Re: [Cz-L] Our daily bread.

"Coffin bread" brought back memories. I remember the taste and the grittiness of it. We lived on the Theater Platz and there was a bakery or bread store around the corner. It was my job, as a twelve year old, to line up for our daily ration. One day, after standing in line for a good while, I finally reached the counter. Just as I was about to reach for my allotment a huge rat ran across the counter. My family did not get their bread that day.
Frieda

--- On Wed, 6/30/10, HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> wrote:

> From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
> Subject: [Cz-L] Our daily bread.
> To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>, czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
> Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 3:01 PM
> Bread  was our daily food. If we
> had some - that is.
> During the war it was issued in daily rations against
> ration stamps.
> Then came '44 and the Soviets returned and brought with
> them
> the "coffin" bread. It was black and big and was coffin-
> shaped.
>   It was made of all kind of wheat ,corn and bean
> flour.
>   The ingredients were not properly milled and mixed -
> bubbles of  liquid unbaked
>    stuff were abundant.
>     In a few days it was hard as a brick. It also
> had the shape of a brick.
>    In school , the management arranged for
> pupils to have some food
>    and prepared "butterbrots".
>     The word comes from German and means
> butter-spread  bread slice.
>      In the Russian language it meant a
> bread sandwich of any sort.
>      Our butterbrods were  slices
> of coffin bread with brown sugar spread
>      on top.
>        It was heaven.
>          After victory white
> bread re-appeared.
>        We didn't even remember the
> taste...
>          Hardy

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