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GelatinousEndive
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Borscht?

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We are in beet season, beets from the garden.

Does any restaurant in St. Louis make a good Borscht that I could sample before I try to make my own?
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Do you like yours hot or cold. I've only had it cold - used to be a Passover staple for us.
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Hot Borscht soup was the soup of the day this time of the year at the private jewish country club in St. Louis County where I used to work as a server. It was topped with a dollop of sour cream.
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otcboy wrote: 30 Aug 2024 09:07 am Do you like yours hot or cold. I've only had it cold - used to be a Passover staple for us.
Was that straight out of the Manischewitz jar?
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otcboy wrote: 30 Aug 2024 09:07 am Do you like yours hot or cold. I've only had it cold - used to be a Passover staple for us.
I don’t know, I would like to try a good quality Porsche so I guess I perform warm, but I would try it cold as well if it was a good one.
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abuxb wrote: 30 Aug 2024 22:59 pm
otcboy wrote: 30 Aug 2024 09:07 am Do you like yours hot or cold. I've only had it cold - used to be a Passover staple for us.
Was that straight out of the Manischewitz jar?
with a dollop of Raskas smetna on top.
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otcboy wrote: 31 Aug 2024 23:25 pm
abuxb wrote: 30 Aug 2024 22:59 pm
otcboy wrote: 30 Aug 2024 09:07 am Do you like yours hot or cold. I've only had it cold - used to be a Passover staple for us.
Was that straight out of the Manischewitz jar?
with a dollop of Raskas smetna on top.
Absolutely
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GelatinousEndive wrote: 29 Aug 2024 17:21 pm We are in beet season, beets from the garden.

Does any restaurant in St. Louis make a good Borscht that I could sample before I try to make my own?
have you tried Astoria?
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govman wrote: 13 Jun 2025 01:11 am
GelatinousEndive wrote: 29 Aug 2024 17:21 pm We are in beet season, beets from the garden.

Does any restaurant in St. Louis make a good Borscht that I could sample before I try to make my own?
have you tried Astoria?
Thank you so much! No, I haven’t tried it because I didn’t even know where to look in the city or in the region. This is quite a ways out for me, but maybe one of these days I’ll make it out there. We are coming up on beet season so I would think they would be offering the Borsch and their rest of the things on their menu looked great as well.

Thanks again
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Back in 1995, when Russia and USA were getting along with each other, I got to visit Russia on a teaching exchange.

Borscht was of course used as a soup, but beet-based liquids were used in a number of stews and other dishes. It was used like Italians and Americans use tomato bases.

One thing I liked about borscht: The beet extracts were tasty, but not as acidy as tomatoes.
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GelatinousEndive wrote: 27 Jun 2025 12:25 pm
govman wrote: 13 Jun 2025 01:11 am
GelatinousEndive wrote: 29 Aug 2024 17:21 pm We are in beet season, beets from the garden.

Does any restaurant in St. Louis make a good Borscht that I could sample before I try to make my own?
have you tried Astoria?
Thank you so much! No, I haven’t tried it because I didn’t even know where to look in the city or in the region. This is quite a ways out for me, but maybe one of these days I’ll make it out there. We are coming up on beet season so I would think they would be offering the Borsch and their rest of the things on their menu looked great as well.

Thanks again
you might check if they deliver
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