Ikraine Ukraine We all kraine: Borsch and Beats

For those of you that don't know, it is cold in Ukraine. Like so cold that they had to cancel school for the past couple of days. And it is a full time job just to get ready to go outside. Thermal pants, sweats, jeans, thermal shirt, sweater, jacket, gloves, 3 pairs of socks, a scarf, boots with the fur, and a nice furry hat must be worn just to go outside to buy something at the market. So like any normal person would do I decided to stay inside. Which meant I ate the same thing for a whole week. Fried potatoes, sausage w/chopped up onions, pasta, pelmeny, and eggs. And then hit repeat and i had the same thing the next day and so forth. So when Sunday came I decided to attempt to make borsch. Borsch is one of Ukraine's national dishes. It is a soup that consists of beets, cabbage, onions, peppers, carrots, meat, and potatoes. But in Ukraine it is not considered a soup. It has it's own category which is Borsch. And I eat borsch often but I never cook it and for good reasons. A) it is a process and takes to long, and B) i'm too lazy. So earlier today i ventured out to buy some of the ingredients in the freezing cold after not being outside in a couple of days. And a buddy of mine, Rus, came over to assist me in cooking borsch. Rus is one of my good Ukrainian friends in my village and his family and him are always trying to help me. Although he doesn't speak much English we've learned to get by. So it was nice having company in my apartment. Another thing about Rus is that he loves hip-hop. And so today we listened to some Kanye and some Jay-Z. So today was all about Borsch and Beats.