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schav

(shäv, shchäv)

A chilled soup made with sorrel, onions, lemon juice, eggs, and sugar and served with sour cream.

[Yiddish shtshav, from Polish szczaw.]

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schav

(ʃɑːv)

(Cookery) a Polish soup made with sorrel, onions, eggs, lemons, and sugar and served cold with sour cream

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During the hot months, Jews from the Eastern European countries of Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania often served sorrel in a cold borscht (soup) called tchav (sometimes spelled schav).

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Schav is a traditional Russian-Eastern European soup of sorrel and potato that is refreshing served cold, and heartening served hot.

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Schav, which is sorrel simmered in broth or water, is also served with radishes and cucumbers, as well as sour cream and green onions.

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Cooked with wild leeks or cultivated onion and potato, they become a soup called "schav".

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Schav, a green soup made with sorrel, is another Slavic (and Jewish) favorite.

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In fact, the delicious kosher soup known as "Schav" is based on domestic sorrel, which has the same flavor.

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