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BigmanPigman

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3. The Borcht Belt comedians are well known....
Tue Mar 12, 2024, 09:26 PM
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"The name comes from borscht, a soup of Ukrainian origin, made with beetroot as the main ingredient giving it a deep reddish-purple color,[5] that is popular in many Central and Eastern European countries and brought by Ashkenazi Jewish and Slavic immigrants to the United States. The name is a play on existing colloquial names for other American regions (such as the Bible Belt and Rust Belt). The name the Yiddish Alps was used (possibly coined) by Larry King and is satirical: a classic example of borscht belt humor."

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