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HRIATUO HOT BRANDY
FROM TELGART UPPER HRON

You warm-up honey in the pot. When the honey is really warm, you add geese lard or butter. At the end you add clear alcohol or vodka. You can substitute sugar for the honey from which the Hriatuo will get golden color. According to older people Hriatuo is a good medicine against cough or common cold. Hriatuo is often drunk at weddings, christenings and Christmas eve. Drink hot.

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Published in the Slovak Heritage Live newsletter Volume 1, No. 4, Winter 1993
Copyright © Vladimir Linder 1993 
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