"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
.. .
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> On 12/6/2013 5:03 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > And who puts sour
>> > cream in stew?
>>
>> Hungarian goulash?
>
> Never! However, sour cream does belong in a paprikás. Quoth George
> Lang (The Cuisine of Hungary):
> "The chief difference between pörkölt and paprikás is that paprikás is
> usually finished with sweet or sour cream, sometimes mixed with a little
> flour, but always stirred in just before serving. You may never use
> cream of any kind for gulyás or pörkölt! Also beef, mutton, game,
> goose, duck and pork are more popular for pörkölt; veal and chicken for
> paprikás."
>
> Victor

What is in goulash then? I had it many years ago.