Meanings
- uncountableA dish of braised or stewed sauerkraut or cabbage, with bacon, mushroom and onion or garlic.
Then the kapusta was packed into jars super tight and topped with a little kraut juice.
2000, Jim Vozar, “Making Kapusta and Having Fun”, in Wisconsin Slovak, Wisconsin Slovak Historical Society2 more examples
Fresh kiełbasa is made, center cut pork chops are trimmed just right, and the kapusta (sauerkraut) is prepared for cooking.
1979, Paul Wrobel, Our Way: Family, Parish, and Neighborhood in a Polish-American Community, Notre Dame, Ind.; London: University of Notre Dame Press, →ISBN, page 107And there would be the typical mother/daughter bickering over how much salt to add to the kapusta, a traditional cooked cabbage dish.
2016, Kenna White, Virgin Territory, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN - uncountableCabbage soup.
The cabbage soup, the kapusta, it will be ready soon.
1952, Alf Evers, The Colonel’s Squad, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 182 more examples
So you are the gentleman from America who has come to try out our kapusta (cabbage soup) and Communism. I am sure you will go back praising our kapusta.
1931, Albert Muldavin, The Red Fog Lifts, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton and Company, page 264Another interesting offering is kapusta ($1.50 cup, $2.50 bowl), a sauerkraut soup native to Poland.
1994 February 9, Beverly Bundy, “Riscky’s is back in the Saddle and almost as good”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 88th year, number 290, Forth Worth, Tex., section D, page 1
Origin
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