The History of Ukrainian Borshch 

@@matthewmorrisdon5491 Your friend is very smart - he knows exactly which side in a partner should be valued 😆

So much SOUP-erstition surrounds this dish. 🤣

I like cooking with wine. Sometimes it even makes it into the food.

I hope that the Ukrainians see this and will appreciate what you did for them.

As an ethnic Ukrainian from West Ukraine, proud nationalist and Banderite, this was an alright video, but a few corrections: 1. There is only Kyiv, there is no, never was, and never will be any "Kiev". 2. Borshch, as we know it today as a red soup with beets as a primary ingredient, has an unclear history in terms of when it was officially made. It was always Ukrainian, formed in Ukraine by Ukrainians, but the most accurate estimate of when modern borsch was made was approximately in the 1700's, after the formation of the Cossacks. It is impossible for the Don Cossacks to have made it, however, as they were only ever mindless puppets of the Russia that were enemies to actual, Ukrainian Cossacks like the Danube or Zaporizhian ones (There is no Zaporozhia, only Zaporizhia), and actual Ukrainian Cossacks preserved and cultivated Ukrainian culture. On top of that, Don Cossacks were mostly in the modern Southwest Russia, far away from beets, and thus could not hope to use it as an ingredient - they only ever ate dirt. Therefore, 1683 is a more accurate year for the creation of modern Ukrainian borshch, even if beets were common in Ukraine at the time. 3. "Little Russia" was always a derogatory term for Ukraine that was only used by its enemies. It was originally coined by Boleslav Yery II in 1335, who occupied the West Ukrainian successor kingdom of Halych-Volyn, succeeding Kyivan Ruthenia after it fell to the Mongols of the Golden Horde, a.k.a. the actual creators of the Russia/the Muscovia, who founded Muscovia as a Mongol vassal. He occupied it because he was only a successor to the Kingdom of Halych-Volyn because his mother was Ukrainian, while his father was Polish, and due to his patriarchal influence, saw the Kingdom he ruled as a state to subjugate under Poland. Boleslav Yery II sent a letter to Dietrich von Altenburg of the Teutonic Knights in 1335, wherein he described himself as the ruler of "Little Russia", who in turn sent this information to Constantinople as late as 1361, which is why Byzantium incorrectly referred to Ukraine as "Little Russia" for so long - it was always a mistake, and only ever made in the name of oppression. 3.5. "Little Russia" was only ever used in imperial contexts by oppressors, and never by actual Ukrainians, like Cossacks. The term "Ukraine" dates back to 1187, when it was first mentioned in the Hypatian Codex (A historical record of Kyivan Ruthenia), referring to the exceptional military service provided by Volodymyr Hlibovych throughout his decades of tenure as the ruler of the Kyivan Ruthenian principality of Pereiaslav, who spent his life protecting the capital, or heart, of Ruthenia, Kyiv ("ѡ нем же Оукраина много постона", or "The Heartland greatly bemoaned him", bemoan being a synonym for mourn, and Heartland being a synonym for Homeland, thus having Ukraine mean and refer to the term Homeland). Ukraine was used throughout the Middle Ages to refer to Ukraine, by both outsiders and Ukrainians themselves, especially Cossacks. "Ukrainian", however, is a relatively recent term, being used only as late as the 1800's. The term "Little Russia" should be relegated to the deepest bowels of Hell, along with the Russia itself. 4. Mykola, not Mikola. Despite my criticisms of your video, know that they are constructive. I appreciate you, as a non-Ukrainian, making such a video about my homeland, especially now, in its time of greatest need. Wishing you and your loved ones all the best. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦, Death to its enemies.

Borshch to me sounds like an interesting dish to try. I tried menudo (a Mexican soup/stew with animal brains and innards) that had some rather intriguing textures and flavors that I was not expecting let me tell you folks BUT, in a good way I can at least say that I’ve tried animal brains and innards in a soup/stew and it was different from what I usually eat.

