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Monday, August 10. 2015

Summer Cold Soups: Borscht

There's nothing more refreshing than a cold Borscht. A family member handed me an old recipe for it yesterday.


There are countless ways to make it, all from eastern Europe. I think I like it best with chunks, and with a dollop of sour cream on top, but the one pictured is excellent too.


Here's another Bird Dog favorite: Cold Zucchini Soup


In their list, this silly newspaper omitted cold Borsht and Zucchini Soup.


What are your favorite cold summer soups?

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 15:44 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Cucumber/yogurt: having it almost daily this time of year.

Gazpacho.
#1 Texan99 on 2015-08-10 16:13 (Reply)
I love borchst, but I've never had it look like the picture. Diced beets and cabbage, beef stock. Maybe a dollop of sour cream on top or a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. I think the picture mixed the sour cream into the soup. I always thought it was a simple peasant soup. And, I've never tried it cold. The wiki link is interesting.
#2 Jack Walter on 2015-08-10 22:55 (Reply)
Don't do the summer version, but have a winter one using canned veg, red cabbage, onion, and garlic, plus beef broth, wine vinegar, and seasonings (dill is the biggie). The original recipe calls for bashing everything up in the food processor, but we prefer it chunky. Only problem is we can no longer get diced beets except when Harvarded, so have to go with whole or sliced and macerate them.
#3 Frances on 2015-08-11 01:18 (Reply)
On the Florida Gulf Coast, a favorite cold soup for hot weather is gazpacho. A tomato base with various vegetables and spices, all chilled.
#4 Whitehall on 2015-08-11 04:13 (Reply)
No cold soup for us.

Since I Had the kettle hot to blanch sweet corn (can do 3 and 1/2 dozen at a time) I made a pot of gumbo with what I had in the garden, after we were done with 26 dozen sweet corn. Some of my okra got too tough I couldn't even cut it.
#5 fjord on 2015-08-11 06:51 (Reply)

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