Where does a "Reuben Sandwich" come from? What's its origin?

Answer 1

You'll probably hear a lot of stories of the Reuben's origin, but I have a distant relative, Reuben Kay, who claims he was the inventor. According to family folklore, they say it is true. Basically, the Reuben is made with dark rye bread, corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and thousand island dressing. Then the sandwich is grilled. The Reuben became famous at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, but is now served everywhere. If you haven't ever tried it, I would suggest that you do. It is absolutely delicious!

Answer 2

The Reuben or Reuben sandwich is a grilled or toasted sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and either Russian dressing or Thousand Island dressing. It is typically made with rye bread, though originally it may have been served on pumpernickel bread, and is often served with potato salad on the side.

Origins
The origins of the Reuben are disputed. One account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky (sometimes spelled Reubin, whose last name is sometimes 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 ca. 1920-1935. 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.

Descendants of Arnold Reuben, owner of the now defunct Reuben Restaurant on 58th Street in New York City, also claim the invention. They maintain that Reuben created the sandwich in 1914 to serve to Annette Seelos. Supporters of this version of the invention claim that Seelos was at that time starring in a silent film opposite Charlie Chaplin. This is suspect as documentation of Seelos's performance in a 1914 Chaplin film has not been found.

Answer 3

Reportedly originally named for its creator, Arthur Reuben (owner of New York's once-famous and now-defunct Reuben's delicatessen), this sandwich is made with generous layers of corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on sourdough rye bread. Reuben is said to have created the original version (which was reportedly made with ham) for Annette Seelos, the leading lady in a Charlie Chaplin film being shot in 1914. Another version of this famous sandwich's origin is that an Omaha wholesale grocer (Reuben Kay) invented it during a poker game in 1955. It gained national prominence when one of his poker partner's employees entered the recipe in a national sandwich contest the following year and won. The Reuben can be served either cold or sautéed.

Answer 4

The origins of the Reuben are disputed. One account holds that Reuben Kulakofsky (sometimes spelled Reubin, whose last name is sometimes 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 ca. 1920-1935.

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.

Descendants of Arnold Reuben, owner of the now defunct Reuben Restaurant on 58th Street in New York City, also claim the invention. They maintain that Reuben created the sandwich in 1914 to serve to Annette Seelos.

Supporters of this version of the invention claim that Seelos was at that time starring in a silent film opposite Charlie Chaplin. This is suspect as documentation of Seelos's performance in a 1914 Chaplin film has not been found.

The Reuben Kulakofsky version of the invention appears more widely accepted. This acceptance may have grown after being mentioned in the movie Quiz Show, although as a further embellishment in the film it is asserted that the sandwich was invented to win a contest.

The oldest known Reuben artifact is a menu from the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1937. Also, in an article published in the Omaha Evening World-Herald in 1965, Ed Schimmel (son of Charles Schimmel, Blackstone Hotel owner) claims to have visited the Manhattan Reuben Restaurant where he ordered a Reuben only to discover that "they had never heard of it."

An original Reuben (1934) can still be ordered at the Dundee Dell Restaurant in Omaha, Ne. (5007 Underwood Ave, who also claims to be the inventor of the Reuben). Their Reuben is made with dark rye bread, thousand island dressing, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, and corned beef, and is grilled.

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