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German-Inspired Reuben Sandwich. Though both New York and Omaha claim to be home of the famous Reuben sandwich, it is actually created using German ingredients."According to Omaha lore, the combination of rye bread, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut had been dreamed up in 1925 to feed participants in a late-night poker game at the Blackstone Hotel in downtown Omaha by a local grocer, Reuben Kulakofsky. Charles Schimmel, the hotel's owner, was so taken with the sandwich that he put it on …