The TV presenter admitted that he was moved to tears when he learned that Ukrainian borscht is included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
The famous Ukrainian chef Yevhen Klopotenko agrees that “Russian borscht” has a right to exist, but it is no different from “Russian pizza”. On Saturday, July 2, UNIAN writes.
“In fact, you can cook it, the recipes are in the public domain. But you can’t dedicate our borsch. It’s like making” Russian pizza. “You can knead the dough, put something, and get “You’re a stupid game. All over the world, prepare Ukrainian borscht, but what they call is not our problem now,” said Klopotenko.
At the same time, Klopotenko stressed that national cuisine is also a religion to a certain extent. He also noted that the inclusion of Ukrainian borscht in the list of intangible cultural heritage of the organization is a “block”, implying that “we have our own, primordial, what we are fighting for.”
“After all, one of the reasons for this war is that we are looking for our own, national, and they are trying to remove it from us. And here – such a victory!”, – he said.
The TV presenter also admitted that he was moved to tears when he learned that Ukrainian borscht is included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
It should be noted that the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded to the news that UNESCO has recognized borscht as a Ukrainian dish. On her Telegram channel, she wrote: “Ukrainian borsch is recognized as an intangible value that needs to be protected immediately? It is sad that they only ate it then,” Zakharova wrote.
“Our borsch does not require protection, but is subject to immediate and complete destruction in a bowl,” Zakharova added.
He also noted that there are foods in the world that are recognized as national in several countries at once, but borscht is not on this list.
“But, as I understand it, everything is subject to Ukrainization. What’s next? The recognition of pork as a national product of Ukrainian?” he wrote.
Recall that the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage at its fifth meeting was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of immediate protection by UNESCO, an element of the culinary culture of Ukrainian borscht.
Earlier it was reported that Russian musician Andrei Makarevich believes that borsch can not be considered an exclusive Ukrainian dish, because it is very ancient.
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