Please try again in a few rachel’s ginger beer. Still other versions give credit to Alfred Scheuing, a chef at Reuben’s Delicatessen, and say he created the sandwich for Reuben’s son, Arnold Jr.
The Montreal Reuben substitutes the corned beef with Montreal-style smoked meat. Thousand Island dressing is commonly used as a substitute for Russian dressing. The grouper Reuben is a variation on the standard Reuben sandwich, substituting grouper for the corned beef, and sometimes coleslaw for the sauerkraut as well. This variation is often a menu item in restaurants in Florida.
Reuben egg rolls, sometimes called “Irish egg rolls” or “Reuben balls”, use the standard Reuben sandwich filling of corned beef, sauerkraut, and cheese inside a deep-fried egg roll wrapper. The Rachel sandwich is a variation which substitutes pastrami or turkey for the corned beef, and coleslaw for the sauerkraut. Vegetarian versions, called “veggie Reubens”, omit the corned beef or substitute vegetarian ingredients for it, including zucchini, cucumbers, wheatmeat, and mushrooms. As a Reuben combines both meat and dairy ingredients in the same meal, it cannot be kosher.
However, it is frequently served at kosher style restaurants. My Grandfather Invented the Reuben Sandwich. Today is Proclaimed Reuben Sandwich Day”. The New York Times Food Encyclopedia.
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For a Rachel, substitute turkey for the corned beef. Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking for Two, p. Joy Nicholson, “Reubenesque”, Los Angeles Magazine September, 2001, p. Jacob Rader Marcus, United States Jewry, 1776-1985, 1989, p.