@@dylanbowlin3646 you can try Polish soup Czernina, its made with duck blood. Not my personal favourite but it can be another I interesting flavour for you to taste.

that's a big complement when we consider how difficult polish is

I heard Max say other words, and he was very accurate. I have a mixed Slavic ancestry, including Polish and Ukrainan. Borscht is my favorite soup. It tastes so good. Cheers!

Yeah, he always seems to put a lot of effort in accurate pronunciation, no matter what language.

Yeah, I guess that’s how it all started. Most poor people food all start like that.

Kinda the same as pizza, don't ya think? :)

@@inisipisTV it's not really about poverty, it's just what happens when you're close to the food source. You could own the whole village, why would you eat things under or over ripe? The reason we're so comfortable with getting our favorite produce all year round or getting the exact ingredients for a particular recipe every time isn't because we're richer, it's because in the supermarket (or even the farmer's market) they are never really that good, even when they are in season. Produce is picked early for commerce so it survives the trip. Source: grew up on a farm

@Strelok © She clearly said from Ukraine. Go drool on putin, troll

@@rake667 Further, Gmos, Bio-Engineered Crops, Preservatives, and preservation techniques go a long way. In all reality, wealth hasn't really increased at all over the years, what has increased is the knowledge to get said wealth.

з Горілкою так!

Did someone say with samohon?! XD

Ты реально настолько извращенец что ешь с квасом?

@@vladimirthegreen6097 Idi nahui, dolboeb. :D

@@rimyvald6867 ya ebal tvoyu mat', sorry

I second that!! I just got off an online meeting with my Ukrainian buddy (I'm a volunteer through ENGin to help young Ukrainians with their English). I had sent her a link to this video. She thought you, Max, must be Ukrainian, since your pronunciation was so spot on. Well done!

Slavic approval stamp on this here.

I love this so much. I have a lot of respect for Max since not many people bother to even try and his pronunciations are always good!

I watched with my daughter, she was thrilled to see her favorite cooking channel do a video on borscht. I learned something, I was always under the impression that the name for borscht was derived from the Ukrainian word for beets _buryak_

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@@alexflayz3600 What a killjoy you are! I speak no language other than English but sit through many foreign language movies because I also am not blind and can follow along by what I see...imagine that! No need to be so incredibly rude to that commenter. Unbelievable.

@@alexflayz3600 where was it written that she didnt speak english? and beyond that, there are subtitles available...

If you like that, try sweetened sour cream on desserts instead of whipped cream. I first had it in a Japanese restaurant with a slice of sweet potato pie. Changed my life.

Sour cream/greek yogurt makes almost everything better!

@@SoonRaccoon Both of you should try cherry pelmeni (pierogi/pieroshki/whatever). Dessert dumplings made with cherries instead of savory ingredients served with sour cream - either sweetened or plain and still warm. SO GOOD.

@@CleoHarperReturns It's called varenyky, actually, also a traditional Ukrainian dish, and their peculiarity lies in the fact that they made from the sour cherries, not the sweet ones which you are used to in the West. Pierogi is polish version of dumplings with mashed potatoes, cheese, cabagge/sauerkraut, mushrooms, meat (same fillings can be in varenyky). But pelmeni is dumplings only with meat, originally from indigenous peoples of russia (most of which suffered genocide from the russian empire). And "pyrizhky" is a yeast dough pastry, they’re closer to Empanadas than to dumplings. So you can't call dumplings with cherries that way.

@@tridsatchetyre Grandma was a Kosher dairy chef from Ukraine. Her pierogi were generally just very browned onions, potatoes, and the noodle cover, fried in the end in butter. She would have been oh wow...like 124 or so this year. She passed in around 1989 or so. No one knew her exact age but it was over 100. She had been a farm girl in Ukraine. Did I mention I might be willing to almost commit a felony for just ONE more of her pierogi? They were that good.

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Yes.

Noble ambition.

I applaud your life goals. And I very well may join you.

Why wait? Avoid the rush!

Ukraine isn't a real country you're Russian

It may be the first time in my life I found some connection between Borščahivka and boršč 😆

Привіт, друже) Живу саме на Борщагівці!

