This is a recipe that is a favorite of my family and friends. It is one of the first dishes I can ever recall my mother preparing, and the aroma of the slow cooking meal can still be recalled to my senses and carries with it early images of family contentment- my mother in the kitchen setting the perfect table, my brother coming in, exhausted, from a long day of playing outside, my father in his favorite recliner watching the race on TV... Food can contain so much more than nourishment, and the Best Beef Stroganoff, for me, encompasses the memories of a happy childhood. Try some and build your own collection of memories!