Actually goose fat isn't deep fried; I think they may be talking about goose and duck skin which is cooked in goose or duck fat, drained, then salted, and is delicious, but probably pretty deadly. LOL
Traditional Hungarian cuisine used to be pretty heavy on beef and chicken, not pork. Also, many traditional dishes are cooked for two to three days, on and off, before eating it, with the removal of the congealed and risen fat, each day, prior to recooking. This makes these dishes pretty fat free, not to mention healthy.
OTOH, Hungarian desserts are THE best in the world, with the ultra thin layers of cake an excuse to pile heavenly icing in between each cake layer. But there's always the ultra light strudel, for the weight conscious.
I’m a beef person myself, my wife is from Gyor. We’ve spent many summers there, and she still owns her aunts home in western Magyar, near the Austrian border (near Msonmagyarovar).
I’m going to say, I wish you were correct. We cannot find decent beef (sometimes any beef) in western to central Magyar, unless you are willing to pay a serious price in the large cities (Gyor, Budapest, etc).
Chicken is the main dish, and I get so sick of chicken, with pig being a 2nd. Even when crossing to Austria, its pork pork pork.
Now, I have found this interesting, because I love to cook, and many recipes I find here, traditional Hungarian types, call for cubed beef. I was informed that those are “Americanized”, when indeed, the original recipes would have called for deer, but since beef is common in America, Goulash is beef based here, but pork & game based there. Either way, a ton of paprikash.
I only rebutted you, because, it is my pet peeve when we go see her family... the lack of beef that is...
I’m not fond of Hungarian deserts either, though my kids and wife love them. Too much alcohol in them for my taste, very similar to some Mexican deserts. Now... get me into Vienna... and yer talkin my language! I can put on 5 pounds on my first day in downtown Vienna! Just from pastries! And... my wife HATES Austrian pastries and cakes!
Opposites attract I guess :)
Restricting Dobos Torte might cause a revolution.