My New York - Coney Island

I went to Coney Island yesterday, thinking it would be therapeutic  for my nagging cough... the fresh salty air would clear me out, and the sound of the waves would warm my soul. In Manhattan it was sunny and the temperature was creeping up towards the 80s. I took the subway, which takes about an hour. Arriving to Coney Island the weather was windy, hazy and humid. No sun, and the water seemed to have the color of steel, as the waves were crashing in. It is okay, I still love the beach. I don't think there is any kind of weather that would make the beach unappealing to me.

Most people associate Coney Island with the amusement park. It is a New York landmark. I have to say some of the improvements they have implemented in the past two years, lack character. The vintage feel had a charm, but few landmarks were kept as is. One of them is the Wonder Wheel, -though with a new coat of several colors of paint-, and the other is the Cyclone, an old fashioned roller coaster.

Oh and Nathan's with their famous hot dogs. I got one with sauerkraut and mustard. It was too salty for my taste. 

I have to say that the haze and fog added a nice element to the pictures, I have never seen Coney Island this way.

Tegnap kitalaltam, hogy kimegyek az ocean parthoz, talan ez segiteni hogy a nem mulo kohogesemen. Metroval  lehet ki menni Coney Islandre, kb egy ora. En nagyon szeretek ott lenni, az ocean hangja nagyon jo a lelkemnek. Orakat tudok ulni a strandon, es csak nezem a fodrozodo hullamokat. Manhattanben sutott a nap es egyre melegebb lett, 30 fokot igertek. Amikor kiertem Coney Islandre, kod, para es szeles ido fogadott. Nap sehol. Nem baj, nincs olyan ido, amikor azt mondanam, hogy nincs kedvem a strandra menni. Az ocean szurke volt mint az acel, de szep volt megis ahogy a hullamok fodrozodtak a part fele.

Azt hiszem a legtobb ember ha Coney Islandre gondol, a vidam park jut az eszebe. Hires New Yorkban, mert vannak igazan regi jaratai, mint a Wonder Wheel es a Cyclone, ami egy fa alapu hullam vasut. Ket eve elkezdtek felujitani, es sajnos nem sok maradt meg a regi hangulatabol, ezt a ket dolgot leszamitva.

Ja es Nathan's, a hires hot dogos. Hat vettem egyet, mustarral es savanyukaposztaval de sajna az en izlesemnek nagyon sos volt.

Azt kell hogy mondjam, hogy a kodos ido egeszen erdekes kepeket produkalt, meg soha nem lattam Coney Islandet igy.

My husband is cooking tonight- green beans with tomato and potatoes

 This recipe is one of grandmother Tessie's favorite. There are two things that our grandmothers have in common. First, they were great cooks and bakers. Secondly, they both had a given name (Natalia, Rozalia) and they did not use it at all.... they were known as Tessie and Zsuzsi. Go figure.

add balsamic vinegar- adj hozza egy kis bazsalikomos ecetet

 Ez az etel a Tessie nagymama egyik kedvence volt. Ket dolog van amiben egyeztek a nagyszuleink. Az elso, hogy mindketto fantasztkus szakacs volt, es a masodik, hogy egyikuk sem hasznalta az anyakonyi nevet. A ferjem nagyijanak a neve Natalia volt, de mindenki Tessie-nek hivta. Az en nagyim neve Rozalia, es mindenki Zsuzsi neni-nek hivta. Egykunk sem tudja, mi tortent, mi okozta ezt a valtast.

Mostly Cloudy

I have to say the plants loved the constant rain. And I have to marvel at the beauty these plants create. Let the pictures speak to you!

Hat ha az emberek nem is szeretk az allando esozest, a novenyek viszont imadjak. Ime itt vannak az uj viragok, egyikuk szebb, mint a masik. Csodalom oket, es szeretnem megosztani ugyanezt a szepseget veletek!

