Somma or Krut Borscht

== Description ==
Summer or weed borscht. This borscht was described 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)
* ½ cup chopped green onion tops
* 2 cups chopped fresh sorrel
* ⅓ 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. 
Category:Dill leaf Recipes
Category:German Soups
Category:Green onion Recipes
Category:Sorrel Recipes
Category:Potato Recipes
Category:Sausage Recipes