'Potential'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The rueben is a very poly sandwich.
No, Zingerman's has a very loose definition. Honestly, I'm willing to allow a substitution of meat, or even of cheese, but the sauerkraut is what makes it a Reuben. Otherwise, what can't you change? "Can I have a turkey Reuben with cole slaw and provolone, no dressing, on sourdough?"
I usually see it called a Rachel.
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Actually, of course, I don't really care. Except when ordering -- if I ask for a Reuben, I like to know what I'm getting. There was one horrid occasion which involved mayonnaise... Zingerman's, alas, is not representative of the level of sandwich sophistication in Michigan as a whole.
Mostly I'm putting off proofreading and submitting my application essays.
The cheese, meat, cabbage and russian dressing make it unique enough to me. I don't know of anything else that mixes cabbage and russian dressing. So if it's sour or sweet cabbage, still a rueben.
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LONG before the freakin' show, I saw this. LONG.
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Wikipedia mentions the Rachel (as well as the ::ptui:: coleslaw "variation"): [link]
And in my part of the world you get this: [link] but the cheese isn't melted
So if it's sour or sweet cabbage, still a rueben.
Eh... I get what you're saying, but I think the difference between sauerkraut and cole slaw is vast enough that their common ancestor doesn't provide enough of a link.
All this sandwich talk is kind of making me want a tuna noodle casserole.
It doesn't make sense to me either, but there it is.
I can kind of understand using Reuben more like Club -- a real club sandwich is turkey and bacon and triple decker, but I'm OK with there being a chicken club on a roll or whatever. I guess.