and it took so damn long, that i thought i should let the world know.
last christmas season my PCV bff & i made borscht @ her hobbit house and it was de-lish-us. we used her own vegetarian recipe, found here, and feasted. i haven't had the temerity to try it on my own until last weekend, and it was so good the second time around that i decided it would become a christmas tradition for me. every year, a day devoted to borscht-makin that i can then share with my friends & fam. now for americans, the thought of a beet bustin, cabbage crawlin', dill & sour cream topped 'soup' will probably cause some friends to renounce me and family to shun me around the holidays in order to avoid me shoving borscht down their throats. but trust me americans, it's scrumptious and nutritious and you'll LOVE it (duff)..
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| a couple of julienned beets (note: they should be grated, but i like to bite into my beets) |
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| the bloody beet aftermath. i photographed my hands too, but it was altogether too gruesome for the internet. |
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| an hourish later and the veggies are ready! |
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| all the flavors becoming borschtie besties |
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| after all that hard work, i shared some with my landlady who swore that it was tasty, but not borscht… according to her, my failure to grate the beets turned this into something that i translated as meaning 'beet soup' instead. whatever. it's all borscht to me. |
added benefit of borscht: your trips to the bathroom for the next few days will be unexpectedly more fun. in a good way!
last time i updated my book list was… a few seasons ago. so here's a look at the friends that have been keeping me company for the past few months & if i recommend that you delve into a friendship with them as well: finished Henry Kissinger's The White House Years (1979) and Rabbit, Run (1960) by Updike. Things Fall Apart (1959) by Chinua Achebe, Lady Chatterly's Lover (1928) by D.H. Lawrence, All the Pretty Horses (1992) by Cormac McCarthy, Nalpalm & Silly Putty (2001) by George Carlin, Life & Times of Michael K (1983) by J.M. Coetzee, Pride & Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen [delve!], Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (1997) by J.K. Rowling [delve], Gone With the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchell [delve!!], Great Railway Bazaar (1975) by Paul Theroux, Empire of the Summer Moon (2010) by S.C. Gwynne, A Hero of our Time (1840) by Mikhail Lermontov [5th or 6th time reading it, fall more in love with it every time. delve, delve!], The Miserable Mill (2000) by Lemony Snicket, White Fang (1915) by Jack London [delve], Hells Angels (1966) by Hunter S. Thompson, Kruschev: A Career (1966) by Edward Crankshaw [delve], No Country for Old Men (2005) by Cormac McCarthy [delve!], The Ambassadors (1903) by Henry James, The Counterlife (1986) by Philip Roth, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (1999) by J.K. Rowling [delve!]. phew.
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