Stroganoff

[Jan Ivarsson]

I think the right place to look for Stroganoff is rather in French cookbooks than in Russian. Swedish cookbooks from late 19th century have recipes for "filet de boeuf à la russe", identical to what we know as "boeuf Stroganoff", except that the meat is not cut into small pieces but in slices.
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Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 2:09 AM
Subject: Blinis (1860); Continental Breakfast (1860)


> BLINIS
>
>    The OED has the blintz under "blin," from 1889.
>    I've got two 1920s Russian cookbooks coming over from the NYPL annex, so the request will go out Monday, it'll come on Tuesday when I work, and I'll check it out on Wednesday.
>    This is a Russian cookbook--in French.  It's really wonderful.  This "blini" has got to count for something.
>    FWIW, no "Stroganoff."
>