Hey man, Borshaga is still here and holding on. :) Hope you and your family are safe and good too. Слава Україні ❤

@@DOSgameLab simp

Tip on fermenting anything. Make sure the liquid is above any of the solids. This will dramatically lower the chance of bad bacteria and mold because they will not have a surface to grow on. Also the string with cheese cloth is a great trick!

Good advice! I do that with my sourdough starter too - I cover it with a thin towel and secure it with a rubber band.

@@medleyshift1325 how do you make sure of that? A lot of the solids just float. I've always wondered.

@@yllejord I suppose you could always use something non-reactive and weighty, as long as it's been sterilized. Actually, I got curious, so I just looked it up. They make glass weights for fermentation/pickling in wide mouth mason jars; you can get a set of 6 for less than $20.

@@yllejord put something on top of it. Some people put a smaller jar inside to weigh the solids down, or a small cup or saucer. You can also buy specifically made fermenting jar weights, which are thick glass disks. Just make sure they're the right size so you can still fit them into the jar while also being as wide as possible. A few pieces might still float up at the sides if you don't have a very well fitting one, but it should be very little so you can just throw those away.

did you listen and watch to the story of people in Donbass as well? Or you only keep up with one side of that story? Asking for a friend

​@@anastasiab9506 I mean it's basically the same story, life under occupation sucks. Go tell your friend Volodya, and then crawl back into your hole vatnik

@@anastasiab9506 The story of the Donbass people is well documented. Most fled after the russian incursion in 2014. And over half of its male population was mobilized by russia as cannon fodder this war. Theres also good statistics by the UN showing that civilian deaths in Donbass increased from single or double digits, to thousands because of the russian invasion, if thats what you're on about. And if you unironically think these states want to join russia, I'd like to remind you that they voted to leave russia with over 70% in 1990. And its literally a well documented reality that russia supplied and funded the Seperatist Groups. Having faked unobserved referendums wont change the reality of that.

Cooking is what makes us human. It's the only thing we can claim no other animal does: language, fire, memories of past complex social interactions, tools, puzzle solving, sharing knowledge, delayed gratification, EVERYthing else ever used to define humanity is done by other species.

the unmentioned self-sacrifice 😢

I cant think of any way to try and translate salo or smetana directly in english without just outright describing what they are. Western culture just doesnt have anything similar. Closest to salo might be bacon or saltpork, but are very different from salo, closest to smetana might be sour cream, but they are not the same thing. Salo is fantastic.

Miller is used to not translating ingridients or dishes

О, тут так) я навіть подумала, що він має українське коріння. Бо вперше цей канал бачу, а тут ютуп рекомендував.

Boy, you LOVE pickled stuff in Ukraine. I have to taste pickled tomatoes and now - salo :D

@@Ran1906 Ukraine is not only pickled or fermented vegetables and salo. Really.

For someone "who's just a youtube entertainer" Max has impeccable integrity. If he's not sure of a fact he conveys that clearly, and he goes to great lengths to get pronunciation. Not to mention that he also treats sensitive topics with an enormous amount of respect.

Slava Ukraini!

I cried too

@@jamesbuchanan3145 You mean the Ghyst of Kyyv.

I had to pause for a minute myself.

I know!! Second YT'er to make me cry today, and I NEVER cry. The first one was a comedy channel that totally sucker-punched me. I've been a blubbery mess all day.

It may be a hard thing for us to hear in the west, but if you have to send people out for food into a mine field, elders are also more expendable as they aren't capable of serving in the war effort as troops, and cannot build the population back up by having children. This is the kind of hard choices that all of our families were making 80 years ago that we have been insulated from by decades of peace. These are the kinds of decisions, the kinds of sacrifices that really deserve our tears. We are lucky to have been insulated from such hard choices so long.

American here - we hope you remain strong and have peace soon.

I so hope your parents are doing well! Prayers to them and all Ukrainians!

