Thursday, November 1, 2012

Yellow Borsch!?


Last Sunday I wanted to make Borsch. When I went to the grocery store to buy beets, I found that the only beets they had were golden beets. They are BRIGHT YELLOW in color.
Here they are grated and ready for frying.
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They looked especially vibrant next to the orange carrots.
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When the soup was done it looked mighty different than the borsch I am used to, but it tasted just as good. The golden beets have a milder flavor than the red ones do. Plus since I used yellow beets, I didn’t look like I had just murdered someone after grating them all up. (Ever cooked with red beets?)
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IF YOU HAVEN’T EATEN BORSCH YOU HAVEN’T LIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 comments:

Leilani Bascom said...

What's the recipe?!!

Unknown said...

@Leilani: there should be a link in the first paragraph. If that doesn't work, search for it it the "recipes" category on the left sidebar :-)

just a little bit mo said...

Yum! How gorgeous are those golden beets!?! I agree about the red beets . . . it is pretty crazy how "bloody" regular beets make everything look when you're cooking with them.

The Garcias said...

I have never had borsch but I craved it like a mad woman when I was pregnant. I am super excited to try to make it!