Lithuanian Cold Soup and Salad

Ingredients

 * 3 to 6 cooked beets with stems and leaves (cut up fine) or 2 cans shoestring beets
 * 10 to 12 green onions, sliced sm. (tops and bottoms)
 * cucumbers, if you have fresh grown pickling cukes from the garden, use 6 to 8 small ones, cut up fine; if you use grocery store salad cukes, 2 long thin cukes diced small (about 3 cups of cuke pieces)
 * 4 boiled eggs, cut up fine
 * 2 tsp dill (fresh is best)
 * 2 tbsp vinegar
 * salt to taste
 * 16 oz of sour cream
 * water

Directions

 * 1) Mix cooked beets, fresh onions, fresh cukes, boiled eggs, dill, salt, vinegar and sour cream.
 * 2) Stir gently.
 * 3) It will look like a dark pink salad.
 * 4) Put in a gallon container and add water and (or) ice cubes until jar is full.
 * 5) Stir gently.
 * 6) Test with more salt, vinegar or dill to your taste.
 * 7) Refrigerate until ice melts and serve very cold.
 * 8) It will be a bright hot pink soup (salad).
 * 9) Stores well in refrigerator for one week.