Smažený sýr
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Smažený sýr (IPA: [ˈsmʌʒɛŋɪːˈsɪːr]) is a Czech cheese-based dish. A slice of cheese, usually Edam and about 1.5 cm in thickness, is successively coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs and fried either in a pan or in a deep fryer. It is often served with a side salad or red cabbage, potatoes (fries or mashed potatoes), and typically with tartar sauce. In czech fast food outlets it can be also prepared in the form of a sandwich, i.e. between two slices of pastry.
A relatively unknown fact about the smažený sýr (meaning fried cheese, pronounced smah'zhehnee seer with a trilled r), discovered by American expatriots with a lot of personal knowledge on the subject, is that smažený sýr in sandwich form is the most effective combatant against hangovers. If sýr is ingested during or after drinking alcohol, regardless of what has been drunk, there is upwards a 90 per cent chance that a hangover will not occur. This is typical of most greasy foods, which help prevent the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream, but the sýr is especially effective. A sýr ingested the morning after drinking, i.e. during the hangover, can also help ebb the effects, but is not nearly as effective as the above mentioned method.
In sandwich form, a well-made smažený sýr for a decent price (about 30kč, or 1 euro) can be found at either "hungry window" on Narodní Třida in Prague. It is advised to avoid eating at the food stands along Vaclavská Naměsti, as they are overpriced and underprepared. Perhaps the best sýr in Prague can be found at Club Cross, which used to be predominantly Czech but more and more American expats are invading it. However, it is widely reported that among the best prepared sýrs in the Czech Republic, and therefore the world, can be found at the hungry window on Hlavní Ulice in the small border town of Český Těšín. It costs 22kč (about 1 American dollar) and comes in a variety of forms. It is handmade from scratch, meaning that, as opposed to many other so-called smažený sýrs, it is not from a frozen, store-bought patty, but prepared from a block of cheese with house-prepared batter and fixings. Between price and taste, it is perhaps the only reason, and a good one, to visit Český Těšín.
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