Cooking Borscht • Sour Borscht with Greens

Ingredients

• Water – 6 to 8 cups
• Fresh white mushrooms – 15 oz
• Salt – 1 1/2 teaspoon
• Beets – 10 oz
• Sauerkraut – 7 oz
• Sorrel – 8 oz
• Spinach – 7 oz
• Chopped dill – 2 tablespoons
• Salt – to taste
• Sour cream – 4 teaspoons
• Mayonnaise – 4 teaspoons
• Fresh green cabbage – 4 pounds
• 1 carrot
• 3 bay leaves
• 6 peppercorns
• Water – 4 cups
• Sugar – 2 tablespoons
• Salt – 2 tablespoons