Magyar nemzeti szakácskönyve
Magyar nemzeti szakácskönyve (German Hungarian National Cookbook) is a cookbook in Hungarian, the first edition of which was printed in 1816 by the Viennese publisher Trattner and, due to its great popularity, appeared in numerous editions in Hungary. It consists of a collection of old Viennese, German and French recipes, to which some Hungarian recipes were added, which were then unceremoniously declared as the national Hungarian cookbook. The existence of the alleged author Czifray István has never been proven.
history
As early as 1763 there were protests at the Viennese court against Trattner's reprints. However, Vienna allowed reprinting in the hereditary lands provided the book was only sold there. The Austrian government refused to join the Bern Convention (international copyright agreements). The reason given was the consideration for the public, for whom foreign literature should be procured as cheaply as possible, especially the non-German nations within the monarchy, which were mainly dependent on translations from outside.
As soon as the first edition appeared, the Hungarian National Cookbook attracted the ire of German publishers. It turned out that the bookseller Trattner had copied German (mainly Viennese) and French recipes without owning the rights to them. Together with some Hungarian recipes, he published it as a national Hungarian cookbook. The first three editions only gave the initials Cz. I. as the author, while the following editions were published under the name of a Czifra (i) y Szakats Mester , an allegedly " former cook " at the Imperial Highness Archduke Palatine . It has been proven, however, that " never a Czifray has neither learned nor been in service, and the honored house never dealt with such cooks, but the work only needed a baptismal path and a ringing lure" . In addition, the translation into Hungarian was bad and faulty; this was carried out by long-time employee Czövek István , whose initials were the first to be printed .
Despite all the grievances, the Hungarian National Cookbook continues to enjoy great popularity in Hungary to this day. The third edition of the Czifray cookbook was reprinted in 2009 by Alinea Verlag . The new version is not a reprint, but a complete revision and contains a dictionary for outdated expressions.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Thomas von Trattner in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ N. Bachleitner, FM Eybl, E. Fischer: History of the book trade in Austria. Harrassowitz Verlag Wiesbaden, 2000, accessed on October 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Sándor Kurtán, Karin Liebhart, Andreas Pribersky: Hungary. CH Beck, 1999, accessed October 16, 2017 .
- ↑ The elegant palate A theoretically practical work of the fine culinary arts. Anton Hüppmann, 1834, accessed on October 16, 2017 .
- ↑ SZAKÁCSKÖNYV és reformkori életérzés. Retrieved October 16, 2017 (Hungarian).
- ↑ Czifray. Retrieved October 16, 2017 (Hungarian).
- ↑ gasztroarcheológia Czifrai István: Magyar Nemzeti Szakácskönyv a XIX. századból. Bedalin, accessed October 16, 2017 (Hungarian).