Somma (summer) or Krut (weed) Borscht

==Description==
This borscht was discribed as "a soup by many names" in the Mennonite Foods and Folkways from South Russia" by Norma Jost Voth.
===Ingredients===
*10 cups water 
*3 pieces of farmer Sausage, 6 inch pieces (or more) 
*1/2 cup chopped green onion tops 
*2 cups chopped fresh sorrel 
*1/3 cup fresh dill sprigs 
*3-4 medium potatoes, diced 
*3 sprigs parsley 
*1 bay leaf 
*8 peppercorns 
* salt 
* sour cream 
===Directions===
To the water in a large soup pot, add the farmer Sausage and cook for about 1 hour: this makes your soup stock. 
Remove the pieces of Sausage and let cool, then remove the casing and cut up into bit size pieces. 
Add potatoes, Onion greens, dill green, parsley, sorrel, bay leaf and peppercorns (in a spice bag or container) to the stock. 
Cook this until potatoes are done. 
Add the farmer Sausage pieces back into the soup. 
Add salt to taste. 
Serve hot with heaping tablespoon of sour cream in each serving. 
Good served with fresh homemade brown bread. 
The farmer Sausage can be substituted with a smoked Ham hock. 
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==See also==
Category:German Soups
Category:German Recipes
Category: Boiled Sorrel RecipesCategory: Sorrel Soup Recipes
Category:Bay Leaf Recipes
Category:dill leaf Recipes
Category:parsley Recipes
category:shallot Recipes
category:sour cream Recipes
category:bay leaf Recipes
category:Potato Recipes
category:parsley Recipes
category:Sausage Recipes
category:sorrel Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:Onion Recipes
category:salt Recipes
category:Ham Recipes
category:dill Recipes