Quote Originally Posted by Loki
Wife cooked me gortoshka (sorry for the spelling) yesterday...
Maybe okroshka? The root is -krosh- "to cut into small pieces" - it is a cold soop made of kvas, vegetables and meet. Or kartoshka - cooked potatos.

Anyone like kvass?[/quote]
I do. BTW in my town they start to sell it again, but speaking frankly this kvas is not so good as it was in the USSR. The wrong technology, I think.