Trafika Europe 7 - Ukrainian Prayer

Yuri Vynnychuk

of cereals, sugar, salt, flour, soap, matches, and various homemade preserves, one could manage there for many years. Inthepantrytheshelves were adorned with many jars: preserves, obligatorily including rose petal jam; they were lined up according to the degree of ripeness of the fruit and vegetables, but they weren’t sealed with metal tops, but rather with a special glass paper, which, after moistening, auntie applied to each jar, after which it hardened and created a tight cover; in the pantry itself she also placed a small circle of glass paper, soaked in alcohol, so it wouldn’t grow moldy; candied fruit – boiled in sugary syrup, orange, lemon and tangerine skins, and additionally – paradise apples and quince; dried mushrooms, apples, plums, and pears; jars with marinades – mushrooms, plums, gherkins, and pickles.

police – so, was her fiancé a Pole? Was he wounded, then fled and hid out at Lucia’s? Maybe after that he changed into civilian clothing... What happened to him after that? For several days he was involved in clearing out his living space, burning some things and throwing out others, though not immediately, as some things he found required closer attention, like a box of old watches, alarm clocks and clocks, which grandfather had tried to fix. All these dead mechanisms from Lord know what times evinced wonder in Yarosh, so he tossed out only a part of them in the trash, and placed several of the old timepieces on shelves. His auntie, who fortunately survived more than one war and more than one misfortune, remained true to herself even in peacetime, with her reserves

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