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6 total sentences available.
Breakfast might be strong borsh soup, loaded with vegetables and beef; […] Along about noon-time, if he [the Russian private] is in camp, he trudges to the soup-kitchens, obtains there a bucket of borsh—a soup of boiled beef and vegetables and water.
Source: wiktionary
And as for me, I went to a tavern and partook of borsh. You know what borsh is? […] To begin with, borsh is not a dish to be eaten in the presence of elegant persons. Just as it is best to eat ripe mangos while sitting in a bath, so it is best to consume borsh in a low tavern, where table manners are of no account, or, if that be impossible, in solitude. This will be readily understood when it is pointed out that in a bowl of borsh, a succulent and bright red soup, lie concealed (1) a thick slice of beef or mutton, (2) a quantity of shredded beetroot, (3) a substantial piece of ham, (4) one or two bay-leaves, (5) a couple of sausages; nor does this list embrace the names of all the substances included in a portion of borsh, […] After the delicious lassitude that compensates one for the energy required to eat a portion of borsh had somewhat abated, I went across the Pskova by a bridge laid on boats, […]
Source: wiktionary
“I peel it [the beet] so it bleeds in the water. […] I keep the water and I chop the beets up in it and it makes fine borsh (soup),” insisted the Jewish woman.
Source: wiktionary
[W]e had a true Russian dinner beginning with pickled cucumbers, caviare and vodka, continuing with red Borsh soup with cream, and an endless number of succeeding dishes.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include borscht, borshch, beet soup, beetroot soup, borsch.
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