Meanings
- alternativeAlternative spelling of beef stroganoff.
Beef Stroganov was Maria [Rasputin]’s favorite dish in exile, according to [Patte] Barham.
1993 February 4, Rose Dosti, “The Siberian Gourmet”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 20263 more examples
Russia today is a country of sixteen republics and an estimated 170 nationalities, many with their own languages, customs, and traditional cuisines. Not all, by any means, eat borshch, kasha, and Beef Stroganov. […] The sour cream and mushrooms of Beef Stroganov typify the Slavic north, […]
1967, Barbara Norman, “The Ten Cuisines of Russia”, in The Russian Cookbook […], New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4In the city again I sat on a park bench eating a vanilla ice cream cone. […] Together with Europa Hotel specialties like beef Stroganov and chicken Kiev, it sustained me wonder fully in Leningrad, with help now and then from cookies that I found in the bakeries I passed.
1971 April 18, Robert Deardorff, “‘The Czars Made Leningrad the No. 1 Soviet City’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2018For lunch or dinner, on offer is Siberian venison grilled with mushrooms, for 930 roubles (£10), Beef Stroganov made from veal with mushrooms, mashed potatoes and soft-salted cucumbers for 650 roubles (£7), or rabbit in village sour cream with cinnamon and green beans and corn for 810 roubles (£8.70).
2015 July 31, Will Stewart, “The ex-KGB agent accused of lacing Alexander Litvinenko's cup of tea in Mayfair hotel with Polonium-210 opens a... Moscow tea shop (with his stunning model wife)”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2026
Origin
Partial calque of French bœuf Stroganov.
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