There was a direct correlation between my grandmother's borscht and the "stomach flu" I would regularly get around the time of the annual Christmas gathering...
Kielbasa on the side, please! ;)
Loved the pierogi and kielbasa and stuffed peppers at holidays, hated the borscht.
In fact, during holiday meals, my mother would forget my first name - she would tell everyone, 'Don't pass the borscht to HER because SHE doesn't like it.'