- Túró Rudi
Túró Rudi is the name of a chocolate bar popular in
Hungary . The bar is composed of a thin outer coating of chocolate and an inner filling of túró. The "Rudi" in the product name comes from the Hungarian "rúd", which translates to "bar" (and is also a nickname for the male first nameRudolf in Hungary).The basic (plain, "natúr") bar is by far the most popular amongst Hungarians and comes in 2 sizes: the classic 30 gram bar and the larger ("óriás", English translation: "giant") 51 gram bar. There are also less popular differently flavoured varieties of the bar.
The "pöttyös" (spotty or spotted) theme is part of the
marketing scheme of the bar, and the distinctive red polka-dots are readily associated with Túró Rudi by regular consumers. [http://www.friesland.hu/ Friesland Hungária, Inc.] (which claims to be the manufacturer of the "original" Túró Rudi) released its product in Slovakia, Romania, Spain and Italy under the name DOTS in 2003. The version sold in Western Europe is said to be sweeter and comes with a milk chocolate coating to suit the taste of locals.The bar is best kept refrigerated at 4 degrees
Celsius . The regular 31 gram bar and the Óriás bar usually retail for about 70Hungarian forint s (about 24euro cent s) and 100 Hungarian forints (about 40 euro cents), respectively.Culture
Túró Rudi (i. e. Rudolph) is also the name given to the Red Baron in the Hungarian translation of the
Richard Scarry children's books.External links
* [http://www.english.pottyos.hu/ Official Turo Rudi Website]
* [http://turorudi.hangyaboly.hu/ Túró Rudi Fanlisting and general description of Túró Rudi]
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