Reuben sandwich
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| Origin information | |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Region or state: | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Creator(s) of the dish: | Disputed. Claimed by Reuben Kulakofsky (Omaha) or by Arthur Reuben (NY) |
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| Course served: | Main Course |
| Main ingredient(s): | Corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing and rye bread |
The Reuben sandwich is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and Russian or Thousand Island dressing. Several variants exist.[1] It is typically made with rye bread or pumpernickel bread.[citation needed]
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[edit] Origins
The origins of the Reuben are disputed.[2] One account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky (sometimes spelled Reubin, or the last name shortened to Kay), a grocer from Omaha, Nebraska, was the inventor, perhaps as part of a group effort by members of Kulakofsky's weekly poker game held in the Blackstone Hotel from around 1920 through 1935. The participants, who nicknamed themselves "the committee," included the hotel's owner, Charles Schimmel. The sandwich first gained local fame when Schimmel put it on the Blackstone's lunch menu.
Other accounts hold that its creator was Arthur Reuben, owner of the once famous but now no longer existing Reuben's Delicatessen in New York,[3] who, according to an interview with Craig Claiborne, invented the sandwich around 1914.[4] A version of the story is related by Bernard Sobel in his book Broadway Heartbeat: Memoirs of a Press Agent and claims that the sandwich was an extemporaneous creation for Marjorie Rambeau inaugurated when the famed Broadway actress visited the Delicatessen one night when the cupboards were particularly bare.[5]
[edit] Rachel sandwich
The Rachel sandwich is a variation on the standard Reuben sandwich that substitutes pastrami for the corned beef and coleslaw for the sauerkraut.[6] Other recipes for the Rachel call for turkey instead of corned beef or pastrami.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "Reuben", Oxford English Dictionary, 2 ed.
- ^ (nd) History of the Reuben Sandwich What's Cooking America? website. Retrieved 6/9/07
- ^ Jared Ingersoll (2006). "Toasted Reuben sandwich". Danks Street Depot. Murdoch Books. pp. 115. ISBN 1740455983.
- ^ Craig Claiborne, The New York Times Food Encyclopedia. See also Arnold Reuben interview, American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940, quoted on What's cooking America site.
- ^ Sobel, Bernard (1953), Broadway Heartbeat: Memoirs of a Press Agent, New York: Hermitage House, p. 233, OCLC 1514676
- ^ Mary-Lane Kamberg (2004). "Grilled Reuben sandwich variation: Grilled Rachel sandwich". The I Dont Know how to Cook Book. Adams Media. pp. 42. ISBN 1593370091.
- ^ http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/reuben_sandwich_and_rachel_sandwich_celebrity_sandwiches/
[edit] Further reading
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- Claiborne, Craig. "Whence the Reuben? Omaha, It Seems." The New York Times (May 17, 1976).
- McMorris, Robert. "Omaha Saw Invention of Reuben Sandwich." Omaha Evening World-Herald (September 11, 1965).
- McMorris, Robert. "Just When You Thought Reuben's Roots Were Safe." Omaha World-Herald (January 31, 1986): 2.
- McMorris, Robert. "This Reuben Explanation Seems Hard to Swallow." Omaha World-Herald (July 24, 1989): 2.
