Four tonnes of blueberries consumed at Borovany festival

Four tonnes of blueberries were used to prepare food and drinks at this year's Blueberry Festival in Borovany, South Bohemia. Around 13,000 visitors attended the 20th edition of the event, where a school canteen prepared 10,000 yeast dumplings with traditional blueberry sauce known as žahour. Visitors could also try blueberry beer, wine and other specialities. New records were set in the blueberry dumpling eating contest: Nelly Brožková ate 26 dumplings, while men's winner Josef Voharčík consumed 30. Historical records show blueberries from Borovany were already being exported to Vienna in 1916.