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This ritual repetitiveness of Soplica’s meals was adjusted only to the season and to the Catholic calendar of feasts and fasts. In this case, it’s Lithuanian cold borscht, a summertime soup that is still as popular on hot days in both Lithuania and Poland as ''gazpacho'' is in Spain.
This ritual repetitiveness of Soplica’s meals was adjusted only to the season and to the Catholic calendar of feasts and fasts. In this case, it’s Lithuanian cold borscht, a summertime soup that is still as popular on hot days in both Lithuania and Poland as ''gazpacho'' is in Spain.


There is a&nbsp;linguistic problem here, though. Mickiewicz has used two different terms, ''“chłodnik”'' (pronounced {{pron|HWawd|neek}}) and ''“chołodziec”'' ({{pron|Haw|Waw|jets}}). Both words derive from the adjective ''“chłodny”'', or “cold”, but while Mickiewiczologists have no doubt that ''“chłodnik”'' refers to a&nbsp;cold soup, there is some disagreement as to what kind of dish ''chołodziec'' was.<ref>{{Cyt  
There is a&nbsp;linguistic problem here, though. Mickiewicz has used two different terms, ''“chłodnik”''{{czyt|chłodnik}} and ''“chołodziec”''{{czyt|chołodziec}}. Both words derive from the adjective ''“chłodny”'', or “cold”, but while Mickiewiczologists have no doubt that ''“chłodnik”'' refers to a&nbsp;cold soup, there is some disagreement as to what kind of dish ''chołodziec'' was.<ref>{{Cyt  
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== Second Course ==
== Second Course ==
[[File:Jedzą, piją, a&nbsp;milczą wszyscy.jpg|thumb|In the film, the Count, Telimena, Thaddeus and Sophie are having something that looks more like string beans, known in Poland as “asparagus beans”, than actual asparagus.]]
[[File:{{#setmainimage:Jedzą, piją, a&nbsp;milczą wszyscy.jpg}}|thumb|In the film, the Count, Telimena, Thaddeus and Sophie are having something that looks more like string beans, known in Poland as “asparagus beans”, than actual asparagus.]]
Now that we know what they had for soup, let’s find out what was served as the second course.
Now that we know what they had for soup, let’s find out what was served as the second course.


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If you’ve never heard of ''kisiel'' (pronounced {{pron|kee|shel}}) or of this saying, don’t worry. Mickiewicz apparently thought that even Polish people living outside Lithuania might be unfamiliar with either of these, so he added the following explanatory footnote:
If you’ve never heard of ''kisiel''{{czyt|kisiel}} or of this saying, don’t worry. Mickiewicz apparently thought that even Polish people living outside Lithuania might be unfamiliar with either of these, so he added the following explanatory footnote:


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== Full Menu ==
== Full Menu ==
And so we’ve created a&nbsp;complete menu of a&nbsp;Soplica-style dinner:
And so we’ve created a&nbsp;complete menu of a&nbsp;Soplica-style dinner:
<nomobile>[[File:Pan Tadeusz - menu EN.jpg|center|class=full-page|Menu of a&nbsp;Soplica-style dinner]]</nomobile><mobileonly>[[File:Pan Tadeusz - menu EN mobile.jpg|center|class=full-page|Menu of a&nbsp;Soplica-style dinner|alt=First course: Lithuanian cold borscht whitened with cream, vodka. Second course: chicken mayonnaies with crayfish and asparagus, malaga wine. Third course: boiled mutton, stewed cucumbers, tokay wine. Fourth course: young turkey hens in bechamel sauce, champagne. Dessert: apple oatmeal jelly, pear compote, old mead.]]</mobileonly>
 
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