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Doctors are trying to get Czechs to eat carp all year round, not just at
Christmas. Political opponents raise their voices in song together, and
over 100 hardy Czechs prepare to jump into the Vltava river on New Year’s
Day. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Today in Mailbox: South Bohemian carp, the pronunciation of the name of the
Czech-American sculptor Albín Polášek, the Czech animation artist Jiří
Trnka. Listeners quoted: Colin Rose, Walter Wynn, Rusty Edwards, Hiroshi
Katayama.
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Letter from PragueCarp tasting in Třeboň
One of the highlights of my week was a visit to Třeboň, South Bohemia, in
pursuit of carp on Monday. I had high hopes for the town itself, with all
of my colleagues gasping on a monthly basis at the fact that I still
hadn’t been there, and pressing upon me that I really must. I had less
high hopes for the carp, which my grandfather pulls a face at each time I
mention, before unfailingly grumbling how this traditional Czech food
tastes like mud.
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A new restaurant reminiscent of the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
opens in Prague, a young Czech fashion designer makes dresses out of old
cassette tapes and, the shortest ever jail term served in the Czech
Republic. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsCarp tanks appear in streets ahead of Christmas
Czech Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the traditional Czech
Christmas dish, fried carp. Just like every year, thousands of carp have
ended up in tanks in the streets of Prague to be selected by hungry Czechs.
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A Czech angler has landed the catch of his life - an Arapaima Gigas
weighing over 100 kilograms. Hradec Kralove has a new attraction - a
mobile tea-house. And, the Pohorelice carp gets on the EU list of
protected food products. Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Current AffairsFinding an alternative to carp for Christmas dinner in Prague
Many people from Prague's large ex-pat community would balk at the idea of
having a carp for Christmas dinner. In places like Ireland and England,
the fish is hardly ever eaten as it's considered to be a "dirty"
animal. Luckily for many ex-pats, the British-owned Robertson's Butchers
has now been supplying meat products that are very common in other
countries on the Prague market as well. This includes providing turkeys
and hams for people's Christmas dinners.
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