My Grandmother must have come from the other side of the river - she spelled it with a T

add T

BORSCHT

which is where the "Borscht Circuit" in the Catskills got its name from - all the New York City dwellers went there in the summer to escape the heat. They stayed in big hotels - Grossingers, the Nevele, etc. Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks and many others honed their comedy skills there...