Also 9 tschee, stchie, stchee. [Russian щи kail.] Cabbage soup.
1833. R. Pinkerton, Russia, 71. A favourite and common dish among them is a kind of broth, called tschee.
1855. Englishwoman in Russia, 46. We get plenty of black bread and salt, and very often stchie.
1904. Daily News, 14 April, 5/3. We won Poltava on stchi (cabbage soup), and beat Napoleon with kasha (buckwheat gruel).
1906. Daily Chron., 28 Aug., 3/1. The fare is disgusting, the ‘stchee’ uneatable.
