So... Jimmy requested stroganoff for dinner a couple of nights ago. I dug all through the internet to find a recipe that didn't call for adding 'a can of cream of mushroom soup'. After almost 5 years of gardening, fresh eggs, homecooking from scratch and limiting processed foods, Jimmy and I have developed a sensitivity to that funky, chemical-y after taste that comes with all commercially processed foods. We don't like it.... it tastes bad. Anyway..... After about 2 hours of digging I gave up and turned to my FB friends. Many recipes were forwarded my way. None of which were 'perfect'. We (the royal we) decided to take the best elements of each and combine them. I learned through all this that sour cream is the original ingredient that makes stroganoff.... well.....stroganoff ( without it , you just have creamed beef or sausage or...whatever) and this is the key ingredient that Campbell's usurped. When we erased the Campbell's soup company programming from our mental hard drive...... This is what happened...........
Stroganoff by Committee
1.We boiled up a bag of egg noodles, buttered them, and put them in an attractive serving bowl.
2.Next, we put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a cast iron skillet.
3.Then we put in sausage, onions, mushrooms and browned them all together.
4. Then we stirred in 1 cup of sour cream and 1/4 cup of water and brought it to a quick boil (just enough to heat up the sour cream)
5. Then we poured the whole thing over the egg noodles.
I put the delightful looking dish on the table (sorry no pictures but we were too hungry to stop and take photographs) next to a bowl of a simple salad of iceberg lettuce and sliced tomatoes with a creamy dressing.
Jimmy said it was the best meal 'by committee' he ever had.
I was marveling at the time travel ambiance of the meal. It was very 1970's Brady Bunch-y looking.... and tasting.
