21 Şubat 2023 Salı

"Beat & Release": Polish Chefs Cooking Greek "Moussaka" for Turkish Earthquake Victims, in Elbistan

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 21 February 2023)









       Michelin gave them five stars...and tires for the trip.

When members of a Polish aid organization heard about the earthquake
in Turkey they came in their own vehicles and with their own 
equipment to Elbistan in Kahramanmaraş province.  Now, they're 
providing three hot meals a day.  They asked the police what the 
people liked to eat and the answer was "moussaka". (!) 

Volunteer chefs from the Polish aid organization World Central Kitchen
(WCK) went to the Ukraine-Poland border when that war broke out
a year ago to provide hot food to those fleeing Ukraine.  When they
heard about the recent earthquake in Turkey, six WCK volunteers made 
the 3,183-kilometer trip to Turkey in their own vehicles and set up a 
kitchen at the Elbistan bus station. 

Polish chef Kamila Butowicz explained that "four days ago we came 
her by road from Poland and we've been serving hot soup and meals
three times a day.  Plus hot coffee!  We're obtaining the ingredients 
locally and police are helping us find vegetables, as well as telling us
what people here like to eat, including "moussaka". Based on the 
situation we think we'll be here for one or two months but we will 
stay as long as we're needed."  















                       Local culinary advisor Şahin bey.

Elbistan resident Şahin Yüksel (55) is helping the Polish chefs.  He
said that "I came one morning for tea and "börek" (pastry) but there
wasn't any left.  With gestures, I asked if I could help them.  At first
they said "no" but then they agreed so I help them as I sip my tea.
Right now, we're making "moussaka". 



















      Elbistan is about 330 kilometers northeast of Adana.

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