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TRADITIONAL EASTER PASKA Paska is a round Easter bread, much richer than the ordinary bread. The top is elaborately decorated with fancy dough or naments, having a cross as the central motif. The ornamental finishes on paska are given much attention because this bread is taken to church on Easter morn ing in a special basket along with small portions of other Easter food. The priest blesses the fill ed baskets, while the choir sings the traditional Ukrainian East er hymn “Christ is Risen.” 1 teaspoon sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 1 package dry granular yeast 3 oups scalded milk, lukewarm 5 cups flour 6 eggs, beaten % cup sugar ¥2 cup melted butter 1 tablespoon salt 9 ito 10 cups sifted flour Dissolve the sugar in the luke warm water and sprinkle the yeast over it. Let it stand for 10 minutes. Combine the soft ened yeast with the lukewarm milk and 5 cups of flour. Beat well until smooth. Cover and let the batter rise in a warm place until light and bubbly. Add the beaten eggs, sugar, melted but ter and salt; mix thoroughly. Stir in enough flour to make a dough that is neither too soft nor too stiff. Knead until the dough no longer sticks to the hand. Turn the dough on a flour ed board and knead until smooth and satiny. Place in a bowl, cov er, and let it rise in a warm place until double in bulk. Punch down and let it rise again. This amount will give two large loaves of paska. Divide the dough into 3 parts. Reserve 1 part for ornamenting the loaves. Shape the other 2 parts into 2 round loaves. Place each in a greased round pan. Now cut the reserved part in half to ornament the 2 halves. The central ornament on pas"ka is usually the cross. Roll 2 long rolls and trim the ends. Place the rolls over the toup of the loaf, crossing one another evenly. Tuck the ends of the rolls under the loaf. Shape the trimmed dough into twisted twirls or ro settes, and arrange them sym metrically between the arms of the cross. Use sharp scissors to make fine petals on the rosettes. Once the cross is placed on the loaf, the remaining ornamenta tion is left to one’s imagination and artistic ability. This is one of the simpler ways of ornament ing paska. Set the loaves in a warm place until they are almost double in bulk. Take care not to let the Ukrainian Easter bread “Paska” loaves rise longer than necessary because the ornaments will loose their shape. Brush very careful ly with a beaten egg diluted with 2 tablespoons of water. Bake in a moderately hot oven (400 de grees F) for about 15 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and continue baking for 40 minutes longer, or until done. Avoid browning the top too deeply. If necessary, cover with aluminum foil. Remove the loaves from the pans and allow them to cool. From the book ‘Traditional Ukrainian Cookery’ by Savela Stechishin EXHIBIT OF UNWLA BR. 85 IN SYRACUSE, N. Y. “The Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc., Soyuz Ukrainok, Branch 85, Syracuse, N. Y. exhibited a Ukrainian literature and art dis play last month at Christian Brothers Academy (a college preparatory school for boys) in Syracuse, N. Y. They were the guests of Bro ther Michael Kennedy, F.S.C., principal, and the Christian Brothers’ Mothers Club. Approx imately 400 people were in at tendance. Mrs. Joyce Kotch and Mrs. Oksanna Fedorowycz were co- chairmen of the display. Mem bers assisting in the evening’s activities were Mrs. Valia Hvoz- da, Mrs. Didi Butenko, and Mrs. Nadia Garbowska. The literature exhibit at the school consisted of the works of Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko and Lesya Ukrainka in both the Ukrainian and English transla tions. Also on display was the Ukrainian Encyclopedia along with some thirty books/some of which are listed below: “One of the Fifteen Million” and “Stor my Road to Freedom” by Nicho. las Prychodko. ‘Ukraine Under the Soviets’ and “The Story of the Ukraine,” by Clarence Man ning. Also featured was the UN- WLA’s magazine, “Our Life,” and numerous childrens’ maga zines in both the English and Ukrainian language. Objects of art viewed were colorful, embroidered articles such as pillows, towels, table cloths, doilies, blouses, neckties, dresses, evening gowns, and hand bags along with Hutzul jackets and a woman’s costume from the Lemko region. Ceramic items of the Hutzul and Trypilian culture were shown along with ceramic figur ines of Ukrainian Dancers. Py- sanky were also featured. A wooden wine barrel, decanters, Ukrainian animal carvings, desk sets, albums, inlaid pictures and a straw jewelry box concluded the articles on display. J. K. O U R LIFE Edited by Editorial Board Published by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc. 4936 N. 13th St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19141 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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