Goomba wrote:
> On 12/7/13 1:31 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Because next to the polenta was what they called beef stew. And I was
>> told that it had sour cream in it. If if were goulash or strogonoff,
>> wouldn't they have just called it that?
>
> that's expecting a little sophistication from hospital cafeteria
> workers. They probably saw it as stew and said "stew" but the dietitian
> who planned the menu was thinking "goulash" or something else.

Or:
Since they knew that there's no sour cream in Gulasch, they called
the concoction "beef stew", which would be correct.
Rather sophisticated ...

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner