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jmcquown[_2_]

On 2/5/2014 2:16 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:58:05 -0400, wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:59:34 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 07:10:21 -0400, wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:01:12 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:39:24 -0500, jmcquown >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> My mother rarely made beef stroganoff but when she did it was for
>>>>>> special occasions. I've posted the recipe before, not going to bother
>>>>>> again. She always used a very good cut of beef. Tenderloin, actually.
>>>>>> Partially frozen and very thinly sliced.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would never do that to decent beef.
>>>>
>>>> The point you miss is that true Stroganoff is a delicious treatment
>>>> for good beef, it really can't be made with cheapo beef. That's like
>>>> saying you will make Beef Wellington with stewing beef rather than
>>>> tenderloin !
>>>
>>> I'm not missing any point, but I think you are. Only cretins do
>>> something like that to decent beef.
>>
>> Which shows you have never tasted proper, good, Beef Stroganoff. Then
>> again, you are the one stews it up with liquid etc. so why am I
>> surprised you don't understand.
>
> It's pretty simple. When I have a decent piece of beef, I want it
> rare and not stewed in some sauce as if it was shoe leather.
>
>
My mom's recipe calls for quick searing the beef tenderoin strips then
removing them from the pan. The beef is NOT stewed. It stayed nice and
tender even after being added back to the sauce just towards the end of
cooking.

We can agree, not everyone likes or has tasted the same things. I loved
mom's stroganoff. But no, I'm not going shopping for beef tenderloin in
order to make it. Nor any other cut of beef, either. Unless I get a
craving. I can live without beef stroganoff. I do like discussing
recipes and cooking variations.

Jill