"Borsch, like Buddhism, is perfectly suited to a global culture. In each, within a global phenomenon local variants are so numerous and diverse that it is hard sometimes for a non-specialist to grasp that any single example of it is something that is part of a unified tradition. Borsch is an almost perfect example of the recently coined term "glocalization" – a phenomenon that is global in distribution but reflective of local needs and ways in its variants and adaptation. One way that borsch differs from the standard conept of "glocalization" is that, unlike modern counterparts that begin as global initiatives and then are adapted to local conditions, borsch was a highly localized product that became globalized, and in the process adapted to conditions other than the original ones."