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Prajitura Rigó Jancsi

Rigó Jancsi is a traditional Hungarian and Viennese cube shaped chocolate sponge cake and chocolate cream pastry. It gained popularity in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire and is named after Rigó Jancsi (1858 - 1927), a famous Hungarian Gypsy (Romani people) violinist who seduced and married Clara Ward, Princess de Caraman-Chimay, the only daughter of E. B. Ward, American millionaire and the Belgian Prince de Caraman-Chimays wife.

The story
Clara and Jancsi met in 1896, while Rigo Jancsi played violin at a Paris restaurant, where Clara dined out with her husband, Prince Joseph. Between 1896 and 1898, newspapers wrote extensively about the marriage of the primás (first violinist) Jancsi Rigó (literally 'Johnny Blackbird') to the Belgian countess. The cake is a celebration cake wearing Rigó Jancsi's name and in honor of the romantic love story.

Sources do not agree about the origin of the pastry. Some claim that Rigo created the pastry together with an unknown pastry chef to surprise Clara; others claim that Rigo Jancsi bought this pastry to Clara and the confectioner named it afterwards Rigo Jancsi.

The cake
The cake has two layers of chocolate-sponge cake. These chocolate sponge cake layers are made with beaten egg whites, melted chocolate, butter, sugar and flour. Sugar creamed egg yolks are beaten into the mixture.

Between the two chocolate sponge cake layers is a thick layer of very rich, chocolate and cream filling. The filling may include a touch of dark rum and/or vanilla. The cake is covered with a dark chocolate fondant glaze.
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Imam bayildi - Imamul (a) lesinat
Există multe legende legate de acest fel de mâncare. Una din ele povesteşte că un duhovnic mahomedan, pe numele de Imam, a leşinat când a gustat-o pentru prima dată.
Imam bayildi, tradus aproximativ prin expresia cutremurarea imamului, este o delicatesă vegetariană prin excelenţă, simbol al bucătăriei turceşti. Nu se cunoaşte cu certitudine originea numelui său, însă se bănuieşte că imamul ar fi fost foarte încântat de gustul deosebit al acestor vinete umplute, incat a lesinat...

Imam bayildi ( Turkish: İmambayıldı, literally: "the imam was thrilled"; even more literally: "the imam fainted", one of the most notable Turkish zeytinyağlı (olive oil) dishes, is braised eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes. It is a variation of Karnıyarık, which additionally contains minced beef.
It is a vegetarian meze dish, which consists of eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic, and tomatoes, then simmered in olive oil. It is served cold.
Imam bayildi is also well known in Bulgaria, Albania and Greece by the Turkish name. It is generally known in the Arab world as imam bayouldi.

Origin of the name
The name supposedly derives from a tale of a Turkish imam, who swooned with pleasure at the flavor when presented with this dish by his wife, although other accounts suggest he fainted at the cost of the ingredients. And even further stories tell that he fainted because of the amount of oil used to cook it.[6]

Another folktale relates that an imam married the daughter of an olive oil merchant. Her dowry consisted of several jars of the finest olive oil, with which she prepared each evening eggplant cooked in that oil and with tomatoes and onions. On the thirteenth day, there was no eggplant dish at the table. When informed that there was no more olive oil, the imam fainted.