🙏Molytvy za Myr🕊Prayers For Peace🙏

I hope your parents are okay and I pray for the full liberation of your country. Slava Ukraini ❤

I will be praying for them. Wild Mushrooms, hemp, as well as Salo and Borshch are rich parts of Ukrainian Culinary History that I plan to touch on in my own videos. His mushroom story from the Volunteer made my eyes water as well. F Putin

@@unterhau1102 sure. There are a lot of nice and welcoming places in Ukraine with interesting culture and food: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa - you name it. But though all of these cities are relatively safe now, save for the occasional russian missile strike - still it would be so much nicer for any person to experience the joyful, vibrant and relaxed atmosphere of the peaceful cities. It would be great if people of the world could get to know and appreciate Ukraine in times of joy, culture and beauty, not in times of war and tremendous suffering our people are getting through. And I hope these peaceful times will come very soon.

#UkraineWillWin

@@alexd1717 I hope very soon also.

from the us i wish you slava ukraini

@@alexd1717 Kyiv? May be Kiev. The -EV inflection means posession. That's why this is the town of Kii, the founder of Kiev. The same with KharOV, where the -OV ending is just common to all slavic names. Why -IV? it does not have a grammatic meaning.

I love it how you somehow thought that mentioning lithuania will help someone who doesnt know where latvia is :)

​@@Primedouche88That's not why she mentioned it. Southern Latvia has a cultural-historical connection to Lithuania and by extension to Ukraine. So there's some cultural overlap between that part of Latvia and Ukraine - through Lithuania. Even though they're pretty far apart they have centuries of common background.

@@mesofius Thank you for clarifying, that’s exactly why I mentioned it! ❤️🇱🇻🇱🇹🇺🇦

Sveika Tautiete, Latviete! Ari es esmu Latviete and remember omits cooking and serving pink neet soup!!! Max, u rule! We Latvians are waiting for u to explore our ancient cuisine, and especially our handmade breads!!!! Sveiks!!!! Visu Labu to my Latvian comment or!!!❤

perhaps completely unrelated but when refugees from Afghanistan where placed here in Ireland, quite a few died because apparently in afghanistan there are no poisonous mushrooms so they went out and gathered everything and cooked them. since then any afghani that arrives in Ireland is given a pamphlet about not eating the local mushrooms unless with someone from the area. No land mines but still.

@@jhnshep same has happened here in Sweden, entire families found dead. Truly awful

Same. I teared up at that part :(

​@@Kepora1 uhm🤔 or been slaughtered by the extremists in their own country for fighting back

@@Kepora1 There is no need to spread racist hate here. I don't think Max or his beloved Jose would appreciate it.

The whole community working together to survive. I did shed tears.

I was tearing up at the thought that the oldest residents would risk themselves, but also knowing the forest so well, to pick the mushrooms to preserve both their culture and the people of the community.

I got chills just hearing about it

I agree. Well said.

Btw, I know people from Kiev that think that a real ukranian borsch is traditionally made from mushrooms...

Доброго дня! Так, з нашим борщем нічого поруч не стояло🥰😋 Пропоную і свій рецепт борщю😋: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CtqgaQvGL7Y.html

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 ❤

@@КонстантинАндреевич-р9д расія складається тільки з лайна і окупованих земель інших народів. Так от залиште своє лайно собі.

Slava Ukrainskim Geroyam 🇺🇦

Land mines should be automatically considered war crime, in my opinion. It's so easy to place them, so difficult to get rid of them. Look at former Yugoslavia: almost 40 years after the war, still there are mines.

@@cioccolateriaveneziana For all intents and purposes, they already are. Since the 80s there have been a number of treaties that have banned virtually all types of antipersonnel mines, and most countries have signed them, including Ukraine but not Russia. Sadly, both Ukraine and Russia have used prohibited antipersonnel mines in the current war, with Russia apparently having deployed far more of them.

came here to comment on this line - totally agree!! that mushroom story was so touching

Agreed. He's such a spectacular human being. ❤️

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I would get so hungry and have to eat meat every 3 hrs or so thru the night even.. my then husband brought me a friend's meatloaf and it was sooo good. It hit me how food can be a facet of LOVE.

Me too - had to pause the video a moment to deal with them.

