 Sept 7

 Črna na Koroškem

The World Festival of Sautéed Potatoes, the popular Slovenian dish, is being held in Črna na Koroškem in the north of the country this year.

The annual festival is organised by Society for Sautéed Potatoes with Onions as Independent Dish, which cultivates its own potato field on the outskirts of Ljubljana, and even has its own anthem.

Home Fried Potatoes, as the song Pražen Krompir has been translated into English, was authored by the famed Slovenian late popular music composer Mojmir Sepe and late lyrics writer Dušan Velkaverh.

The anthem will be sung at the official opening of the festival just after noon, following a fanfare.

By then the participating teams need to have the dish ready to serve to the visitors.

According to the official recipe, pražen krompir, as the dish is known in Slovenian, is made from 23 kilos of potatoes, 4.6 kilos of yellow onions, 1.23 kilos of pork lard, 1.36 kilos of pork cracklings and sea salt, the amount of which depends on the climate conditions on the frying location.

The number of sautéed potato making teams is limited to 60 stalls because of spatial constraints.