Sentence examples for big borscht from inspiring English sources

We were enjoying our second day at Kutsher's Resort and Country Club -- one of the last of the big borscht belt resorts -- in Monticello, N.Y., and Sam and Avishai had caught onto the fact that they'd landed in a world that they'd formerly known only through the lyrics of the Jewish comedian Allan Sherman (of "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!" fame).

Whatever the variation, no bad borscht was produced.

But telling such bad borscht-belt jokes defeats them.

Otherwise it's like cooking a big pot of borscht and mixing everything together".

A perfect lunch at Leon's consisted of a big bowl of borscht, a double order of caviar with paper-thin blinis and grilled sturgeon kebab, all washed down with a double shot of chilled vodka.

Mr. Cappelli, a buddy of Donald J. Trump's who starts his days before dawn and flies jets for fun, has quietly acquired three of the biggest names of borscht belt hospitality lore: the Concord, Grossinger's and Kutsher's.

Because of Moscow's exploding middle class, you quickly notice two things driving around this increasingly European city -- sushi bars are opening all over (yes, from borscht to Big Macs to California-Kremlin rolls in one decade!) and so many people have cars now that traffic is permanently snarled (imagine Jakarta with snow and ice and you've got today's Moscow).

A block away he found a little Polish restaurant where he had a bowl of borscht and a big plate of pirogis, drank the large glass of grape Kool-Aid they brought without his asking, and, after a generous tip, still had change left from a ten-dollar bill.

But he left his biggest impression on generations of Borscht Belt entertainers -- singers, comedians, animal acts (like the piano-playing pigeons), novelties (like the harmonica player who tap-danced on a piano keyboard) and other oddities (like the stuttering mind reader) -- for whom he found gigs in what once were dozens if not hundreds of hotels and bungalow colonies in the region.

Now great rows of tinned borscht announce a newer arrival.

They change daily, but I was lucky enough to try the mushroom barley, a vegan brew of light broth, sliced mushrooms, celery, dill, carrots and parsley ($3.50/cup $4.45/bowll), as well as their Russian borscht, not vegetarian per se, with its big chunks of beef, but full of veggies anyway, like shredded beets, cabbage, carrots and potatoes.