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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stroganoff

a beef dish cooked in sauce containing sour cream, 1932, from French, from name of the prominent Russian family, usually said to be for specifically in honor of diplomat Count Paul Stroganov (1774-1817).

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stroganoff

n. A dish of sautéed pieces of beef (or a substitute) served in a sauce with sour cream.

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Stroganoff

Stroganoff may refer to:

  • the Russian family name Stroganov
  • the dish beef Stroganoff
  • the Stroganoff affair, an Australian political scandal
  • Stroganoff Madonna
  • Alexander Grigorievich Stroganoff
  • Elisabeth Alexandrovna Stroganoff
  • Vasili Vasilievich Stroganoff

Usage examples of "stroganoff".

The leaders of the Voltaireans were two noblemen, named, respectively, Stroganoff and Schuvaloff.

There was something that looked like beef stroganoff in one dish on a hot serving-line buffet and I filled up on that.

We had a deal--no more burritos before flying--but I figured that the Russian version of beef stroganoff wasn't included in that agreement.

She emptied the beef Stroganoff into a cooking pot and grinned down at it so the others couldn't see.

Stinson rent them the nicest room in the house but she brought McGuinn his own platter of beef Stroganoff.

But several days later, after another attempt at making beef stroganoff resulted in a tasteless mess of half-cooked noodles and beef-substitute, he found himself wandering back to C5C and pulling out a bottle of scotch.

The stuff looked more like beef Romanov, after the executions, then beef Stroganoff as advertised, but it tasted surprisingly good.

In the cabin, the little trays of everybody's Chicken Kiev or Beef Stroganoff entrees are half eaten with the air conditioner cleaning up any leftover food smell.