A rainy day is good for baking buns

Yesterday I made a dough with yeast and a surprise ingredient, one tablespoon of ground allspice. The original recipe calls for cardamom, but my husband does care for it so I improvised.  After kneading, it needed to rise for about an hour and then I rolled it out, and filled it with two different types of fillings. The amount of dough was a lot for just the two of us. From this amount I made six sheets, three of them I filled with cinnamon-sugar-butter, three I filled with apricot jam. After the filling and slicing, (using a bread knife) they needed to rise again.  When placing them in the pan, leave some room between them, so they can expand. I let the slices rise in a pyrex for another hour, covered with a dry dishcloth. If you do not need as much as the recipe yields, then you can freeze the little rolls, and when you are ready to use them, just let them thaw overnight,and bake it the next morning for 15-18 minutes. You can spread some egg on the top and sprinkle it with sugar. I omitted these steps as the filling was sweet enough for me. There is also a suggestion in the recipe for icing if that is what you prefer.

Tegnap este csinaltam egy kis kelt tesztat egy kanal orolt szegfuvel es megtoltottem cukros-fahejas-vajas illetve kajszi lekvarral. Az eredeti recept kardamomot ajanl, de a ferjem nem szereti, igy improvizaltam. A recept ami alapjan keszitettem a fahejas verziot ajanlotta, de gondoltam, a kajszi is finom lesz. Miutan megkelt a teszta, (jo sok lett) kigyurtam, megtoltottem es feltekertem. Majd kis szeletekre vagtam, ajanlom a kenyervago kest.... es beraktam a kivajazott edenybe, amiben vegulis sutottem. Legyen egy kis hely kozottuk, hogy a masodik keleskor legyen helye terjeszkedni. Az edenyben meg kb. egy orat pihenhet, konyharuhaval leteritve. A sutoben 15-18 perc alatt kesz lesz,. Ugyan en nem raktam ra, de szebb lesz, ha tojasal kenjuk, es cukrot szorunk ra. A receptben van egy otlet arra hogy milyen  cukrosmazt hasznaljunk, amit ra lehet rakni, de en azt nem szeretem. A meleg fahejas bukta szeru kis tekercsek sok csaladnal karacsonyi reggeli. (mert ugye 25.en reggel van az ajandekozas ideje.) A mi kis csaladunkban meg nincs kialakult szokas, s a ferjem csaladjaban ez nem volt szokas, de azt hiszem iden bevezetjuk. Talan ez az "amerikai beigli" valtozat, bar csak otletkent irom, se izre, se kinezetre nem hasonlit a beglire, igaz tekerve van.

 Here is the the recipe, in full detail:  101 cookbooks thank you for inspiring me!
  Itt talalhato a recept reszletesen: 101 cookbooks  ajanlom a tobbi receptet is!

Summer is peeking in....

I can definitely feel spring early in the morning when I water the plants outside and consider putting on a light sweater. In the evening when I go outside to have a last peek at the veggie garden, and I think to myself, "It is nippy here".  However, during the day summer is under foot and making the beautiful spring flowers lose their colors and  wither away.

I would like spring to last longer, but who am I kidding, this weather pattern has been going on for years now.  So I enjoy it while it lasts, and I am thankful for the beauty surrounding us. 

This up coming week seems to be a cloudy rainy one... I hope these pictures from our garden cheer you up!

A tavaszi hangulat meg reggel es kora este itt labatlanodik, amikor arra gondolok, hogy egy kis laza pulcsi jo lenne, mikozben ontozom a novenyeket a kertben. De sajnos a nyar mar bekukkantott napkozben, es par tavaszi virag elegge elhervadt, es rovid eletu lett.

Szeretnem ha a tavasz tovabb tartan, de hat ez mar igy van evek ota,  addig orulok neki amig van…. Es el nezem hogy milyen csodalatos a megujulo termeszet. 

Ugy nez ki a jovo heten eleg borus esos ido lesz, ezzel a par keppel a kertunkbol szeretnem szeppe varazsolni az elkovetkezendo hetet!

 

 

My New York-Bryant Park

I will never get enough of this metropolis. No words can really express the wonder and beauty of this city. Through pictures I am going to take you to places that I keep returning to. I will show you new spots, as this city will always have something new to offer. Today we take a walk in Bryant Park....

Ennek a vilagvarosnak a vonzasa soha sem fog megszunni szamomra. Szavak nem tudjak visszadni  a szepseget es a varazsat.  Kepeken keresztul elviszlek benneteket oda, ahova meg sok-sok ev utan mindig visszaterek. Megmutatok uj helyeket, mert ez a varos mindig tud ujat adni. Mai nap Bryant Parkba setalunk....