I had no idea there was borscht drama.
r/HobbyDrama is casual reading and a neverending source of joy and cultural education, like, damn, Ukraine is applying to UNESCO to have borscht declared a cultural heritage food and I did not know that Russia on an official level (well, apparently on Twitter?) tried to culturally appropriate borscht.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jqp13z/soup_drama_the_borscht_identity/
There is discussion in the comments of that post about the one-sidedness of the write-up and the need for a food historian or anthropologist to weigh in, and how you can't actually prove it at all. You know, I am fine with that whole discussion, it's super polite (mostly, one person did get a little shirty). And it's all fascinating! Because food.
I mean, it's food, that sort of thing tends to spread and mix around, so I understand that it's a dish that's all over that region and there are a thousand recipes. The only thing I wish is that people would share their damn recipes. Or link to some. This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/jqp13z/soup_drama_the_borscht_identity/
There is discussion in the comments of that post about the one-sidedness of the write-up and the need for a food historian or anthropologist to weigh in, and how you can't actually prove it at all. You know, I am fine with that whole discussion, it's super polite (mostly, one person did get a little shirty). And it's all fascinating! Because food.
I mean, it's food, that sort of thing tends to spread and mix around, so I understand that it's a dish that's all over that region and there are a thousand recipes. The only thing I wish is that people would share their damn recipes. Or link to some. This entry has been cross-posted to Dreamwidth (
comments). Comments are welcome on either post.