And if I never have to move again, I will be a happy person. It’s the small things that will do me in. Where do all these completely indispensable tiny little objects come from? I’m having nightmares about heaps of small objects jumping out at me wherever I go.
congratulations!
LikeLike
This is an amazing adventure! And will you remember that you started your new life when it was (seemingly) very cold and there was ice on the wine glasses?
LikeLike
Смачного!
LikeLike
Your set table is so pretty! Congratulations!
LikeLike
Moving is horrible. But if you can set a table like that already in your new home, you must be doing it right! Way to go.
LikeLike
My wife is an excellent cook. Even though she is Kyrgyz she makes great Russian cuisine as well as Central Asian fare. Yesterday she made a great borscht. Which was good because today we have the problem detailed in the link below.
http://jpohl.blogspot.com/2014/07/no-gas-for-month.html
LikeLike
NB: borscht is Ukrainian, not Russian. 🙂
LikeLike
And barszcz is Polish. How different are borscht and barszcz?
LikeLike
I addressed this once before. There are actually three or more things called barszcz in Poland.
1 Barszcz ukraiński (Urainian barszcz) similar to a recipe Clarissa once posted (though it probably wouldn’t pass her test as being ‘real’ as it’s considered a soup)
2 Barszcz czerwony (Red barszcz) – the standard Polish version is a clear broth made from beets and other vegetables, may have little dumplings called ‘ears’ (uszka) in it.
3 Biały barszcz – similar to żurek, a soup made from sour rye flour (but might use wheat rather than rye) traditionally eaten at Easter.
4 Cold borscht – is never called barszcz in Poland but chłodnik (it’s the exact same color as pepto bismol but much better tasting)
5 A friend from the southeast of Poland makes a christmas eve soup that is called barszcz in his village. It’s made of sour rye, buckwheat and dried mushrooms. Heavenly (but no picture)
LikeLike
BTW, let me once again urge anyone reading here to please read Tom Robbins’ Jitterbug Perfume. It begins with a discussion of beets. It is one of the half dozen best novels I have ever read.
LikeLike
Congratulations!
LikeLike
A conservative literary critic and college professor
Clarissa's Blog 
Leave a comment