The board covers our table
Created: 12/24/2022 10:41 am
By: Stephanie Ebner
The married couple Yuri and Maya Ginzunterman come from the Ukraine and depend on food from the Münchner Tafel.
©Oliver Bodmer
Hearty meat dishes are on the menu in Ukraine at Christmas.
Also with Maya and Yuri Ginzunterman, who have been living in Munich for over 20 years.
The couple is happy to be able to hold on to this tradition – thanks to the Münchner Tafel.
A visit to people who depend on the table but have so much to give themselves.
Together against poverty
Poverty can affect anyone.
Suddenly and everywhere.
With our aid campaign "Together against poverty" we would like to support people in poverty, especially families from Ukraine who had to leave their homeland because of the war - together with the "Münchner Tafel" here and with Unicef on site.
Yuri Ginzunterman comes from the Ukraine and is a guest at the table, but he also helps out from time to time.
At Christmas, he and his wife Maya show what a Ukrainian feast with ingredients from the Tafel supply can look like.
At an age when people usually retire, retire and start enjoying life, Yuri Ginzunterman packed up his belongings and came to Germany with his family.
"I saw no other way out for me and my family." They arrived in Germany almost empty-handed.
"We were only allowed to take a little with us." Only what they could carry.
The Ukrainian had to leave important documents behind – “they would have been taken from us at the border”.
Here's how you can donate
With your donation - no matter how small - you support the tz aid campaign "Together against poverty" in favor of the Munich food bank and Unicef.
In concrete terms, the proceeds go to people who, despite all their own efforts, are dependent on help in Munich, especially families from the Ukraine who had to leave their homeland from one moment to the next with nothing.
And to needy children and families on site who need support so urgently in Ukraine and neighboring countries, especially now in winter.
Together with our partners and you, dear readers, we would like to help both here, right on our doorstep, and in Ukraine.
Poverty can affect anyone.
No matter where.
Through war, through personal strokes of fate.
Therefore: Please support our relief campaign with your donation.
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The donation accounts
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It's been more than 20 years since leaving the country.
"I haven't regretted her a day." Yuri is sitting on the sofa with his wife Maya.
"We had no alternative," he says.
The daughters, both bookkeepers, were then forced to falsify balance sheets.
"That's when we decided that we had no future in Ukraine."
"The beginning in Munich was difficult," says Yuri in retrospect.
"We traveled to Germany because my great-grandmother was originally from here."
His first path led Yuri, once a senior engineer, to the unemployment office.
But there he got the advice: “Let the young people work.
You're too old.” The technician, who has taken care of himself and his family all his life, had to accept that.
At least he learned the language.
Because “only those who can speak the language belong here.”
Without help, the couple would not have been able to gain a foothold in their new home.
"It was a blessing that we were allowed to get groceries from the Munich food bank." The 87-year-old emphasizes again and again: "I am so grateful to be able to be a guest there." The fact that he is at a loss for words is not due to his lack of words language skills.
He and his wife are touched by all the help they are receiving.
"I don't know what we would do without the Münchner Tafel." Because they don't get a pension from the Ukraine - despite the more than 40 years that the engineer and the librarian have worked.
Editor Stephanie Ebner visited Yuri and Maya Ginzunterman.
The couple comes from the Ukraine and is dependent on food from the Münchner Tafel.
They cooked a typical Christmas dinner for us.
©Oliver Bodmer
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Once a week, Yuri is entitled to get groceries from the table.
“Every year there are more people who depend on it.” The 87-year-old also observed another fact: “Most of those in need used to come from foreign countries, now more and more Germans come to the Tafel.
Especially pensioners.”
The resources of the table are limited.
The couple also felt this: "I can't say that we are starving, but the allocations used to be larger." It's getting smaller every year.
The two pensioners hardly have any money to buy food.
Most of the financial support goes to medicine, says the 87-year-old.
It has always been important to the native Ukrainian that he not only lets himself be taken care of by the food bank, but also actively lends a hand himself: for 20 years he helped where it was needed.
He was interpreter and supervisor.
He only ended his assignment when the pandemic broke out.
For the resident of Munich, hospitality also means giving visitors something to take with them.
So also this time in the form of a jar of preserved vegetables.
It would be impolite to refuse, Yuri makes it very clear when saying goodbye: "We have received so much, we also want to give something back."
Then he just says thank you again.
Thank you for allowing him to start a new life here with his family.
(Stephanie Ebner)
Stew and casserole with ingredients from the Munich table
Ukrainians eat a lot of meat, especially pork, but also beef and lamb.
Rich soups and stews are a must.
Especially on holidays.
Along with meat, vegetables play an important role in Ukrainian cuisine.
Potatoes, meat, fruits, mushrooms, berries or herbs can be found in many recipes.
Hlechyk – stew cooked in a clay pot.
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Hlechyk – stew cooked in a clay pot
(for 4 people)
600 grams of meat
450 grams of potatoes
200 grams of mushrooms
150 grams of carrots
1 large onion
2 cloves of garlic
400 ml broth
salt and pepper
coriander (to taste)
Preparation:
1.
Cut the meat, potatoes, carrots and mushrooms into cubes.
2.
Fry all the ingredients one by one in the pan with vegetable oil.
Then layer the ingredients in the pots and season.
This means that all the ingredients are cooked together in the pot.
Ingredients that take longer, such as meat, come at the bottom and potatoes and vegetables are layered on top.
3.
Pour in the broth and close with the lid, finish cooking in the oven at 190 degrees.
4.
If you wish, sprinkle the dish with coriander leaves at the end.
Tips:
- The clay pots must be soaked well at least 30 minutes before use.
- If you don't have a Ukrainian clay pot, you can use a Roman pot (in the oven) or an unglazed tagine with a deep base instead.
- They often finish with a layer of tomatoes, making for a delicious tomato sauce.
- You can vary the recipe as you like, depending on the season and what you get.
The vegetable casserole.
©Oliver Bodmer
vegetable casserole
½ cauliflower
½ broccoli
1 onion
1 pepper
1 tomato
3 eggs
3 tbsp flour
100 grams of milk
3 tbsp sunflower oil
salt and pepper
some grated cheese for sprinkling
Preparation:
1.
Wash and chop vegetables.
Break off florets from the broccoli and cauliflower.
Dice the rest.
2.
Whisk together the eggs, flour, milk and oil and season with salt and pepper.
3.
Grease a casserole dish with some oil.
Mix the vegetables and the liquid together and pour everything into the casserole dish.
Mix with the cheese.
4.
Leave the vegetable casserole to set at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes.
Important:
The vegetable casserole can be varied as desired.
Depending on what's currently available.
tz editor Dorit Caspary.
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Do you have any questions or would you like to become active yourself, for example organizing your own fundraiser or auction?
Then call or write an e-mail.
tz editor Dorit Caspary got an idea of both the projects of the Munich food bank and Unicef.
You can be sure: every donation euro is urgently needed.
You can reach our reporter on Tel. 089/5306 512 or by email at dorit.caspary@merkurtz.de.
