the sexy beet soup brought to you by zhana ostorozhna

The Beet Soup! Borscht!



today's post is brought to you by Zhana Ostorozhna, my Russian red nose clown alter-ego.
she has her own fb page where she talks about the nourishing hearth, the beet and life and death and cooking. you can find her if you click here



from zhana, with love:
in russia, the beet is svekla, and is sexy. and is nourishing staple. for purify blood (krov) nourish the heart (serdtsye). it is the wise woman who brings to you the beet because the root food give the deepest nutrient and medicines on earth. the russian earth, zemlya, is the soul of the russian people. so the beet is a little bit like the soul. it is red on the inside, which mean it is sexy. we are not afraid of little bit sin, lot a bit nourishment. lenin did not like his russian people be like radish, red on outside, white on inside. he like his people be like the beet. red inside and out.

the beet in russia is made into the borscht soup, the fermented beet drink, and the pickled salads with cabbage and dill. it is also made into the chocolate red velvet cake, but i bring to you this later at end of beetifesto.

you can buy the beet from beetselling babushka like this one. she is stronger than you because she eat the beet her entire life. she use her big bog arms and make the beet to kiss the dill and then she massage in the sunflower oils or the sourcream. her armpits smell like the potato & the carrot and she hit you if you try squeeze onto metro before her.



in mother russia and ukraine and other parts of former soviet union, beet is ancient healer. russia put the beet in medicine because it strengthen immune system. we are not sissy in russia and do not take the cold pills. we put the horseradish grated on the chest, and take the shot of vodka and put the hot potatoes in the socks while drinking beet infusion. it scare the cold away.

how to treat a cold or the flu with a beet infusion.
Wash and scrub a small beet, grate and place in a saucepan. add fresh sage to pan. and two teaspoons honey and one teaspoon of vinegar. Pour a pint of boiling distilled water, infuse for ten minutes. strain, cool and drink. say, 'svekla' three times while spinning in circle. add more honey if you are scared of hearty flavor. drink it two to three times a day. Make it fresh daily.

you can also gargle with the beet infusion to soothe a sore throat.


in america, the beet is the beet and is not considered so sexy root vegetable. but is is having come back. beet come to colorado via germans who bring beet from russia. colorado has potential for red root soul because of this. america, it is time to resurrect the beet. all rise in favor of the beet and say, 'SVEKlA!' to speak name of root vegetable in morning and before bed is to nourish soul of body, and to nourish soul of earth. you will be fortified with iron dreams. stars that exploded millions of years ago put into the blood the iron. so we say that the beet is little bit like red star in earth. america and your star spangled ways, replace your plastic flag with the beet. nourish yourself with the root, not the star and stripes that wave in sky making the sound like fart in the wind.




the other amazing thing you can do with the beet is to make art. like this matrosyhka print with the stained beet juice. i find on flikr internet and wish to share with you. if you want make your own beet art, get naked, put the plastic on the floor and some precious white canvas materials. peel and grate the beet and squeeze into hands. spread all around the canvas and turn into masterpiece. russia people like iskustva (art) as much as we like the beet. do not be afraid of the blood of the beet


To make the best beet borscht in world and attract sexy husband or wife:
peel 2 pounds beet. cut them and put in pot
add 8 -10 or 12c water (or combination water & chicken stock) (recipe is dumb, improvise what looks right)
4 carrots cut
3 potatoes cut
1 onion and three clove garlic sautee in butter
2 bayleaf
salt & ground pepper
1-2 turnip cut for the indigenous taste

boil then simmer till soft.
puree this till look like sexy red velvet soup.

add fresh dill and smetana/sour cream or cream fraiche, or plain, cream top yoghurt.
eat with the black bread and live longer than you would have.


Lastly, for the beet cake i tell you about earlier:
Go to this link and substitute the stupid processed sugar and stupid processed flour with the healthy honey and the healthy hardy spelt grain.
velvet beet cake inspired by russia with love, click here


Na zdrovye, Rise to the beet and embrace what is sexy from the roots!
Zhana Ostorozhna love your belly!