Afaik there are at least dozen or two different recipes of borscht in Eastern Europe. In fact, just a map of them and spellings of ‘borschtsch’ would make for a

Afaik there are at least dozen or two different recipes of borscht in Eastern Europe. In fact, just a map of them and spellings of ‘borschtsch’ would make for an interesting resource. BTW, borscht was originally made with hogweed, which is where the name comes from. The beetroots variant is a later development, though it has now practically replaced the original.