Ah yes, time to talk about the single most important Romanian food of all time – mămăligă (pronounced mama-league-ah). Any time I ever mention this food, ever, anywhere, within hearing range of an English-speaking person born anywhere on the planet, they immediately go “oh yeah it’s just like polenta“. No! No, no, no and no. Folks, polenta and mămăligă are very similar but they are … Continue reading Mamaliga!
I’ve been wanting to break down this song for a long time – it’s full of hilarious Gypsy slang and is a funny, silly song by Nicolae Guta. It has ALL the classic elements of a good Guta video: showing off money (wife slipping Euros in her pocket), total over the top brazenness (putting a radar detector on his horse’s muzzle), gypsies dancing and having … Continue reading Deconstructing Manele – Nu-i Carutza Ca Mertanu
As I mentioned in my post about how I learned to speak Romanian, there exists something in this country which I call the Righteous Scolding, known in some parts as the Scolding of Righteousness. I got to bust out a good Scolding of Righteousness yesterday and I’m about to pitch a big one on Monday so I thought I’d go into it in more depth … Continue reading The Scolding of Righteousness
Ah yes, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, winter is over and so begins one of Romania’s great holidays – First May. Everywhere around the world, except in the United States (anymore – a long time ago it was), the first day of May is known as International Workers’ Day, kind of a day where everybody gets off of work and sometimes holds … Continue reading First (of) May
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