Word: stroganoff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years, the Russians were sure-handed in orchestrating what they now call Operatsia Kissingera. Sleek convoys of Zil and Chaika limousines flowed between the Secretary's guesthouse in the Lenin Hills and the Kremlin's Spassky Gate. Tables groaned under caviar, salmon, sturgeon, steak, beef Stroganoff, fruits and Georgian wines. There was even a special celebration for Kissinger's daughter Elizabeth, who was traveling with her father and who turned 15 in Moscow. She received a birthday cake from the American embassy, a present from Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev and VIP seats for herself and Brother...
...backpack, you realize that everything you need for survival is right there. In the last few years, of course, some of the hardiness has been extracted even from backpacking. The awkward canvas knapsack has given way to nylon and aluminum contraptions. Miniature propane stoves and freeze-dried foods-from stroganoff to strawberry ice cream-can never be as romantic as honest campfires, canned beans and coffee you brew yourself...
...pulled up at the elegant Cathay Hotel, where the eighth-floor dining room overlooking the Whangpoo River used to be famous for its gin gimlets and beef Stroganoff-only now it was the Peace Hotel, and the ornate front entrance had been sealed off. A great tapestry of Yenan and a red and gold Mao-thought dominated the lobby. The dim lighting, bare walls and slipcovers on the old plush furniture gave the Cathay-Peace the half-open look of a lavish summer resort trying to squeak through the winter. The reception desk, once manned by British-accented Chinese concierges...
...Freeze-dried food, including such delectables as shrimp cocktail ($2.50 for two servings), beef Stroganoff, blueberry cobbler, Western omelet and chocolate ice cream. Hikers with smaller pocketbooks still use the older dehydrated soups and vegetables, along with wheat germ and oatmeal...
...entrees have big names and offered little. The Beef Korma With Rice was a good excuse for beef Stroganoff, with a dash of cumin and coriander. If you order Roast Beef With Nicoise Sauce and Marinated Vegetables ($3.00) you get three small slices of round roast, an anonymous sauce of ketchup, mayonnaise and sour cream, and a collection of cold, precooked vegetables: one string bean (inspired), one carrot, one broccoli spear. (If the vegetables were marinated in anything it was boiling water...