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UKRAINIAN BREAD CALENDAR In 1991 Ukrainian Canadians will celebrate the cen tennial of Ukrainian in Canada. Archives show that on September 7, 1891 Eleniak and Pylypiw were the first Ukrainians in Canada who’s arrival was officially re corded. On February 14, 1893 Franko Yaciw was the first child of Ukrainian ancestry to be born in Canada. These are a few of the very interesting historical tid bits which can be found in a charming new calendar called the “Ukrainian Bread Calendar”, the work of Mary Stefura from Sudbury, Ontario. In the introduction Ms. Stefura dedicated the publication “to the memory of the Ukrainian pioneers who, by their courage and persever ance, helped to build Canada, and particularly the Can adian West”. Ms. Stefura wisely chose bread as the common lin kage between Ukraine and Canada, since both coun tries were blessed with uncommonly fertile soil and bountiful harvests that feed a large part of the world’s population. It is fascinating to learn from the Calendar that "In 1843 George Essen obtained Galician wheat from a cargo in Glasgow, Scotland and gave it to David Fife of Ontario. By 1909, the first crop of spring Marquis Wheat, developed from Ukrainian Red Fife (male) and Hard Red Calcutta, was harvested. An early maturing variety wheat with superb milling qualities, it was just the grain needed to open the west for wheat farming.” The Calendar features twelve color photos of the various traditional Ukrainian foods prepared from grains, mainly breads. There are the very familiar Korovai — the wedding bread, the Christmas Kolach and the Easter Paska. There are other bread based foods that are regional in origin, and perhaps not as familiar to most people. There are the Mandryky (cheese filled baked cupcakes) which are described in this way: “The lenten period of Petrivka, preceding the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, was characterized by abstention from milk and milk products. Hence the baking of cottage cheese, mandryky, became associated with the feast that ended the fast, celebrated on July 12.” Another interesting dish featured in the Calendar is called burachnyky. “Pio neers from Western Ukraine brought with them a rather innovative dish whose basic component is bread. Bura chnyky are beet-rolls — yeast dough rolled in beet leaves, baked and served with a cream sauce.” The Calendar offers easy to follow recipes on pull- out cards for each bread. The Calendar, which costs $8.00 may be purchased through the: Ukrainian Senior Citizen’s Centre 30 Norte Dame Avenue Sudbury, Ontario, CANADA РЗС 5K2 ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛЮТИЙ 1991 25
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