Ahhh .. someone else was "cutting onions" during the mushroom story too .. ohhh my goodness, this reminded me so much of my dear departed dad, who was Latvian, with a Lithuanian mum and Russian Cossack grandfather .. anyway, he used to go out picking mushrooms .. uggg, too many tears .. Bless

For me, the most emotional part of the story was the unspoken point that the older people in the community were the ones to go into the mined forest not only because they knew the area the best, but because they were willing to risk their lives so people with more years ahead of them than behind would have an opportunity to live those years. That's a powerful example of the self-sacrifice and love some people have for their families and communities.

@@frocat5163 absolutely!!!! That just hit me straight in the heart. Those old folks are real heroes.

Thank you for your research which gave us this wonderful episode. Isn't Max fantastic

The Ukrainians think of their Hutsul mountain people as a romantic epitome of the nation, and the Poles think the same about their Gorals. Both Hutsuls and Gorals probably came from Romania :) Please thank your nation for all their help to my Ukrainian friends in this terrible year.

He also made the Harvester sauce vid a while back!

I think you are right about hutsul origin. Its notisable for example by their dancing. But believe me, they are real ukrainian patriots.

Hi from South Botshchahivka 😂

@@Strudel_plum one more from Borschahivka here:)

My favorite vyshevanka comes from that region, it's beautiful

It’s just propaganda 😅

@@Svenne-man-1880Don’t believe everything you read… especially the sad stories.

@@soul_reaper9935 You are vile.

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@@sasi5841 Lithuania is Polish clay

@Blank Space Borshch to me, sounds like an interesting dish to try. I’ve tried menudo (a Mexican soup/stew with animal brains and innards), that had some rather intriguing textures and flavors that I was not expecting let me tell you, BUT, I can at least say that I’ve tried animal brains and innards in a soup/stew and in a good way, it was different from what I usually eat.

All peoples are earthly clay.

@@johngaynor4363 if we go with that sentiment, why aren't they a Bundesland yet? 🤭😏

My girlfriend is from Mariupol. She is a living and breathing mix-up between Ukranian and Russian culture and language. I think this is incredibly important and we shouldn't deny the reality: there are tons of "mixed" families, incredibly large amount of cultural and mundane things that are intertwined between those two nations. And, of course it's making the war even more heartbreaking and cruel. Dreaming of ending it, dreaming of free Russia and healed Ukraine.

@@AA-cf4es I'm from Kyiv but my parents were born in ruzia and i can assure you in one fact: when culture and families mixed forcefully - it's bad. When ruzia colonizing Ukraine, deporting ukrainians and placing ruzians instead of us it's bad. We became so russificated because ukrainian langiuage and culture were partly forbiden. Even hame ruzia is stolen from Rus. We are two completely different nations and that will be really nice if in this hard for us time you will stop this bullshit about "unity and brotherhood" during our war and attempts to show that we are different. Love from Ukraine to genshinlover ♡

@A A my husband is from Crimea and his dad is full Ukrainian and his mother is half Russian half Ukrainian, he is troubled by the war and his heritage. He is 100% Ukrainian when it comes to where his heart goes.

​​@@orange_cherry that's the problem though: your truth exists in the same reality as hers. Both are valid. Nothing about "brotherhood", by the way, this is too efemeral. No. I'm simply saying that you can't change the way you were raised and born. Even if you hate it, even if it hurts, even if it feels like venom. I am standing with Ukraine, but i was born Russian and i will die Russian. I can't become something else just because. Same goes with her and many people that were able to flee. She herself is in Kiyv rn, btw But before the war the tension existed for the longest time. If you felt casted outside by people in Lvov and Kiyv, if you are speaking Russian every single day of your life who can tell you that you have no right to your mixed heritage? Nobody. Not Ukranians and sure as hell not Russians. The truth is not white and black (besides the fact that the war was started by putin and that donbass belongs to Ukraine), you have your opinion and it is forged on a rightful fire, but lots of people from Mariupol have their own and should not be forcefully left out from the conversation just because of crazy old f@cker and heartless monsters orsone propaganda machine or idiots who are getting sentimental with this "brotherhood" stuff. She lost her city and nobody sure as hell has the right to decide for her how exactly she should feel.

