Beef Stroganoff tomato sauce, etc. Stroganoff is also popular in Nordic countries. In Sweden, a common variant is "korv-stroganoff" (sausage Stroganoff), which uses the local "falukorv" sausage as a substitute for the beef. In Finland, the dish is called "makkara-stroganoff", makkara meaning any kind of sausage. Beef Stroganoff is, however, also a common dish. Diced brined pickles are also a normal ingredient in Finnish Stroganoff. Stroganoff's popularity extends to Japan, where it is most commonly served with white rice, or white rice seasoned with parsley and butter. Its popularity increased dramatically with the introduction of "instant sauce cubes" from S&B corporation. These
Collops Collops A collop is a slice of meat, according to one definition in the "Oxford English Dictionary". In Elizabethan times, "collops" came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, was traditionally the last day to cook and eat meat before Ash Wednesday, which was a day of fasting and abstinence from meat, and part of pre-Lenten activities. A traditional breakfast dish was collops of bacon topped with a fried egg. At Christ's Hospital, which was founded before the reign of Elizabeth the First, the word collops was used on the menu to mean