>>23564204"Goulash" would be the main Hungarian dish. Paprika was the main crop in Hungry because during the Turkish occupation they would take jizya tax from Christians in the form of collectivized food produce, so it made more sense to continue to herd livestock instead of farming which may be how the Hungarian language was kept instead of choosing one of the other neighbouring settler languages like German or Slavic. Paprika was then grown (originally it comes from Mexico, a fellow Catholic nation, perhaps needing to source it from Spain kept some kind of religious bond too) to preserve the meat longer which eventually became "goulash soup".
Even the Hungarian flag looks like a pepper and has the same colours as Italy, Mexico.
