If the Russians win one game, I will eat this column shredded at high noon in a bowl of borscht on the front steps of the Russian Embassy. |
Claim that borscht is the ultimate way to eat beetroot and you will hear no arguments. |
Other things to start with include five different kinds of soup, from borscht to solana. |
I think that night of borscht and vodka and all sorts of other Russian traditions made us champions. |
The other hearty soups include a meaty goulash, sauerkraut or an excellent beet borscht, which is both strong and round on the tongue. |
Guests were invited to drink shots of vodka and eat cold borscht soup from tin bowls, while loud speakers blared old communist hymns. |