I'm late to the "I love borscht" party. My parents used to have it when I was a child, but I was grossed out by the color and the sour cream (it wasn't until I was an adult in my 40s that I found out that sour cream isn't sour). I had my first bowl of borscht last year at a Russian restaurant here in SF. Hmmmmm!!!! Mrs. PTravel and I were in Harbin, China in January. Harbin is close to Siberia and has a lot of Russian influence. We ate in a Chinese Russian restaurant and had borscht that was so good we actually sat back and meditated for a moment on the wonderful taste.
Hmmmm. Borscht!!!!