Borscht

[Lorraine]

Has anyone here ever made it? My husband really likes it, and I thought I'd give a pot the old college try even though it will probably turn out to be a disaster.

 

If anyone here has made it, do you have a good recipe and some tips for making it?

[Lorraine]

I was thinking of making this recipe:

 

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/85517/russian-cabbage-borscht/

[zepphead]

I was thinking of making this recipe:

 

https://www.allrecip...abbage-borscht/

I have never even tried it, but judging by that recipe it sounds damn nice!!

[Nova Carmina]

I have never made, but after trying it once at a Russian restaurant in Boulder, CO (so perhaps of dubious authenticity), I never wanted to try it again.

 

Sorry that's not much help!

[goose]

I've never made it or even had it, which is strange because I love beets and my mother-in-law grows mountains of beets every year. The beets that aren't eaten fresh in the summer get canned, and they're lovely. Lorraine, you've got me thinking I might have to give making some borscht a try.

[Lorraine]

I've never made it or even had it, which is strange because I love beets and my mother-in-law grows mountains of beets every year. The beets that aren't eaten fresh in the summer get canned, and they're lovely. Lorraine, you've got me thinking I might have to give making some borscht a try.

I bought some beets and dill weed this morning, What kind of potatoes should I use? I'm going to make the recipe I linked to. Maybe tomorrow. It's home-made soup kind of weather here in the Pacific Northwest.

Edited November 10, 2020 by Lorraine

[Derek19]

If you're reading what I said, too, Lorraine, I can't say that I have made, and ate "Borscht" before. If it is a food I want to try eating, I don't know.

[goose]

I love pickled beets, so I imagine I'd enjoy borscht as well.

 

Edited November 10, 2020 by goose

[blackhawkrush]

We always have Borscht for Christmas, but we don't add potatoes to it because it mutes the taste. You could put in a hard-boiled egg after the soup is made, other than that, Borscht should be served by itself.

[Lorraine]

We always have Borscht for Christmas, but we don't add potatoes to it because it mutes the taste. You could put in a hard-boiled egg after the soup is made, other than that, Borscht should be served by itself.

My mother used to make the soup and I remember those hard boiled eggs in it. My grandmother made it too. They used to grind their own horseradish as well. I remember my mother hanging out the back window for air so her eyes would stop tearing.

[Lorraine]

I love pickled beets, so I imagine I'd enjoy borscht as well.

 

 

I like the red cabbage in that recipe because I love red cabbage. My mother always made that a lot too when I was little. Red cabbage, that is.

 

Doesn't that sour cream look good?

Edited November 11, 2020 by Lorraine

[Nova Carmina]

I love pickled beets, so I imagine I'd enjoy borscht as well.

 

 

I like the red cabbage in that recipe because I love red cabbage. My mother always made that a lot too when I was little. Red cabbage, that is.

 

Doesn't that sour cream look good?

 

The sour cream? Yes.

 

And only the sour cream.