Kernels of Ukraine
Shirley Skwarchuk, Allie Skwarchuk, and Dan Swarchuk are seated at a table with bowls of kutia. In the background is a collage of kutia recipes.
What is Kutia? And what does it have to do with the history of Ukraine? In this episode of Preserves, Allie Skwarchuk cooks Kutia with her grandparents, and learns about Ukrainian culture in the process.
Episode Transcript
EPISODE CREDITS:
Written and narrated by Allie Skwarchuk
Produced by Allie Skwarchuk and Kent Davies
Hosted by Kent Davies and Janis Thiessen
Interview participants: Shirley Skwarchuk and Dan Skwarchuk
Episode image by Kent Davies using photographs by Kimberley Moore
Recipe card template, photographs, and social media teaser by Kimberley Moore
Theme music: Robert Kenning
INTERVIEWS
Shirley Skwarchuk and Dan Skwarchuk, interviewed by Allie Skwarchuk, June 23, 2022 in Winnipeg, MB. Digital Audio Recording. Manitoba Food History Project, Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg,Winnipeg, MB.
MUSIC
Ukrainian Village Voices - Tomu Kosa
Underscore Orkestra – Amari Szi
Podington Bear -Fantasy and Denouement
SOUNDS
Field Recordings, Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival, August 2-3, 2019, in Dauphin, MB. Digital Audio Recording, Manitoba Food History Project, “Dauphin Interviews,” Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
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