Chef. He gained fame for creating the Reuben Sandwich in 1925 at Omaha's Blackstone Hotel. According to the Omaha History website, he was a Jewish grocer who started making sandwiches for late-night poker games. One of the poker players put his sandwich on the menu of The Plush Horse, the restaurant at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha for the price of 75 cents. The Reuben Sandwich is a hearty-sized grilled sandwich featuring thinly sliced corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread slathered with Russian or Thousand Island dressing and a dill pickle on the side. There are others who claim the fame of being the first Reuben sandwich maker. Among these is Arnold Reuben, the founder of Reubens Restaurant and Delicatessen, a restaurant with a Jewish deli in Manhattan, New York City, who claimed to have made the sandwich in 1914. Neither Arnold Reuben or Reuben Kulakofsky have any mention of the Reuben sandwich in their obituary. Kulakofsky's obituary did state that he had been co-owner of a wholesale grocery, the Central Market. He was one of four sons and two daughters of the late Lazar Gershon Kulakofsky. His funeral was held at Beth El Synagogue in Omaha. Some critics question a sandwich being made by mixing meat and a dairy product and having a Kosher kitchen. Although the definition of a chef is one who creates, prepares and cooks food dishes, he was really a grocer who made a sandwich.
Chef. He gained fame for creating the Reuben Sandwich in 1925 at Omaha's Blackstone Hotel. According to the Omaha History website, he was a Jewish grocer who started making sandwiches for late-night poker games. One of the poker players put his sandwich on the menu of The Plush Horse, the restaurant at the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha for the price of 75 cents. The Reuben Sandwich is a hearty-sized grilled sandwich featuring thinly sliced corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread slathered with Russian or Thousand Island dressing and a dill pickle on the side. There are others who claim the fame of being the first Reuben sandwich maker. Among these is Arnold Reuben, the founder of Reubens Restaurant and Delicatessen, a restaurant with a Jewish deli in Manhattan, New York City, who claimed to have made the sandwich in 1914. Neither Arnold Reuben or Reuben Kulakofsky have any mention of the Reuben sandwich in their obituary. Kulakofsky's obituary did state that he had been co-owner of a wholesale grocery, the Central Market. He was one of four sons and two daughters of the late Lazar Gershon Kulakofsky. His funeral was held at Beth El Synagogue in Omaha. Some critics question a sandwich being made by mixing meat and a dairy product and having a Kosher kitchen. Although the definition of a chef is one who creates, prepares and cooks food dishes, he was really a grocer who made a sandwich.
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