@@AA-cf4es I would rather have free from russian occupation Ukraine and healed from chauvinism and imperialism russia

From an American: you and your people are, and will not be, forgotten. I promise.

Well, the americans are known for their big hearts....with their 70% OBESITY rate :)@@SarafinaSummers

У впс нет никакой культуры и истории выдумка Грушевского борщ ещё в домострое описан

Thank you so much🙏💞 Multumesc🌻

Dude, thank you!

Thank you for your support!

Great food to eat while I'm reading Brothers Karamazov

To Ukraine and the Ukranians!

Borshch to me sounds like an interesting dish to try. I tried menudo (a Mexican soup/stew with animal brains and innards) that had some rather intriguing textures and flavors that I was not expecting let me tell you folks BUT, in a good way I can at least say that I’ve tried animal brains and innards in a soup/stew and it was different from what I usually eat.

@@dylanbowlin3646 I've never heard of menudo that had brains in it. It must be regional. It sounds interesting, but I'd probably pass.

@@dylanbowlin3646 I highly recommend it. It has a good blend of flavors, and the ingredients differ depending on the different regions of Slavia

​@@uptown_rider8078 I have a mixed Slavic ancestry, including Polish and Ukrainan. My late, paternal grandmother, was half Polish and half Ukrainan. She and her husband were from Galicia, which was by the Polish/Ukrainan border. Her borscht had corn in it too. It was good. Cheers!

@@dwaynewladyka577 Thats amazing, it’s the same with me. I have Slavic ancestry (Ukrainian, and Czech) on my father half, and Iberian ancestry (Portugal, Spain, and Basque) from my mothers half. I also have some ancestry from the Baltics, Germanic Europe, and Scotland. Glad to talk to someone with similar ancestry. Cheers friend :)

Just curious, but what do Jewish people typically use instead of pork?

@@MtnNerd There's beef versions. Or they might do the onions and fish recipe that was referenced earlier on in the video.

@@MtnNerd i'm not jewish but my baba's borshch is vegetarian, i guess jews would do the same or use beef or some other kosher meat

@@rnokmh there are lots of vegetarian versions of borsht made specially for some Christian events during religious fastings

clown

So you took their stuff...thats some new level of being pro-russian

That's a lovely story, no idea what's up with the other comments..

Все украли ц русских. Соления варенье и прочее. У тюрок только галущки есть и то не их

@@mesofius The other comments just show why good natured people are getting behind Ukraine and why Russia's only allies are brutal and authoritarian. It's the same up and down the comment stack: The Ukrainians are talking about Borsch and how happy they are that Max nailed it, while the vatniks are flinging slurs, driving wedges, trying to instigate arguments and pushing narratives.

Thank you 🙏

💯😢

That part got me 😢 I hope those precious jars means that everyone made it back from the forests safely

Who can hear that and not be moved? It’s heroic, and so tragic.

It reminds me of the Story of chernobyl. When the nuclear facility exploded they needed manpower to clean up the radioactive material. The elderly volunteered to clean up that mess in order to protect the younger generation. I think the japanese did something similar but I don't know the story

"Now became derogatory"? Oldest imperialistic propaganda

Малороссия это не унизительное название! При этом Украина как Окраина тоже. Это лишь географические названия обозначающие маленькие земли, а не какое-то унижение.

​@@aleenawhite34обозначающие центр а не переферию

@@aleenawhite34 it’s considered derogatory to Ukrainians because just calling them “Little Russians” implies that they don’t have their own unique culture and ethnic identity. And to say that would be promoting the same propaganda that Putin uses to justify his horrible war

@@aleenawhite34 sounds pretty derogratory to me right now. Maybe is better dont use it anymore, unless you are a vatnik.

I love the Ukrainian borscht, but I personally prefer Russian beef and beet borscht ❤️

@@lunaballuna it is still ukrainian borshCH, this is just another recipe.

