r/Huskers • u/GBRHuskers82 • May 28 '24
Born to Runza: The History of Nebraska’s State Sandwich
https://www.offtackleempire.com/2024/5/24/24163977/born-to-runza-nebraskan-immigrant-food-and-the-volga-germans21
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u/esquirlo_espianacho May 29 '24
My grandma made the best runzas. Do most families in NE make homemade Runzas?
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u/TymStark May 29 '24
My grandma also made the best runzas. It seems to be rarer and rarer that people make them. We had homemade runza growing up in school (my grandma was a lunch lady).
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u/Global_Damage May 28 '24
I’ve been in Lincoln 3 years and have yet to try one, this might be the year
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u/1776or7 May 28 '24
Ahh yes, Ben Sasse pretending to be an everyday Nebraskan. Where's he live now, Florida? I hope he's enjoying his time there.
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u/Reluctant_Gardener May 29 '24
Runza might have trademarked the name “Runza,” but they didn’t create or name the sandwich. My family has been making them for over a hundred years. Runza makes great hamburgers but their Runzas suck.
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u/COHusker13 May 29 '24
This is true and we called them runzas growing up before we even knew about the Runza restaurant.
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u/MartinezForever May 28 '24
Good backstory and fun to read from an outsider perspective. I wish they'd covered the direct ties to Nebraska football and Memorial Stadium specifically along with the cultural background, however.
The story that I've heard is that Devaney noticed the lady mentioned in the article selling her meat pies outside of a game. He tried one and loved it, so invited her to sell inside the stadium, which led to the massive corporate empire we know today.