine, was born in Florence. Among them, the classic red wine with black-bone chicken logo is made from grapes in the ancient vineyard between Florence and Siena.

olive oil

Olives are a specialty of Italy. In Italy, olive trees with smooth leaves can be seen everywhere. The process of oil pressing can be divided into two steps: cold pressing without heating and hot pressing with heating. The quality of "cold pressed" olive oil is certainly better. The best olive oil is unfiltered and a little cloudy.

ketchup

Tomatoes came from America, but after they settled in Italy, they grew big, red and juicy. Mashed tomatoes mixed with chopped onions and olive oil are often used as seasoning for spaghetti or macaroni.

cheese

To tell the truth, the variety of Italian cheese is slightly worse than that of France, and the export volume is not as good as that of the Netherlands, but several kinds of cheese are very famous and essential in western food. The first one is PARMIGIANO, a kind of cheese named after its origin in Parma.

glasswork

The glass products in Venice have a history of nearly a thousand years, and the quality and exquisiteness are in the top position in the world. Its glass products are beautifully made and brightly colored, which can be used as wine glasses, vases, hand ornaments and various decorations, as well as glass beads, glass mirrors and glass chandeliers.

leatherware

In Florence, I often smell a smell, which is the smell of leather. The local leather products are very famous, and some of them are handmade. All kinds of leather handbags, wallets and backpacks are dazzling.

Handmade lace

Venice's handmade lace is famous for its exquisite and complicated patterns. It was once famous in Venice and China, but it was once lost. Until the end of 19, the old man who was still weaving handmade lace with ancient technology was found, and Venice lace was once again radiant. Now it is mostly sold by hand, and the price is not expensive.

Spanish specialty:

Spain is a country with rich resources and developed economy, and its horticulture occupies an important position in the world. It is also the main producing area of grapes, olives and oranges, and its coastal areas are rich in sardines. Spain is a paradise for gourmets, and every region has a famous food culture.

Spain is rich in potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and olives. I like cooking with olive oil and garlic. Spanish cuisine brings together the cooking methods of western-style northern and southern dishes, with a wide variety of dishes and unique tastes; The main foods are: Palelli, cod, Iberian ham, wine, shrimp, oysters, Madrid broth and so on.

sherry

Sherry is a Spanish protected brand grape, produced in Andalusia, southern Spain, and originated from the place name Jerez; The picked grapes should be exposed to the sun before juicing. Grape juice has a high sugar content. After a certain period of fermentation, brandy is added to prevent fermentation, so the alcohol content and residual sugar of the wine are very high, and the alcohol content is 15% ~ 2 1%, so it is very sweet. Because the word "sherry" has a long history and has always been an English culture, other countries such as the United States and Australia also produce sherry, but it is not the authentic sherry in Spain.

Paella

There are many kinds of paella, most of which are mainly yellow and made from special paella raw materials. This raw material is the most critical material, saffron, a yellow plant powder, which is not only full of fragrance, but also can remove the fishy smell of seafood.

Tapa, Estonia

Tapa is an appetizer before meals or a snack between meals, which plays an important role in Spanish food culture. There are many kinds of Tapa, including meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes, but they are all salty, cold and hot. Cold food, mainly bread clips, all kinds of fillings with olive oil, sprinkled with onion powder and egg yolk layer as ingredients, very delicious. Tapa, a hot food, is mostly fried, such as fried squid, fried cuttlefish and fried chicken wings. There are also delicious roasted salty crispy shrimp, delicious garlic shrimp and garlic mushroom.

British specialty:

1. Scotch whisky

English scotch whisky has a long history and is the most famous in the world. The special water quality and strict brewing technology in the Highlands of Scotland make the whisky produced there known as "liquid gold".

2. silverware

British silverware is very gorgeous, exquisite and complicated, and is widely welcomed by tourists all over the world. In particular, there are many kinds of silver Christmas tableware, from candlesticks to knives and forks to plates. This kind of production is also a traditional British handicraft.

3. Leather products

British leather products have a long history, from small workshops in the embryonic period of capitalism to large-scale mechanized production. After successive generations of refining and improvement, they have formed today's style. British leather products always want to show a stable and exquisite gentleman temperament.

Russian specialties: amber, gold, fur, hardcover art books, caviar, domestic brandy, "champagne" and vodka are all worth buying in Russia.

Gourmet:

Caviar, Luo Songtang and traditional pancakes are all very ethnic.

sausage

Usually, all kinds of meat are the most common food on the Russian table, and there are beef, mutton, steak, sausage and so on at almost every meal.

The drinks that Russians often drink are honey, Gowasu and so on. Russians are famous for their love of drinking, among which vodka is the most important wine. Russians have the habit of drinking tea, mainly black tea.