Podpłomyki was also common – a kind of flat bread made of flour, water, and salt. In Lithuania, people cook borscht from beet leaves [chard]. Polish people, on the other hand, first made borscht from ...

These meanings are intertwined and, as we will see, somehow problematic; therefore, an elaboration is needed – here we are going to discuss barszcz czerwony or red borscht, made with beetroot, which ...

There are many ways to prepare Borscht and we enjoyed Catherine's mother's Polish version. It's warm and hearty. The base is made with a rich homemade stock. Beets add a slightly sweet ...

Among the recipes for characteristic dishes of the People's Republic of Poland, there is a recipe for meatless red borscht on ...

In The Gold Cook Book, Chef Louis P. De Gouy describes a Polish borscht (bortsch Polonaise) made from duck, leeks, beets, egg whites, and crushed eggshells. Borscht is served either hot or cold ...