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Borscht with sour cream.

Borscht is a vegetable soup from Eastern Europe, which is traditionally cooked including beetroot as a main ingredient^[1][2] which gives it a strong red color. Other, non-beet varieties also exist, such as the tomato paste-based orange borscht and the green borscht (sorrel soup). Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Cold borscht or Cold beet soup (Lithuanian: Šaltibarščiai, Polish: Chlodnik Litewski, Russian: Kholodnik) is a soup traditional to the Belarusian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian cuisines, a variety of borsch. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Borscht_with_cream. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Borscht_with_cream. ... Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ... For other uses, see Vegetable (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Soup (disambiguation). ... Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... A beet (called beetroot in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, as well as table beet, garden beet, blood turnip or red beet) is a plant of the genus Beta of which both the leaves and root are edible. ... Tomato paste is a thick paste made from ripened tomatos with skin and seeds removed. ... Sorrel soup is a soup made from water, sorrel leaves, salt and egg yolks. ...

Etymology

The soup is part of the local culinary heritage of many Eastern and Central European nations. The Ukrainian and Russian name is borshch (борщ, pronounced /borʃtʃ/). It is also a staple dish in Eastern Europe, and made its way into United States cuisine and English vernacular by way of Polish Catholics and Jewish immigrants with the spelling borsht, the Yiddish word for the soup is "בורשט". Another spelling is borsch.^[3][4] Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium orange),members of the Warsaw pact (light orange), and other former Communist regimes not aligned with Moscow (lightest orange). ... Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Cuisine (from French cuisine, cooking; culinary art; kitchen; ultimately from Latin coquere, to cook) is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a specific culture. ... Look up Vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Hot and cold borscht

There are two main variants of borscht, generically referred to as hot and cold. Both generally are based on beets, but are otherwise prepared and served differently.

Hot borscht, the kind most popular in the majority of cultures is a hearty soup with many common optional ingredients, depending on the cuisine, including various vegetables (beans, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, potatoes, onions, or tomatoes), mushrooms, and meats (chicken, pork, or beef). It is more akin to a stew than most soups, and may be eaten as a meal in itself, usually with thick dark bread. For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). ... Green beans Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... This article is about the cultivated vegetable. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tomato (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Mushroom (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). ... Beef Stew A stew is a common dish made of vegetables (particularly potatoes or beans), meat, poultry, or seafood cooked in some sort of broth or sauce. ... For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). ...

The lurid pink colour of traditional Lithuanian cold borscht. Often eaten with a hot boiled potato, sour cream and dill.

Cold borscht exists in a number of cultures. It is the kind most commonly eaten by Ashkenazi Jews (European-heritage), and is the only kind readily available commercially in markets in the U.S. Cold borscht is most often a simple sweet soup, consisting of sliced or diced beets cooked in their broth, optionally with lemon juice, minced onion, and sugar to produce the desired sweetness. It is served as a thin chilled broth with the beet pieces, sometimes with a single boiled potato, and usually with sour cream, which creates a contrast to the soup's sweetness. The sour cream is not mixed into the soup, but placed by the diner in the middle of the soup, to be scooped into the spoon with the liquid and beets. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 776 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (831 × 642 pixels, file size: 552 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this photograph myself in a Lithuanian restaraunt. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 776 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (831 × 642 pixels, file size: 552 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this photograph myself in a Lithuanian restaraunt. ... Cold borscht or Cold beet soup (Lithuanian: Å altibarščiai, Polish: Chlodnik Litewski, Russian: Kholodnik) is a soup traditional to the Belarusian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian cuisines, a variety of borsch. ... Language(s) Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, English Religion(s) Judaism Related ethnic groups Sephardi Jews, Mizrahi Jews, and other Jewish ethnic divisions Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim (Standard Hebrew: sing. ... Packaged food aisles in a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon A supermarket is a departmentalized self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Look up Sweet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Slice may refer to: // A portion of bread, cake, or meat that is cut flat and thin, sliced bread Slice (soft drink), a line of fruit-flavored drinks Vanilla slice, a dessert Backspin, also known as slice or underspin Kimbo Slice (1976- ), a street fighter Slice (TV channel), a Canadian... Two standard six-sided pipped dice with rounded corners. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Mincing is a cooking technique in which food ingredients are finely divided. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely traded commodity. ... Broth is a liquid in which bones, meat, fish, cereal grains, or vegetables have been simmered and strained out. ... For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). ... Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ...

