Chilled Steak Stroganoff Appetizer

Chilled Steak Stroganoff Spread   has never failed to draw attention - and speculation.Some sort of tasty magic occurs as the simple steak and sour cream  morph into something extraordinary   Because it looks  much like herring in sour cream, which is not  appealing to  quite a few  people, be sure to  put a little  label on the dish to indicate that  what's lurking in the sour cream is steak, not  pickled fish. 

Cut 1  1/2 c. cooked & cooled  or leftover steak into thin strips about 1 1/2" x  1", against the grain.  Mix 2 TB lemon juice, 3/4 c. sour cream, 1/2 tsp. hot sauce, 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp garlic salt and 2 coarsely chopped green onions,  green tops included.  Add the steak strips and  stir lightly. Cover and chill  6 hours or longer,  stirring once or twice.  At serving time, top with paprika and  more chopped green onion tops.   Accompany this with strips or triangles of toasted bread,  Carr's white  water crackers, or cocktail size slices of pumpernickel or rye bread.   Makes about 3 unusually tasty cups.