Right Here in Nebraska May 7, 2010 1:42 PM Subscribe
We're the makers of Spam. We invented Kool-Aid, and this is where the first Reuben sandwich was made: Right Here in Nebraska. (SLYT) Full disclosure: I'm from Nebraska.
Reuben's are my favorite way to celebrate St Patrick's Day. posted by BrotherCaine at 1:54 PM on May 7, 2010
I think of Austin, Minnesota first when I think of SPAM manufacturing.
Full disclosure: I'm from Austin, TX. posted by kmz at 1:55 PM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
Spam is a sort of backpacking mini-tradition with my friend and I. Flame roasting little cubes of it on sticks over a fire you struck up with a sparker just tastes so great after hiking your gear in. Just dropping by to give my support to the one situation where I will eat Spam. posted by Phantomx at 2:05 PM on May 7, 2010
There is a Spam factory in Nebraska, but it's definitely a Minnesota thing. Hormel is a Minnesota company, and the Spam museum is in Austin.
God, what a dull list. Nebraska is far more interesting than the song would lead you to believe, and I say this as Nebraska's most successful playwright.
Off the top of my head, and specific to Omaha:
Malcolm X was born there
Wynonie Harris hails from there
The fictional C. W. McCall, who sings "Convoy" is from there
Johnny Carson lived there, and Fred Astair was born there
As was Marlon Brando
As was Henry Fonda, and his son Peter
My favorite: Korla Pandit lived there for a while
I could go on for hours. There's a lot of profoundly cool stuff that came out of Nebraska. posted by Astro Zombie at 2:08 PM on May 7, 2010
We're the makers of Spam.
Fortunately, God is forgiving. posted by Pope Guilty at 2:08 PM on May 7, 2010
There's the Strategic Air and Space Museum (I have an awesome pic of my 95 year old grandma in front of the SR-71 there (and also one of her standing underneath a B-1). The Ashfall Fossil Beds, where you can go see a fossilized watering hole full of skeletons. All kinds of birding around the Platt River. Hell, it's even kind of interesting to just drive through miles and miles of corn fields to get an idea of how all that gets produced and processed.
Omaha does kind of suck though, sorry. posted by Burhanistan at 2:15 PM on May 7, 2010
That song made me want to stab my ear. posted by Pecinpah at 2:16 PM on May 7, 2010
It's always a pity when a bong fails to impress. posted by Astro Zombie at 2:20 PM on May 7, 2010
I don't get it - we know about deleting spam and not drinking the kool-aid, but what terrible thing is the Reuben associated with? posted by Artw at 2:25 PM on May 7, 2010
I don't get it - we know about deleting spam and not drinking the kool-aid, but what terrible thing is the Reuben associated with?
Stenchous gas. From the root: Nebraska. posted by hal9k at 2:38 PM on May 7, 2010
I don't get it - we know about deleting spam and not drinking the kool-aid, but what terrible thing is the Reuben associated with?
I first heard the Rubenebraska rumor in the motion picture Quiz Show.
And we all know how that turned out. posted by Senor Cardgage at 2:44 PM on May 7, 2010
It's like the only thing Hawai'i and my Nan have in common. posted by Artw at 2:48 PM on May 7, 2010
Actually I kind of suspect both of them being so keen on spam as part of a dark secret history of cannibalism, but the less said about that the better. posted by Artw at 3:14 PM on May 7, 2010
One of the saddest days of my life was discovering that the family who owned the one good Jewish deli in town sold out to new owners who replaced the Russian dressing on their Reuben sandwich with Thousand Island. And don't get me started on the "lean" pastrami. Christ. I wanted to firebomb the fuckers. posted by BitterOldPunk at 3:26 PM on May 7, 2010 [3 favorites]
I was sure the Reuben was a Pittsburgh thing, yinz all prolly know about Primanti's french fry sandwiches posted by infini at 3:48 PM on May 7, 2010
Vice Grips, also from Nebraska. And Mother Abigail in The Stand. posted by asfuller at 4:35 PM on May 7, 2010
The Cornhuskers' Memorial Stadium holds more people than any city in Nebraska except Omaha and Lincoln.
Arbor Day was founded in Nebraska City. posted by kirkaracha at 6:37 AM on May 8, 2010
Nebraska sucks. Nine out of ten people have never seen an ocean. Nine out of ten people have only ever been to one other state besides Nebraska, and nine out of ten times that state is Colorado. Everyone hunts, or is related to someone that hunts. Everyone drives everywhere, which is funny because there are sidewalks everywhere. Wonderful, empty sidewalks. Sushi sucks in Nebraska. Tornadoes suck in Nebraska. Baseball? Baseball doesn't even register on the suck scale for Nebraska, because the overwhelming mass of the Huskers' stadium has collapsed in on itself like a giant black hole of suck for the entire state. Wal-Mart's continued popularity in Nebraska sucks an inexplicably big one. And when you get sick of the suck and want to escape? You still got 8 hours of driving ahead of you before you're in a place that doesn't suck. Like some Suckular Bomb was dropped on Lincoln and there's a 350 mile blast radius of radioactive suck you have to drive through to get out. posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:08 AM on May 8, 2010
The best thing to come out of Nebraska is a road to Iowa. :-) posted by Jumpin Jack Flash at 8:48 AM on May 8, 2010
We skipped Nebraska on our great trip Out West, and I've always regretted that I didn't get to see Carhenge. posted by wobh at 9:06 AM on May 8, 2010
"Sushi sucks in Nebraska. Tornadoes suck in Nebraska."
Putting the one right after the other this way makes it sound like the tornadoes are poorly made, not very fresh, and may contain cream cheese for unknown reasons. posted by kyrademon at 10:07 PM on May 8, 2010
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Arguably.
Full disclosure: I'm from New York.
posted by JaredSeth at 1:48 PM on May 7, 2010