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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 linguistic problem here, though. Mickiewicz has used two different terms, "''chłodnik''" (pronounced | There is a 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 cold soup, there is some disagreement as to what kind of dish ''chołodziec'' was.<ref>{{Cyt | ||
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If you've never heard of ''kisiel'' (pronounced | 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: | ||
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