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28 OUR LIFE • November 2023 FOR THE LOVE OF BORSCHT AND VARENYKY Over the years, Branch 95 has organized a variety of events that feature our culture as well as our food. When one of our favorite libraries, the Adriance Library in Poughkeepsie, started hosting its annual International Food Fest again (after a long absence due to COVID), we were one of the first groups asked to take part. This was our third collaboration with the library, and it was good to resume doing community events and having fun over food with old friends. Since this event is typically held in February (to help break up the winter doldrums), the theme was foods usually enjoyed at this time of year, and what could be better than borscht and varenyky – Ukrain - ian comfort food at its finest! Luckily, like many Ukrainian churches, Branch 95 members at the International Food Fest (l-r): Mary Panchy - shyn, Maria Cade, Marianna Zajac, Cathy Gorham, Olha Drozdowycz, Vitalia Deriabina, Ulana Salewycz, Marianna Crans. A long line, ready to taste Ukrainian comfort food. Branch 95 Partners with Local Libraries to Bring Ukrainian Culture to Upstate New York Marianna (Szczawinsky) Crans, Branch 95, Kerhonkson/Poughkeepsie, NY Branch 95 regularly partners with local libraries to share the beauty and breadth of Ukrainian culture with residents of the Kerhonkson/Poughkeepsie region of Upstate New York. Two of our very successful partnerships this year focused on food and family fun. Read on ... our local Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catho - lic Church stocks good varenyky year- round so that parishioners who don’t have the time or the ability to make them by hand can purchase and en - joy home-made varenyky while at the same time supporting the church. Armed with our supply of classic po - tato-and-cheese varenyky purchased from the church (plus ample accom - paniments of caramelized onions and sour cream), vegetable borscht cooked by our members, and displays show - ing how to make both, we took up our position in the library’s first-floor lob - by – prime real estate considering that the event was taking place across all three floors of the library! Our stand was the first to be sampled, and a line soon started forming. We gave each person a cup of borscht and a varenyk to go. Even with all our plan - ning, we had no way of knowing that there would be such a crowd, especial - ly on a slightly snowy day – apparent - ly, people had really missed the Food Fest! As a result, we were completely sold out less than one hour into the two-hour event. We like to think that this was a testament to the delicious borscht and warm potato dumpling covered in butter, caramelized onions, and sour cream. Who could resist such a treat on a cold winter day? We were one of many international groups participating in the event – Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, German, Italian, Salvadoran, and Indian – who
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