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This week the Chocolate Lady from In Mol Araan is making sorrel soup, also called Shtshav, schav, or szczaw, and named for the amazingly flavorful sorrel which is the main ingredient.
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bilby commented on the word szczaw
Polish - sorrel.
May 11, 2009
madmouth commented on the word szczaw
I like to play a little game that goes like this:
take a garden-variety Slavic name, then slap two or three "z"s on it--insta-Polish!
May 11, 2009
bilby commented on the word szczaw
And this particular one was ripe for transference into Yiddish almost as is.
May 11, 2009
madmouth commented on the word szczaw
an exclamation of disgust akin to 'feh'?
an Unsavoury Type?
May 11, 2009
bilby commented on the word szczaw
Yes please!
May 12, 2009
bilby commented on the word szczaw
Can't get sorrel here *grumbles*
May 13, 2009
bilby commented on the word szczaw
What's half-and-half?
May 13, 2009
qroqqa commented on the word szczaw
bilby: look in your garden. Wood sorrel is oxalis.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word szczaw
I czczame, I szczaw, I czczonquered. (Soz, czczouldn't resist).
May 13, 2009