The Washington times., 1936-04-18
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BY FRANCOIS

One thing that always makes us
tired. those people who are al
ways talking about how wonderful
food Is in other cities. they rave
about the cooking in N'Orleans. y.
or tell you about the marvellous
places they discovered in New
York. E. and 60 into OBSTACLES
about the Latin Quarter Of San
Francisco. or say that. Of course,
you can't get real roast beef and
Yorkshire pudding unless you 60
to London
And they entirely overlook the
fact that right here in Washing
ton we have cooking that is with
out peer in all the world. 1t
would naturally be so, for we are
cosmopolitan city, with repre-
Sentatives Of every nation in the
world here in the Diplomatic
Corps Washington is populated
with people who know good food
and want good food. and they
get good food.
Not to mention some Of the
finest vintage wines to be found
anywhere in this world -. it was
pretty bad during the dry days,
for a good meal naturally requires
the proper wines -. not to men,
ton the delight Of q brandy or q
liquer after a satisfactory meal :.
gone are the days Of homemade
gin and Maryland rye.
Now we have the finest that
Europe can send US not to men,
ton our native wines which COM
pare most favorably with the i'm
ported -. and we can wine and
dine as we really should.
But speaking of wines 90. we
hope that the Alcoholic Bever-
age Control Board will tell its
"SnOOperS" to learn some man.
ners %. we refer to the dis
tresSing habit they have Of visit
ing the various night clubs and
hotels on Saturday night right
after midnight %. when by law
the sale and use of beverages
stops ... and grabbing glasses
off tables and shifting at them.
We have found that the club
managers are most punctiliouS in
obeying the law 90. they stop the
sale of liquor long before the law
says they must, just to avoid any
appearance or chance Of breaking
it ... and then it is highly in
sulting to the guests to have
glasses Snatched from their hands
and an inquiring long nose stuck
into it strangers in the Capital
get a very bad impression as to
our official manners 80. so we
hope the powers that be will do
something about this irlsufferable
practice.
Speaking Of food, we were up
at the Russian TrOika the other
night, and after eating until we
were more than satisfied, went
out into the kitchen to talk to
one Of our favOrite friends in
Washington Alex Schlein, who
preSideS over the kitchen and
mixes sauces with . master hand.
Having dined well ON Beef
StrOganOff, we asked Alex the
secret Of the dish. and he told
us the story of why it was named
1T seems that long ago when
Cars were Cars there was q
general named StrOganOff who
was ordered on an expedition
into Siberia.
Well, Siberia was q pretty
tough place then as now. and
the expedition ran into troubles
and out Of food so that the
few surviving members were
close to starvation. so close
that they started eating their
boots. which Is pretty tough
eating, or was until one member
made q delicious sauce and
poured over the boiled boot,
whereupOn everyone ate and en-
jOyed the dish.
The general asked for the
recipe. and when he got back
to what was then st. Petersburg
introduced it to the Gar.
with the result he was deco
rated. and the dish named in
his honor. at least that's the
story the chef tells as Gospel
truth and who are we to ques-
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