Arnold Reuben
Arnold Reuben was the owner of a celebrated New York delicatessen of
the 1940s and 1950s.
His establishment was known for its elaborate sandwiches named for
celebrity regulars.
For example, a tasty combination of cream cheese, white currant jam,
tongue, and sweet pickles on whole wheat was known as the Frank
Sinatra, for reasons only Reuben could understand.
One day the story goes, he put together a grilled combination of
sauerkraut corned beef, and Swiss cheese on sourdough pumpernickel. Or
maybe he didn't.
The Reuben has also been credited to Reuben Kay, a wholesale grocer in
Omaha, Nebraska who may have invented the sandwich for a weekly poker
group.
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