{"id":15689,"date":"2025-07-31T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitslavoniabaranja.com\/okusi-destinaciju\/dakovo-grad-kulina-nazivali-ga-kulen-kulin-ili-kuljen-uzitak-je-isti\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T08:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:56:07","slug":"dakovo-grad-kulina-nazivali-ga-kulen-kulin-ili-kuljen-uzitak-je-isti","status":"publish","type":"okusi-destinaciju","link":"https:\/\/visitslavoniabaranja.com\/en\/okusi-destinaciju\/dakovo-grad-kulina-nazivali-ga-kulen-kulin-ili-kuljen-uzitak-je-isti\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0110AKOVO \u2013 THE CITY OF KULIN Kulen, kulin, or kuljen – it might go by different names, but the pleasure is the same"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The \u201e\u0110akova\u010dki kulin association\u201c brings together about thirty members – kulen producers from the wider area of \u0110akovo<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0110akovo is, without a doubt, the only city in the world that can call itself the City of Kulin. So proudly says Vladimir \u0106ori\u0107, president of the \u0110akova\u010dki kulin<\/em> association, working to promote and brand \u0110akovo as the city of kulin or kulen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The association gathers around thirty members \u2014 kulen producers from the wider area of \u0110akovo. For nearly 40 years, it has continuously organised a kulen tasting competition in \u0110akovo as part of the annual \u0110akova\u010dki vezovi<\/em> festival. According to \u0106ori\u0107, the association\u2019s greatest value lies in the fact that its members promote this treasured delicacy of Slavonia, Baranja, and Syrmia at various events and that they pass on their knowledge to young kulen producers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, which one, kulen<\/em> or kulin,<\/em> is this prized delicacy of eastern Croatia? Both names are correct. In some \u0160okac dialects the term kulin<\/em> is more common, though kulen<\/em> is by far the most widely used name. Still, in the heart of Slavonia, in the \u0110akovo area \u2014 specifically in the villages of Koritna, Ke\u0161inci, and Semeljci \u2014 you\u2019ll hear people calling it kuljen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kulen and luxury<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe old folks in these parts really do call our most prized product kuljen<\/em>,\u201d says Stanko Josipovi\u0107, one of the successful younger producers of kulen and other cured meats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanko and his family have been raising pigs in Koritna, a village 17 km northeast of \u0110akovo, for years. They raise about 15,000 pigs annually, and between 300 and 500 of them are fattened specifically for the premium kulen which requires mature pigs of at least 180 kg. At the end of 2022, the Josipovi\u0107 family launched a new meat processing facility (FB Kulen Josipovi\u0107<\/a>)<\/em>. Excellent results quickly followed, and in 2024 Josipovi\u0107 kulen was awarded best in show at the Kulen Festival in Beli Manastir. The crown of their success with kulen and other cured meat production is the Josipovi\u0107 House, a five-star rural luxury vacation home (www.josipovic-house.com<\/a>)<\/em>. Yes, kulen and luxury go so well together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A similar success story is unfolding near Lake Borovik. In Podgorje Bra\u010deva\u010dko, a company called Balkan Lov produces \u0110akova\u010dke delikatese<\/em>, a line of cured meats that begins with free-range pigs, especially the prized Black Slavonian breed, raised on pastures, meadows, and forests along the slopes of Krndija. Since 2019, the company has been making high-quality meat products, which are now featured in restaurants across Croatia and available for purchase online at <\/a>www.<\/a>djakovacke-delikatese.hr<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serious investment<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serious kulen producers keep emerging throughout the \u0110akovo area. For example, in Josipovac Punitova\u010dki, the Eling family with their farm (OPG Eling) have made significant investments in their production facility and are well on their way to creating a recognisable Kulen Eling brand (www.<\/a>kulen-eling.hr<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other examples include Delicije Toki\u0107 in \u0160iroko Polje (FB Delicije Toki\u0107<\/a><\/em><\/em>) and long-time kulen producers OPG Bo\u0161njakovi\u0107 in Pi\u0161korevci (e-mail: <\/em>OPG Bo\u0161njakovi\u0107 Ivica<\/em><\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In \u0110akovo, Mesnica Vrhovac (www.mesnica-vrhovac.hr<\/a>)<\/em> has been winning medals for kulen quality for years. And yes, you can even buy kulen at a butcher boutique: visit Mesni butik Jan\u010do at the \u0110akovo City Market (FB Mesni butik Jan\u010do<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Ravni kulen” does not exist in Slavonia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will enjoy it equally whether you eat kulen, kulin or kuljen. But if you ask a kulen producer for “ravni kulen”, there is a possibility that you will offend him. “Ravni kulen” is a term that has nothing to do with traditional production because it originated in the meat industry. In Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem there are kulen and kulen seka. When the highest quality minced pork, with the addition of salt, ground hot and sweet peppers and garlic, and in the case of Baranja kulen also pepper, is stuffed into a pig’s appendix – the product is kulen. If the same preparation is stuffed into a pig’s colon, kulen seka is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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