Romania Village Life in Transylvania

I want to try this. Unipot. Unipot chocolate. Fantastic. And it's very, very good. An angel wing. Bracket for this. What's that doing then? Smoking it? They smoke the bees. This is good. Good. This is a very good honey. Yeah. So cool. Oh wow. That does look gorgeous. Attila's going to sterilise the milking pail. In that big cauldron. Yes. Attila, we cut some wood really badly for you. Yes. But we did it. Please, please, please. Not yet. That's my big dream. So how old is this? Maybe three, four weeks. And something like that. How much milk to make that cheese? 40 litres? 40 litres, yes. For that cheese? I'm going to tell her I've just put the rennet in this milk. When did you learn to make cheese? Oh, Jesus Christ. It's good bacteria and bad bacteria. That's nearly ready. Yeah. The cheese, we have a cheese. Smells very good. Real good cheese today. It's good. The two horses, they don't need this. Okay, the belly strap. They have other system from here. It's a different system from here. Yeah, seriously. Yeah, no, no, there's no lever. Yeah. And then we have this, like this. And then to here, for the tail. Like this. Oh, Benny is getting up. These are actually nice. Have you seen these shoes? Oh, straight to the middle. Go on the left. That's awesome. More awesome. I think that's their house in there. Yeah, with the blue. Cut around it. It's milking time. Oh, just missed it. Thank you. Thank you very much. So this shepherd sleeps in there to keep away from the wolf, to be safe from the wolf. And I suspect there's a dog on each corner. They come up here on the 1st of May and go down on the 24th of November. And they live up here all summer. This is where they make the cheese. That's the pigsty in the middle of nowhere. Why are there no wives here? They're looking for wives, Rowena. You and me. That's the food for the dogs, the dog bread. Cornmeal and potatoes. That's a bed. They've made the cheese. We've got lots of whey at his disposal. And three pigs love whey. Hello, smellies. Potato soup with sour cream. Looks good. I'm going on the loo adventure. Round Pass of Chickens. Open door. Look at that. Wonderful view of the raspberries. Everything's been thought of. Here's the sawdust. Lit back on. Mission accomplished. It was wonderful. Clean, sweet smelling. I'm serious. 40% it's like vodka. And put it in a jar. And then just shake it every day or so. And after about two weeks it starts to get... It always turns back into a dark red. Staples felt. And I had a horse, so I was sort of hanging out like this. And then what happens? If we get ready, get up there, lunch will be served. This is meat. Traditional barbecue food for the Romanians. It's made from cow, pig and sheep meat. I'm making a pretty good effort here. This is nearly dry. But in the opposite direction it's raining hard. That's the bread oven. So the bread is half potato, which you've already cooked. And half flour. Don't use yeast, but this. This is a bit of dough from the last batch of bread. We mix it with the potato. That's going to sit in there for about three hours. And then it's going to go in there and be soft. I like it, it's all guesswork. But in the room it's enough for three. This is all guesswork, it's just been dipped out of the sack. It's getting warm in here. Look at that. It's very moist dough. It's very moist, yes. It's just starting to spill. So that's the little treasure bit. That's the next lot of bread. Cabbage leaf keeps the bread off the dirty bottom of the oven. And gives it flavour, yes. It smells so good. It's a bit warm. Maybe not, just wait a bit. Haffi is a pig in ----. They're like plows, aren't they? It's a pig. This is Attila's uncle's sleigh for the winter. Isn't that gorgeous? Gate catch. The apple and potato grinder. For the pigs. Very picky. I've just dropped in to see Victor's lovely wife, who is now on her own after Victor died. The cow is gone, but she's managing. And we've had a little tear together. She's a treasure. Very picky. Doesn't matter where you are in the world now, everyone's got a phone. Big machine coming, so we've got to get off the road. What's this? Welcome. Well, this is the most delicious looking fruit soup. I'll leave it back in there.