Beef Stroganoff are considered the traditional side dish for beef Stroganoff in Russia. The version given in the 1938 "Larousse Gastronomique" includes beef "strips", and onions, with either mustard or tomato paste optional. After the fall of Tsarist Russia, the recipe was popularly served in the hotels and restaurants of China before the start of World War II. Russian and Chinese immigrants, as well as US servicemen stationed in pre-Communist China, brought several variants of the dish to the United States, which may account for its popularity during the 1950s. It came to Hong Kong in the late fifties, with Russian restaurants
Horse meat stands, sold in a bread roll. Dumplings can also be prepared with horse meat, spinach, or Tyrolean "Graukäse" (a sour milk cheese). They are occasionally eaten on their own, in a soup, or as a side dish. In Belgium, horse meat ("paardenvlees" in Dutch and "viande chevaline" in French) is popular in a number of preparations. Lean, smoked, and sliced horse meat fillet ("paardenrookvlees" or "paardengerookt"; "filet chevalin" in French) is served as a cold cut with sandwiches or as part of a cold salad. Horse steaks can be found in most butchers and are used in a variety of