Borscht keeps the cold at bay

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Dec 4th 2007 @ 2:21PM

When my mom was pregnant with me, she craved borscht. She would buy the jars of Manishevitz brand borscht and drink it cold, straight from the container. It was a surprise to no one when I came into the world with an unreasonable love for beets. I like beets just about any way that they come, and borscht is one of my favorite ways to eat them. However, for someone who loves those red root vegetables as much as I do, you'd think that I'd then have a go-to recipe for the stuff. Sadly, you would be mistaken. I've tried many times and while I've always come up with something edible, I've never made it and then thought, "Gee, I love that."

However, on Sunday, Elise at Simply Recipes posted about borscht and included a recipe that she's adapted from Bon Appetit. It is based on beef broth and includes beets, carrots, potatoes and cabbage. It looks hearty, flavorful and deeply colored and is calling my name. I think I'll save this recipe for when I go to visit my parents in Oregon in a few weeks, to see if I can't shake my mother's attachment to the jarred version of this soup. With this recipe in hand, I don't think it should be hard.

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12-05-2007 @3:22AM Falschgold said... the correct prononciation is "borschtsch" or Борщ if you can read Cyrillic, but then, you would know anyway i guess..

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12-05-2007 @8:16AM Jessica said... Actually, Falschgold, the correct Russian pronounciation is "borshch".

You are trying to translate it the German way, which would be "borschtsch"
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