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PASKA — AN EASTER TRADITION by Ivanna Zelsky Many of the Ukrainian folk traditions which are celebrat ed around Easter go back to pre-Christian times. Tra ditional Easter baking is one of these. The baking of the Easter Paska, such a popular tradition in Ukraine, has been transplanted across the sea wherever Ukrainians have settled. A traditional Ukrainian housewife was always very concerned about baking an attractive Easter paska, and some still are today. Until recently, there was not much interest among young Ukrainians living abroad in Easter baking. But times have changed, youth is seeking its roots, and the tradition of the Easter paska is coming back into its own. There are many tried-and-true recipes for Easter paska. But its most important feature is the decoration made of dough, which can attract the admiring of one’s neighbors and friends at Easter. Paskas are baked large, so as to accomodate all these decorations. Earlier, these decorations had their symbolic meaning, but gradually the understanding and remembrance of these symbols is being lost. A cross (square) with curled corners occupies the center of the paska. Around it are placed pine cones, stars, birds, — all made of dough — with a braided trim around them. Not many housewives today know how to make these intricate decorations. That is why the most frequently seen decoration on a paska is a simple cross. Toothpicks are used to attach the decorations to the paska (in the old days, they used twigs from the pussy willow). Experienced housewives, who know how to make the decorations of dough, transmit this knowledge to younger women only sporadically.Sometimes they Паска з найбільш вживаними символами. Пекла Ірина Кашубинська, Клівленд. Світлина з виставки обрядового печива. Український Музей 1977 р. Світл. В. Грицин. Easter bread "Paska" with traditional symbolic designs. organize baking courses, and sometimes they sponsor baking contests before Easter for the most attractive paska. Those who don’t have the time or patience to bake their own Easter Paska need not do without — they can buy one! Whether homemade or store-bought, this traditional bread is found on the table of every Ukrainian family at Easter time. Today, our Easter is celebrated differently than it was in the Old Country. But let’s try to preserve some of these ancient traditions, such as the art of baking paska, from the encroachments of modern life. 4 eggs '/2 cup sugar 5 cups flour 1 square fresh yeast or 1 package dry yeast 1 tspn. salt 1 tspn vanilla V 2 lb. margarine or butter (may be half butter and half margarine) 1 can Carnation's condensed milk water for dissolving the yeast Combine sugar and shortening, add 3 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk. Dissolve yeast in warm water, then add to the mixture. Add flour, a little at a time, and knead. While kneading, slowly add milk to which the teaspoon of vanilla has been UKRAINIAN EASTER BREAD — PASKA added. Continue kneading until the dough no longer sticks to your hands (Approximately Vz hour). Place the dough in a warm spot and allow it to rise to twice its original size. Grease two 9 x 4" cake pans. Divide the dough into the 2 pans, leaving some for the ornamentation of the paskas. Transfer the dough to be used as ornamentation onto a bread board and knead, adding more flour. Then roll the dough into rolls. The thicker roll will be used to form the crosses on the bread. The thinner rolls may be braided or else 2 rolls may be twisted into a rope — these will be used to form a border around the paska. Also make a few dough balls wich will be placed at the foot of the larger center cross, as the “tears of the Mother of Christ”. Spread the remaining egg white on the 2 decorated breads. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Since each stove is slightly different, the temperature and the baking time may need to be slightly adjusted. Note: From my personal experience, I know that thicker dough, thinned toward the end of the kneading is lighter than dough which is thickened toward the end. Therefore, I use this method in the above recipe. A. Syvulak translated by M. Jarymowycz from “Our Life,” March, 1973 22 ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 1982 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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