HARVEST . . . Stadnyk family . . . and a huge loaf of UKRAINIAN RYE

John Stadnyk (my grandfather)

had six sons and one daughter:

Paul, Alec, Sam, Nick (my father), Fred, Steve, and Anastasia

Paul and Mary's children were

Teenie,  Bill, Mike, Verna, Elsie, and Sylvia

Teenie on the left with my mom, Mary Stadnyk

                                                 Teenie had 6 children:                                                               
Paul, Mike, Harry, Elsie, Andrew, and Pat

From left: Marion and my cousin Mike Showdra,                                                      my cousin Harry Showdra and his wife Audrey,                              

cousin Elsie (Showdra) Pulock and cousin Pat (Showdra) McLaughlin

This was a celebration in 2016 of Elsie's birthday.

 Teenie was my First Cousin and Pat is my first cousin, once removed.  

Mom and Teenie were close friends.

Thanks, Pat, for sharing the pictures of your family and the harvest.

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Olga Drozd has posted a number of Ukrainian bread recipes on the internet.  Thanks, Olga!

Bryan just made her Selianyn Khlib (Ukrainian Rustic Village Bread)

For Olga's recipe: 

http://www.ukrainianclassickitchen.ca/index.php?PHPSESSID=u30g2luohthehbeq7qq8vmi670&topic=7795.0