Lithuania
A cold bowl and a cross-border version
Georgii Bondarev’s Lithuanian cold borscht combines beet, kefir, cucumber and herbs. Potatoes and egg accompany the bowl. The author explicitly identifies this particular version with Kaliningrad.
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RecipeLithuanian Cold Borscht
Georgii Bondarev’s cold beet-and-kefir soup, with cucumber, herbs and egg; the author locates this version in Kaliningrad.
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Georgii Bondarev · Public Domain Recipes · Lithuanian Cold Borscht ↗ https://publicdomainrecipes.com/lithuanian-cold-borscht/
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