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‖ kasha1|ˈkæʃə|
Also casha.
[Russ.]
1. A gruel or porridge made from cooked buckwheat or other meals or cereals.
1808M. Wilmot Jrnl. 5 July in Russ. Jrnls. (1934) iii. 356 Their Casha is very like Stirabout, & this is a favourite dish. 1903[see blintze]. 1958Hayward & Harari tr. Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago ii. ix. 270 I'll get Uncle Yury to stay to dinner and take the kasha out of the oven. 1961N. Froud et al. tr. Montagné's Larousse Gastronomique 554 Kasha is the Russian for cooked buckwheat. 1966N. Behn Kremlin Let. xiv. 141 Breakfast..consisted of one small bowl of kasha..the [Russian] equivalent to American hot cereals. 1971New Statesman 1 Jan. 8/3 Rents are low in Russia..and the basic necessities—bread, potatoes and kasha flour—are not dear. 1973Times 3 Feb. 13/5 You can try the kneidlach soup (with matzo-meal dumplings), the kasha (buckwheat) and the tzimmes.
2. A beige colour resembling that of buckwheat groats.
1957M. McCarthy Memories Catholic Girlhood viii. 200 She had an outfit made..in a new colour called ‘kashha’. 1971Guardian 19 Jan. 9/3 Principal colours are navy, ‘Kasha’ (a Russian buckwheat porridge beige), and ‘smoke’. |