About Mór
Mór, a little town halfway between the capital, Budapest and lake Balaton, in the middle Transdanubian region of Hungary. Mór lies between two hill ranges – the Vértes and the Bakony.
There are 15 thousand residents in Mór. There is a significant German ethnic minority in the region, because in the 17th century settlers from Germany came here. They brought their special culinary traditions and also it was the German monks here who introduced viticulture here. During the past centuries they managed to preserve their identity and now their culture enriches Mór’s life.
Swabian traditions, such as wedding ceremonies, folk dance and Swabian music, balls play an important role in the lives of people ofMór. Swabiancuisine is interesting too, and have become traditions by now, from bread baking to pig killing. Potato dumpling and smarni can’t be missing from a Swabian family’s table. The meals are simple, mainly flour, bean, cabbage and potato are used. They eat less meat, eat soup every day and on Wednesday and Friday they eat noodles.As regarding the sweets, nusstangli (nut stick), katzenpratzl (cats’ paws) and kvircedli(a kind of sponge cake) are essential for a traditional Swabian wedding or ball. It is interesting that the Swabians eat kvircedli with wine or wine soup because it’s very dry.
Our Project
When we considered entering the GTTP competition and started brainstorming in the classroom, we thought of two things. The first was to collect the gastronomic values, programmes and sights in a bunch to make the information available for everyone by displaying in a single website. We also wanted to start something useful that is beneficial for us and for the visitors. That’s how the idea of a study trail began to develop in our minds and now we are ready to share the idea with supporters and those who can help in the carrying out of it.
In the following paragraphs we tell you why the idea came, how we plan this trail, what further steps will have to be taken.