We ate at Runza for lunch yesterday. Runza is a fast food restaurant that serves a specialty item (called a runza) that is a bread pocket filled with beef, cabbage, onions, and seasonings. It’s of German-Russian origin. Runza restaurants can be found almost exclusively in Nebraska.
I often get a cheeseburger at Runza because they are very good. Yesterday I decided to get a runza because it had been a long time. Runzas are really tasty. The only thing I can compare them to is another regional restaurant called Krystal Hamburgers. Krystal is in the South. If you haven’t had a Krystal burger, a close approximation would be White Castle. If you don’t know what THAT is, I got nothin’.
Anyway, it was a nice lunch. People in Seward love Runza. It was packed.
Here’s my cheese runza sandwich:
Is that mold on the bun on the right?
Are you looking to contract another strange skin condition?
Dare I leave another comment . . .my last comment was deleted, obliterated, erased from existence . . . WAHHH!!!
Looks like you’re having a great time!
You do plan on returning don’t you?
Wow… I had completely forgotten about Runza…..
Okay, I am posting 2 years after the first post, but no that is not mold. It is a thin area or bubble of the dough that the filling leaked up to. I worked at a Runza in Omaha, Nebraska for 3 years during high school and college and I know that they always use the best, freshest ingredients. The hamburger would be delivered fresh, not frozen, for making hamburger patties and Runzas. I made the Runzas a few times, but I mostly made the homemade onion rings…YUM-O! And the onion ring dip was to die for! How I miss Runza out here in Baltimore! I think I’ll make up a homemade batch today!
Maybe next time I go to Nebraska I can bring a suitcase full of Runzas back for the all transplanted Nebraskans in Baltimore.
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