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or borsch
: a soup made primarily of beets and served hot or cold often with sour cream
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Massive pots of purple borscht are simmering, sizzling potato pancakes come fresh out of the fryer.
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Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 21 June 2024
This year there will be no Independence Day competition, since the organizer of the borscht battle was recently sacked.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
The classic beet borscht and a traditional Uzbek rice dish called plov are also must-tries.
—Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
As a Polish citizen with dilly borscht running through my veins, this one felt personal.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2024
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Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 21 June 2024
This year there will be no Independence Day competition, since the organizer of the borscht battle was recently sacked.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
The classic beet borscht and a traditional Uzbek rice dish called plov are also must-tries.
—Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
As a Polish citizen with dilly borscht running through my veins, this one felt personal.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Borscht.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borscht. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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from Yiddish borsht and Ukrainian and Russian borshch "beet soup"
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