Beef a la Strongonoff (1923)

[Peter A. McGraw]

Since this thread refuses to die, I have to add a bit of information I
found, viz., that there appears to be some relationship between the name
Stroganoff and a Russian verb strogat' (t'= voiceless palatal stop) meaning
"scrape".

This, of course, disproves the theory about the mythical ancestor who got
chopped into little pieces.  Obviously, he merely got into a scrape....

Peter Mc.

--On Mon, Feb 5, 2001 1:55 PM +0800 Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
wrote:

> At 11:59 AM -0500 2/5/01, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>> THE BORZOI COOK BOOK
>> compiled and translated
>> by Princess Alexandre Gagarine
>> Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1923
>> ...Pg. 133:
>>    Beef a la Strongonoff (Yes, "Strong enough"--ed.)
>
> That's the version with a cup of vodka stirred in with the sour
> cream, and some chopped raw onions for garnish.  Strong enough for a
> borzoi, but made for a human.
>
> larry



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