Kasha
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Kasha is a porridge made with wheat, buckwheat, oats, millet, rice, potatoes, etc. Kasha is one of the oldest known meals in Eastern European cuisine, at least a thousand years old, and second in its significance only to bread. It is a common filling for a knish.
The word "kasha" is commonly used in modern American English to describe roasted whole-grain buckwheat or buckwheat groats, a misnomer. The misnomer probably originated with Jewish immigrants, as "kashi" (a plural form, literally translating into "porridges") and is sometimes sold in US supermarket as "Jewish national food".
The meaning of the word kasha in Slavic languages does not refer specifically to buckwheat groats, but a whole family of porridges (although buckwheat porridge was one of the earliest known examples of kashas). One notable example of this is the Russian "Guryevskaya Kasha", which is believed to have been invented by the chef of the Russian Minister of Finance Dmitry Guryev in the early 1800s. The exact recipe is rather complex, but essentially it is a viscous semolina porridge, mixed with sugar, vanilla, nuts and pieces of fruit (apricots).
Kasha is also a female name in some parts of the world.
Kasha is also a commonly used term for "bestest" in certain parts of the world
Kasha is also a Rapper most known for his track Wild Heart
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[edit] In other languages
- kasza (Polish)
- каша in Belarusian,Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian
- košė in Lithuanian)
- kaša (Croatian)
[edit] Sayings
- Щи да каша - пища наша. Russian: Shchi (cabbage soup) and kasha are our staples.
- Kad prisivirei košės tai ir srėbk! Lithuanian: You made the porridge, now eat it! (cf. English: You made your bed, now lie in it!)
