[Earth Day Edition] pop-we Dinner Club Reviews Railcar

Railcar's Asiago Chicken Schnitzel.

All aboard!! This month population-we™ (pop-we) foodie Michelle picked the Railcar located at 1814 N. 114 St. in Omaha, NE. The Railcar incorporates foods from many countries including cultures that came to America, which are considered “American Food”. Their motto is “food that warms your soul as it fills your stomach.”

When you walk in your are immediately greeted by the host stand. Behind is a lounge area. The dining room is up to the left. The tables are unique as they are made from a recycled basketball court from an old high school. The walls are adorned with photos of trains. Obviously the theme for the restaurant. They wanted to show the history of Omaha, which was a major train center in the early years of America. 

Once in a while a dish will catch my eye that I need to try. Tonight was one of those nights. I tried the Asiago Chicken Schnitzel, which by nature appealed to my German heritage. The dish was served with crimini mushrooms, tetrazzini sauce, pistou, brown butter mash. The chicken was lightly breaded and the sauce was creamy. I thought the dish was delectable. Other foodies had sandwiches along with other various entrees. One foodie is a true carnivore, he ordered the natural braised short rib stroganoff--which he enjoyed.

After compiling the surveys from the other pop-we Dinner Club foodies the club scores the Railcar a 3.71 star average on a scale of 1-5.

Railcar's repurposed gym floor table.

Atmosphere/Decor – 4

Cleanliness – 4.12

Wait Staff – 3.62

Menu – 3.75

Food Presentation – 3.62

Food Portions – 3.62

Food Taste – 3.5

Cost (was the cost worth meal?) – 3.3

Noise Level – 3.87

Overall Experience – 362

For more information regarding directions, catering or Railcar, visit their website at http://www.railcaromaha.com/.

Fellow population-we™ readers, if you've been to the Railcar leave us a comment and tell us what you thought?

Want to do this yourself? To review How To Start Your Own Dinner Club, visit our January post about doing just that. Remember it is a template; tweak it to fit you and your friends' tastes. pop-we Dinner Club: good food…good friends…good times.

In celebration of the 44th anniversary of Earth Day population-we™ staffers will celebrate our love for planet earth with green posts the entire month of April! Thanks for reading our final 2014 Earth Day post. 

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[Earth Day Edition] Rollover Ham Breakfast Casserole Recipe

Wondering what to do with that leftover ham from Easter? Take a page out of my recipe book and create another meal with leftovers. Last Thanksgiving we had a lot of ham and rolls leftover--so it was decided to freeze both and rollover to make a dish for another day. Anyone who follows my wife on social media knows I like making breakfast casseroles. So, it was decided instead of having a tradition meal with all the fixings we’d make a rollover breakfast casserole for a Christmas Day brunch with family.

Center stage the leftover ham and rolls.

Here's the Rollover Ham.

Hawaiian Sweet Rollover Buns.

Rollover Ham Breakfast Casserole Recipe: 

Layer the casserole in pan as follows: shred rollover buns and place on bottom, half white onion, whole green pepper, rollover ham, dozen large eggs whisked, three cups of shredded cheese and salt and pepper to taste.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and bake, uncovered for 35 to 50 minutes, or until the top begins to brown and the edges are bubbling. The baking time will be greatly dependent on the type as well as depth of pan you use.

A slice of the Rollover Ham & Bun Breakfast Casserole.

We had enough leftovers it made for two pans of Rollover Ham Breakfast Casserole. In the end, the “waste not, want not,” saying even holds true in the kitchen. Don't throw away those leftovers and try rollover cooking this Earth Day!


In celebration of the 44th anniversary of Earth Day population-we™ staffers will celebrate our love for planet earth with green posts the entire month of April! Thanks for reading our third Earth Day post. 

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[Earth Day Edition] Conduct Your Own Trash Walk & Trash Blog

Trash doesn’t discriminate you can find it in anywhere; whether, in a downtown, midtown or rural neighborhood. Do you have an empty lot or field in your area that is an eyesore because of litter? Our neighborhood does. This spring because of the epic winds my husband and I have encountered litter on our daily walks with our rescue dog Pepper and decided to do something about it.

A couple year's back my husband and I moved to a more rural neighborhood in Elkhorn, NE., and winter remnants of trash this year are the worst it's ever been. Why? Because of something we call “wind litter.” On more than one occasion, I've looked out the window and have seen our neighbor's recycled trash blow down the street. So, we've picked up trash in lots around our house and decided to blog about it.

Elkhorn recyclables ready for the curb.

We found: Wine bottles, water bottles, beer cans, drink boxes, ribbon, card board boxes, cereal boxes, mail, plastic netting, pop cans, foam, milk bottles, Styrofoam, strands of plastic, trash bag box, plastic bags, landscaping border, plastic and food cans.

I can’t take credit for this blog post. I borrowed this concept from a former colleague--Professor Emeritus David E. Corbin. He’s done his own Trash Blog in Midtown Omaha for years. Read about it at Talking (and walking) Trash.

So, this Earth Day do what Dr. Corbin and The Brown's did and conduct your own Trash Walk or Trash Blog. If you’re up for the pop-we eco living challenge: go a step further and help fight litter in your community by throwing trash away properly before it becomes litter. Let’s keep the world beautiful not just on Earth Day but year round.


In celebration of the 44th anniversary of Earth Day population-we™ staffers will celebrate our love for planet earth with green posts the entire month of April! Thanks for reading our second Earth Day post. 

- population-we™ blog post by Becky Bohan Brown 

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[Earth Day Edition] Buying Recycled Paint

The paint.

On the last painting project The Brown’s undertook we decided not to buy paint the conventional way, at a big box store. That combined with wanting to buy sustainable paint--we chose to go to the Habitat for Humanity Omaha ReStore.

There are 825 Habitat ReStores in the U.S. and Canada. These Habitat ReStores provide a socially and environmentally responsible way to keep good, reusable materials out of landfills.

Brian and I were very aware of what this store Humanity Omaha Restore had to offer; since, we’d been there before and helped with a life-long friend bring this very store to fruition. Read about our volunteering effort here.

At Habitat’s ReStore, our first choice is Amazon Paint, which is repurposed paint. This is rescued paint from government, stores, construction and consumers. Amazon’s goal since 1992 has been to repurpose and reprocess paint. It's good paint. In fact, the paint is inspected through a processing and filtering system.

A Burnt Corral wall at The Browns.

On our visit to the West Maple Habitat ReStore, we didn’t see any Amazon paint in our color choice. So, we investigated further and there it was--a five-gallon bucket that spoke to me. It was Sophir Morris paint, which we’d later call “Burnt Corral.” Why? Because it reminded me of the very first corral Brian & I ever saw while scuba diving in Jamaica.

We paid $35 for a five-gallon bucket (shown above). I thank whomever donated this paint to the ReStore! Because each and every day we see our walls we are reminded of our scuba adventures in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Have a painting project in mind? If so, consider buying paint from a Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Indeed, in the end when I look at my burnt corral walls these words echo in my head, “home improvement never felt so good...because it's repurposed paint!”


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- population-we™ blog post by Becky Bohan Brown 

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