The main spice is mood. Dairy shop workers of KSUP "Dotishki" will go to the Rural Women's Forum

Two friends, Grazhina Stanevich and Tatyana Lukoshko, work at the Dotishki farm in the Voronovsky District. Their workplace is a dairy shop, where local milk is used to make one of the favorite cheeses among locals and not only. By the way, it was Tatyana and Grazhina who were among the representatives of the Grodno region who will go to the first Rural Women's Forum. In total, about 50 best representatives from the Grodno region will go to the large-scale event from the Grodno region. BelTA correspondents got to know the women and tried to find out the main secret of making local cheese.

Tatyana Lukoshko and Grazhina Stanevich are locals, the small homeland of both is the Voronovsky district. Fate at different times brought women to the dairy shop of the KSUP "Dotishki" farm. So, for example, Tatyana has been working in the production of cheese for about 15 years. Prior to that, she worked as a salesperson, but without regret she changed her profession.

Tatyana Lukoshko says: “I got married, and my husband worked here on the farm and continues to work as a machine operator. I was also offered a job here, in the shop, I decided to try it. They gave us housing from the farm - an apartment. And for so many years I have been working here. Our team is friendly, everything is positive from the very morning."

But Grazhina Stanevich worked as a dispatcher in the Kozakovshchina SPK. After the merger of the economy with the then SPK "Dotishki" she began to work in the milk processing workshop. She left, but still returned to production. “In principle, the work is not very difficult, but responsible. It depends on us in what form our cheese will get on the shelves and to customers: packaging, labeling, in general, our task is to prepare for sale. And Tanya, for example, in addition to this, also prepares a separate type of cheese - spicy," the woman says.

By the way, the team of the dairy shop of KSUP "Dotishki" is predominantly women. The only male cheese maker works here. 14 workers continue, albeit small on the scale of the region and the republic, but a landmark for this area, begun in 1998. "The founder of the dairy shop was the chairman of the then collective farm" Soviet Belarus "Maria Shchelupanova. She was helped by her sister, the economist of the farm Anna Serchenya. Thus, this small production was created with long and hard work in difficult times. In January 2001, the shop started working, the volumes were small "But it was a huge achievement. Today we produce from 10 to 12 tons of cheese per month, which takes about 5 tons of milk. It is interesting that the name of our products is formed from the names of these wonderful, wise, prudent, confident and courageous women -"

Interestingly, for many, including our heroines, these two women are an example of courage and will. That is why they approach the work with all responsibility. “We have secrets in production, which, of course, we will not reveal. But the main thing is that the cheese is tasty and people like it, for this the workers must have a mood, a smile. Then everything will turn out tasty, good and beautiful,” women say. And they add: our task today is so that the work of two women, which brings pleasure to many people, does not wither and die out.

By the way, for women, the invitation to the first forum of rural women in Minsk, which will be held on November 18-19, was a big surprise. “We didn’t immediately realize the scale of where we were going to visit. But after realizing it, we immediately felt excitement and responsibility for our economy, for the workshop, and, of course, pride in ourselves,” Tatyana and Grazhina share.

By the way, the village workers from the Voronovsky district, in addition to their favorite work, are carried away by flowers and household chores about comfort and beauty. Tatyana has a lot of plants, both indoor and outdoor. Those near the house are a special love of a woman, she also propagates roses by cuttings. And Grazhina, together with her husband, is building a house that will smell like fragrant pies with apples and blueberries, which a woman loves to bake. Interestingly, the children of Tatyana and Grazhina (and each of them has two) are not yet thinking about choosing a profession, but they show interest in what their mothers do at work. Women, in turn, try to instill in them a love for work and, of course, for their small homeland.

In total, since the beginning of the year, the shop has produced 105 tons of cheese. Everything is prepared from the milk of the farm. The sales market is still limited to the Grodno region. And here products under the brand name are loved and respected. Queues line up at the markets even before Dotishkov's signature cheese appears on the counter. Workers say that this is due to the fact that they work responsibly. And most importantly, in addition to all the main ingredients and spices, and cheese is produced here not only classic, but also spicy (with dill, pepper and garlic, cinnamon, paprika, cumin), they add two more components - their soul and love.

Katerina BENADYSYUK,

photo by Leonid SHCHEGLOV,

BELTA.