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   Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2024 23:30:16 JST Tim Mak

   Good morning to readers, Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

   #Russia once cited Ukraine's reluctance to share borsch as one of the reasons for its attack.

   Klopotenko, who got borsch recognized by the UN as #Ukrainian, showed us how he made his most famous dish:

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     NEWS OF THE DAY:

     #RUSSIA WILL CONSCRIPT ALMOST 150,000 PEOPLE FOR THE WAR: #Putin has signed a decree on autumn conscription - 133,000 people will be called up for military service from 1 October to 31 December.

     https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/30/7477436/

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     This research eventually led to him to head the campaign to put borsch, spelt ‘borscht’ in English after the Yiddish spelling, on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage In Urgent Need of Safeguarding (or Sardinian pastoral songs in Italy or Spanish flamenco).

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     To learn more about the fight between #Ukraine and #Russia over borsch and its significance for Ukrainian national identity, follow the link:

     https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/who-owns-delicious-delicious-borsch

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     Despite filming an entire movie about borsch across Ukraine, spending months researching and traveling to different regions of #Ukraine, Yevhen can’t give me the recipe or even the ingredient list for borsch.

     It's a dish just as diverse as the country itself.

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     “Borsch is like Ukrainians… We are all different with all our thoughts, all our lifestyles,” he said, picking up a saucer from the table with restless, animated hands.

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     Yevhen Klopotenko is Ukraine’s most famous chef, but he might as well be a chemist the way he calls out the characteristics of his most beloved concoction.

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     “It has to be smoky... And then, you have to balance the taste out with some sour cream. So it's a sour, sweet, smoky, beetroot infused stock,” said , as he explained the flavor of borsch, the national dish of #Ukraine.

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     Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 23:47:09 JST Tim Mak

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     NEWS OF THE DAY:

     #RUSSIA TO CONSCRIPT NEARLY 150K FOR THE WAR: #Putin has signed a decree on autumn conscription - 133,000 people will be called up for military service from 1 October to 31 December. These will be #Russian citizens between the ages of 18 and 30 who are not in the reserves.

     https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/30/7477436/