There are several other varieties of cold borscht. One is made with the mild Russian beer kvass. Another combines chilled milk or yogert with sliced tomatoes. A glass of mint kvass. ...

While the base for borscht is often meat stock, this version is only suitable for non-Lenten seasons among some Christian communities that observe Lent. A simpler vegan version made with vegetable stock is eaten during Lenten and fasting periods, which is called Fasting Borscht. It has been suggested that Cuaresma be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...

Polish variations

The basic Polish Borscht recipe includes red beetroot, onions, garlic, and other vegetables such as carrots and celery or parsley roots. The ingredients are cooked for some time together to produce kind of clear broth (when strained) served as boullion in cups or in other ways. Some recipes include bacon as well, which gives the soup its distinctive, "smoky" taste. Binomial name L. Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. ... This article is about the herb. ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ...

Other versions are richer as they include meat and cut vegetables of various kinds where beetroots aren't the main one (though this soup isn't always called barszcz, but rather beetroot soup). This variation of barszcz isn't strained and vegetable contents are left in it. Such soup can make the main course of obiad (main meal eaten in the early afternoon).

Barszcz in its strictly vegetarian version is the first course during the Christmas Eve feast. It's served with ravioli-type dumplings called "uszka" (lit. "little ears") with mushroom filling (sauerkraut can be used as well, again depending on the family tradition). Typically, this version does not include any meat ingredients, although some variants do. For animals adapted to eat primarily plants, sometimes referred to as vegetarian animals, see Herbivore. ... The Christmas Eve (1904-05), watercolor painting by the Swedish painter Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24th, the preceding day or vigil before Christmas Day, is treated to a greater or a lesser extent in most Christian societies as part of the Christmas season. ... Uszka, (meaning ears in Polish), are small dumplings usually filled with mushrooms. ... Sauerkraut and sausage on a plate Pickled Eisbein, served with Sauerkraut Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

As other Christmas traditions, barszcz served at that time has its own symbolic meaning. Most of food served at that time isn't quite the food of the living ones, but of those that passed away. Dried fruit, mushrooms, hay - all symbolise death of the old year as opposed to birth of the new one a day later. Change of food on December 25 (Christmas) is a visible sign that old traditions are still preserved in those little, sometimes unclear ways. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ...

Other regional recipes

There are local variations in the basic borscht recipe:

• In Ukrainian and Belarusian the tomatoes are standard, sometimes in addition with beeds. It is usually served with smetana (sometimes) and a traditional accompaniment of pampushki (sing. pampushka), small hot breads topped with fresh chopped garlic. Most ukrainian people also prefer eat borscht with salo and horilka.

• In Polish cuisine, the beets are not standard. Besides the Ukrainian style beet soup Polish people enjoy a white Easter borscht. White borscht is made from a base of fermented rye flour usually added to a broth of boiled white fresh kiełbasa. It is served hot with cubed rye bread and diced hard-boiled eggs added to the broth, and horseradish is often added to taste.
• In Russian cuisine, it usually includes beets, meat, and cabbage and optionally potatoes.
• In East Prussia sour cream (Schmand) and beef was served with the Beetenbartsch (lit. beetroot-borscht).
• In Lithuanian cuisine, dried mushrooms are often added. There is also a cold borscht (šaltibarščiai) which has a very different taste and appearance.
• In Romanian cuisine, it is the name for any sour soup, prepared usually with fermented wheat bran (which is also called borş), which gives it a sour taste. In fact, the Romanian gastronomy uses with no discrimination the words ciorbă, borş or, sometimes, zeamă/acritură.
• In Armenian cuisine, it is served warm with fresh sour cream.
• In Doukhobor cuisine, the main ingredient is cabbage, and the soup also contains beets, potatoes, tomatoes and heavy cream along with dill and leeks. This style of borscht is orange in colour, and is always eaten hot.
• In Hong Kong-style western cuisine, it includes tomatoes instead of beets, and also beef, cabbage, potatoes, bell peppers and carrots. Sometimes chili pepper is added.
• In Mennonite cuisine, borscht is a cabbage, beef, potato and tomato soup flavoured with dill. This soup is part of the cuisine absorbed by Mennonites in the Ukraine and Russia. Mennonite "Summer Borscht" is made with sorrel and is garnished with a cold, boiled egg.
• In northern Chinese cuisine, particularly found in and around the city of Harbin in Heilongjiang province, an area with a long history of trade with Eastern Russia, the soup known as hóngtāng ("red soup") is mainly made with red cabbage.

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