Lidia Celebrates America
Borscht, Ukrainian Style
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 1m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Lidia makes Borscht, Ukrainian style, with Polina Frishko and Enna Elias.
Watch Lidia make Borscht, Ukrainian style, in Hartsville, South Carolina, with Polina Frishko and another Ukrainian immigrant, Enna Elias. While they cook, they talk about food and community.
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Lidia Celebrates America
Borscht, Ukrainian Style
Clip: Season 2023 Episode 1 | 1m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Lidia make Borscht, Ukrainian style, in Hartsville, South Carolina, with Polina Frishko and another Ukrainian immigrant, Enna Elias. While they cook, they talk about food and community.
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Am I right?
- Yeah - Absolutely.
- While I was in Hartsville, Polina and Ukrainian American resident Enna Elias gave me a lesson on how to cook Ukraine's national dish.
- Enna, what does borscht mean to you?
- Borscht means a lot to me.
It means Ukraine, it means my home country.
It means a homemade meal for my children, for my friends.
- Tell me your philosophy of borscht.
- We Ukrainian are obsessed with borscht.
It's a must have.
- So all the shredding, the beets and the carrots together.
- [Enna] Yes.
Polina said that yours is an American style.
- It's a little bit a healthier version.
I do not add bacon to my borscht.
- My borscht is like glazed onion, carrot, sweet pepper, and then beetroot.
- When you have your memories of your food, the traditional food, it does change a little bit because the ingredients are different.
- Yeah.
- Because the kids like, so you sort of acclimate a little bit.
So be ready for a little bit, but never forget your tradition.
- Never.
- So I just put this in?
- Yes, please, go ahead.
- Just like that?
- Just like that.
- Oh, let's put the whole thing in.
So how long does this take now to cook?
- It takes about another 10 to 15 minutes.
- Oh.
- Just enough for the cabbage to soften.
And it's ready to serve.
- All right.
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