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  • We are looking for a chance for him to explore the culinary delicacy called "runza," which I have a recipe for if anyone's interested.

    Press Briefing By Jake Siewert ITY National Archives 2000

  • In Nebraska, the bierock morphed into the runza sandwich, a variant differing in shape (the runza is rectangular), and in the occasional addition of pork and cheese to the filling.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Runza restaurants, a Midwestern fast food chain based in Nebraska, sells swiss mushroom and BLT runzas - variations suited to the palates of the latest generation of runza-lovers.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

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  • Oh! The etymology for frounce has this: "From Middle English frouncen, from Old French froncir "to wrinkle, frown", from Frankish *hrunkja "a wrinkle" from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Old High German runza "fold, wrinkle, crease" (German Runzel "wrinkle"), Middle Dutch ronse "frown", Old Norse hrukka "wrinkle, crease" (Icelandic hrukka "wrinkle, crease, ruck"). More at ruck2. (Wiktionary)."

    March 24, 2014

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    "You think he's ever had a runza? You think he's ever had a runza? THAT GUY would call it a hot pocket. YOU KNOW IT! Every one of you in here know it"

    Walz -

    It's meats stuffed into bread. Nebraska regional term.

    August 25, 2024