{"id":471,"date":"2010-10-07T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/10\/nebraska-discoveries-9-runza.html"},"modified":"2012-05-20T20:11:25","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T01:11:25","slug":"nebraska-discoveries-9-runza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/10\/nebraska-discoveries-9-runza\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Discoveries 20: Runza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tonight for dinner, we went out. \u00a0It tends to be a necessity 1-2 times per week in the fall while the boys are in soccer 5-days per week (Jacob 3 days, Timmy 2). \u00a0I do what I can to cook but it’s rather aggressive; when I do cook I try to get the dinner on the table at 5:30pm, the boys have to be finished with dinner by about 5:50pm.<\/p>\n

I asked the boys “Where would you like to go?” \u00a0We have several choices between our house and Jacob’s practice field. \u00a0I had suggested a family favorite, Jimmy John’s,<\/a> but Jacob had a roast beef sandwich for lunch and said he didn’t want another one for dinner. \u00a0Since roast beef is the only kind of deli meat he eats. \u00a0Sigh…<\/p>\n

We ended up at a local restaurant called “Runza”<\/a>. \u00a0It’s a chain throughout Nebraska (the first one opening in Lincoln, NE in 1949), with a couple of additional stores in Iowa, Kansas and Colorado. \u00a0It’s quite good, a fun fast food alternative to your typical hamburger joint. \u00a0Definitely not the healthiest option, so we’ll go there 3-4 times per year. \u00a0Jacob LOVES Runza sandwiches! \u00a0The kids’ meal isn’t enough now, we get him an adult-sized combo meal!<\/p>\n

Fortunately, they also sell hamburgers so Timmy doesn’t mind going either.<\/p>\n

So…what’s so great about this Runza place? \u00a0Well, Runza restaurants feature these unique sandwiches: a seasoned blend of ground beef, onion and cabbage sealed in a special bread. \u00a0Cheese optional.<\/p>\n

Today I made a cool “Nebraska Discovery<\/a>“. \u00a0Runza is not only the name of this restaurant chain, but it’s also the name of the sandwich featured there<\/a>. \u00a0It came to the Americas via “Volga German” immigrants. \u00a0If you do a Wikipedia<\/a> search for “Runza”, you’re presented a choice: Do you want to learn about the sandwich itself, or the restaurant chain with the same name?<\/p>\n

I’m not going to regurgitate what you guys could click on and read for yourselves regarding the history, but I thought it was pretty darned cool.<\/p>\n

PS: Our local Runza puts a package of Silly Bandz<\/a>-like bracelets in the Kids’ Meals! Whoo hoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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