But while Peter's idea of a good time was writing fan letters to Frederick the Great and discussing how superior bratwurst was to borscht, Catherine's was rather different.
You can start with (speaking Russian) , you can start with (speaking Russian) , then you can do borscht, which is like a very Russian soup, also made of beets.
Popular soups include borscht (beetroot soup), solyanka (a sweet and sour beef and pork soup), mushroom soup, and the country's oldest recorded soup, Russian fish soup (ukha).
Okay well we've got borscht and we've got something that I'm gonna tend to feel say is pierogi because the dumplings, which points me towards kind of like definitely European, probably Eastern European.
Once travel became easier and people could go to other places other than merely drive to a local area – such as the Borscht Belt, for those who lived in New York City – many of these resorts became less popular.