My favourite meal is beef stroganoff. I’ve loved it since forever. My mom made it regularly since it was a meal that pleased us all, and with five, that was rare.
Though I think one brother, like my son, picked out the mushrooms. For both of them, it’s a flavour and not a texture thing.
I love mushrooms. Cooked or raw, they’re delicious.
We make stroganoff with ground beef. I suspect it started that way as a cost-saving initiative – I grew up with money very tight – but that’s how I like it best.
And while I’ll have it with noodles, my preferred base is rice. Brown rice because it’s better. In that it has flavour.
Stroganoff is a relatively easy meal to make and quick with it, so I made it lots when I was working and my son was small. The window between home and bedtime was tight. I don’t miss the freneticism of those years.
It’s also the meal I made the first time I cooked for my son’s girlfriend. I’d met her, but this was the first big do at the house, and I was nervous. Luckily, there was wine. The first glass didn’t do much to quell my nerves, but the second one gave everything a rosy glow as I got started on prep.
Thank God I didn’t chop off my finger.
Things went pretty well. Even drunk, it’s hard to mess up a meal you’ve prepared hundreds of times.
I’d chosen noodles after consultation with my son – he figured it would be preferred. If the drunken stroganoff was fine – that’s the name my son gave the evening – cooking it longer simply improved the flavours, the same cannot be said of the cavatappi.
I was a very mellow drunk that evening, as is mostly the case even when I’m dancing in the clubs. Mellow cooking is great -you’re basically the human equivalent of a slow cooker. But one mostly doesn’t cook noodles in slow cookers. Not everyone likes the consistency of mush peas.
On the bright side, less chewing was required.
I told you – life is just marking time and collecting anecdotes.
I also have warm feelings about baked mac and cheese, but that’s a story for another day.
From Famine to Feast. 
Looks Yummy! This is also my brother-in-law’s signature dish.
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Thanks. That’s just a stock photo though. I didn’t realize there were so many stroganoff aficianados out there – I may have to start a group.
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Lol. Sounds like a plan 😊
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I love stroganoff with ground beef as well! It is one of my favorite dishes, as well as my oldest daughter’s.
Happy Birthday! ❤️
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Spreading the love and deliciousness everywhere.
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I grew up with stroganoff made with ground beef over wide egg noodles. DELISH…and super easy/fast. ✅✅✅
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I like it with rice, too!
As a kid, I acted as if I didn’t like it. It was grownup food and didn’t include fries. The color palette wasn’t inviting, either.
Now, I know better!
Also, when cooking something to impress someone, chances are something will go wrong. Every time. It’s a thing. Google it. Well, I don’t know, but that’s what happens to me.
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That’s stroganoff’s big problem – it isn’t the most lovely to look at. And now I’m thinking about stroganoff poutine 😋
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Now you just took it too far.
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🤣🤣
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Don’t think I’ve ever had beef stroganoff. Maybe someday I’ll give it a try.
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If you like mushrooms, you’ll love it.
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I love mushrooms!
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Nice article. Do spare some time and read this article about the worst advice and good dietary advice one can take for lifetime.
https://beautifulandhealthful.com/best-dietary-advice-for-diabetes/
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