Corned Beef and Tuna?

A traditional Reuben sandwich has the following ingredients:
(items are listed in order of importance to me)


Corned Beef
Sauerkraut
Russian Dressing (Thousand Island)
Swiss Cheese
Rye Bread
Onion - optional

Yet today I experience a Reuben on a completely different level. Since we finally had a long lunch hour together, Tom suggested we eat at
Sears Fine Food for lunch, and even though Liz had Trader Joe's tamales, and I had a lean cuisine, we both thought going out would taste better.

I perused the menu, which as you can see has a wide selection. Then I saw the following, which is not displayed on the on-line menu:

Grilled Reuben Sandwich - original recipe from Nebraska! Fresh Sauerkraut daily!

And I couldn't resist.

When my Rueben came, it looked utterly delicious. The swiss cheese was melted past the bread into a coagulated pools of cheesy goodness, the corned beef was hanging out the sides of the rye bread - holy goodness was about to be experienced in my mouth. I was dripping with expectation, and so was my reuben.

As I bit into the crispy rye bread expecting a sensation of wonderful flavors to explode in my mouth, I noticed something was lacking, some flavor was missing. In fact, the sandwich tasted bland. Peering intently at my sandwichy goodness, I saw Tuna Fish? What the fuck?! Who puts tuna fish on a Reuben Sandwich?!?

I received a quizzical look from the waitress when I asked for some sauerkraut, and when it came on the side, I understood.

They pre-mix the russian dressing with the sauerkraut so that it looks like a pink shifty blob, just like tuna salad.

Apparently someone scooped the wrong stuff on to my Rueben. Never one to be fussy about food, I added some sauerkraut to my tuna, and gobbled the sandwich up. It was still pretty darn good even though I'm pretty sure it doesn't come like that in Nebraska.