@@m4x658 no it’s not, the original one was created by someone from what today is Ukraine, even though he wasn’t Ukrainian. It’s spread all around Eastern Europe and everyone has their own versions, they’re not all the same

@@lunaballuna there is no such thing as "Russian bosrch" it's like "Ukrainian sushi", not a thing

@@ImMapob they're saying there is no "Russian" borsch

I'm living in the US and people are incredibly interested in Ukrainian culture, now more than ever. I make pysanky for all of my friends and they love it, and to learn something new and to tell other people about.

Always wondered why it was always available in western Hong Kong restaurants.

NE china, Harbin. See Luosong soup. It's basically Red Shchi from russian migrants 1890s. It's spread down from there. Luosong in 羅宋湯, is a phonetic translation of Russian. Sometimes it's called Siberian Borsch, because it's brought over by peoples from area in and surrounding Ukraine as they colonized Siberia but couldn't necessarily find beetroot.

What is macaroni soup?

yeah, Cantonese borshch (although barely borshch) is definitely my favourite borshch

@@codename495 macaroni but in a soup

I always heard that you shouldn't pick wild mushrooms in eastern Germany and Bavaria because of the fallout from Chernobyl, I wonder if there is any truth to that.

@@lonelystrategos interesting. Well ate them and am fine. That was in 2001 so top layer soil is pretty safe. I be fair I live an hour from a nuclear site in the US where my mom and dad worked. Most of the cloud went north anyway so the rest of Europe while measure able wasn't horrible. More scary were the other incidents in Russia and what was going on in the urals.

YES. This 🥺

Yes. He’s helping making the history ❤

Damn that's quite the story! A Chinese born russian man living in Australia, that's quite the journey!

Don't forget to get rye bread and very thick sour cream for it!

That's interesting. I cook borsch with beans always and I thought that its standard recipe. But recently I found that actually most of Ukrainians cook borsch without it. Also I've been told that borsch with beans is lean

@@halaidaoksana5895 I am from Ukraine, Shostka, Sumy region never heard of kidney beans in borsch. My family recipe has beef chunks, potatoe chunks, shredded beets, shredded carrot, onion, I like to fry the last 3 together with a tea spoon of tomatoe paste. For spices just salt, peper and bay leaf. Super Interesting how it changes by area. I've lived in Canada for a while now and it also has long Ukrainina history but here in Canada Ukranians are known for perogies and not borsch whilst in europe it more of a polish thing.

Do you feel for Bandera Ukrainians who murdered poles by the thousands? Do you love those who murder your people. You are a traitor to polish people.

@@DrDashajacsonaleksan No cabbage?

@@DrDashajacsonaleksan after I posted this comment I read, that also in Ukraine more often you fry the veggies before cook it, but the tomato paste is really interesting and I will honestly try it. Pierogi style dumplings are everywhere, the main difference is what we put inside of them 😂 i live in Lisbon and always go to Ukrainian store to buy some, and they're definitely different, yet delicious ♥️

But Smetana isn't butter

@@vladimirthegreen6097 I’d mention that to my parents but they are gone over 20 years. Don’t believe I can fix this for you at this point.

@@vladimirthegreen6097 Bulgarians call cream smetana. And the butter is made from the cream, so it could be that in Lithuanian (or some form of dialect) it was called that. I remember in my grandmas village (Poltava Region) where everything was homemade, no one would ever buy and use smetana. Everyone had a cow, so there would be a jar of cream(вершки) in the fridge somewhere (thick one, not like commercial whipping cream). And then we would make butter from it, by rolling a 3L jars 🫙on our tights 😅

Now you can tell them this story, and help them both appreciate a foreign culture and the meaning of community :)

Здравствуйте! Польский "Barszcz" да ещё с uszkami, мммм😋 но на любителя. Мне лично больше по вкусу żurek i flaczki Ну И конечно bigos 😋👍 - это то, что из польской кухни. Я предлагаю Вам просмотреть и мой вариант украинского борща: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CtqgaQvGL7Y.html😋 А ещё есть прекрасный суп, Солянка, сборная мясная - рекомендую! Так же, есть на моём канале! Приглашаю! Всего Вам доброго!