If you look up the world barszcz in the dictionary, two meanings are listed: firstly, barszcz is a soured soup (zupa na zakwasie ... writer Lucyna Ćwierciakiewiczowa included four recipes for borscht ...

It takes time to make, but it's not a complicated soup recipe. "This is a version of Borscht my mother's Polish family has made for many generations. I remember HATING this soup as a kid.

Nothing can be truer in case of the dispute on the very core of the difference between two popular soups: żur and barszcz biały (white borscht ... for a perfect sour soup, the old Polish court cooks ...