I have juggled my schedule around so I can get to a few fish frys out of the Rock County area. I had read about The Nite Cap Inn, a regionally known fish fry in Palmyra, Wisconsin. So Heide and I hopped in the back-up Geo Metro and headed the 30 miles or so to Palmyra (if you follow my blog you know my long-time blue Metro of 11 years, died).
The place makes the Cool Dadio fish fry list for a couple of reasons besides the well prepared and good food. The way you order up is rather unique, at least to this area. Some one in the lounge area of the bar will take your order. If you are early, a bit after you order, your food will be waiting for you at the table when you enter to sit - the serving style is some where between a bed-and-breakfast and an old limestone-brick tavern inn. The tables are pushed close together so there is almost a group eating style.
The all-you-can-eat breaded cod is $9.95. There will be a big bowls of cole slaw and apple sauce on the table. That is the way old-time fish frys work. The potato pancakes are also all-you-can-eat. The meal comes with dark bread and butter. There is plenty of tarter sauce and lemon slices.
Heide insisted we try the homemade Schaum Torte for dessert which highlights ice cream and straw berries. With a shared Diet Pepsi the Torte and a 20-percent tip we got out of there for 27 Bucks.
There are only 40 or so chairs - get there early or I fear you will wait. We arrived right at 4:00 p.m. and got right in. The Nite Cap Inn is cool with Cool Dadio. The Nite Cap Inn is at 227 3rd Street, Palmyra, Wisconsin. Cal (262) 495-2659 for more details on times and other food offerings.
This week's Wisconsin soldier to remember is Sergeant Benjamin C. Edinger, 24, of Green Bay who died on November 23, 2004, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from injuries he receive during enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 14. Sgt. Edinger suffered shrapnel wounds from a homemade bomb. Benjamin was the 29th Wisconsin soldier killed in the war in Iraq since the spring of 2003. This was his second tour of duty in Iraq after taking part in the first wave of the war in March of 2003. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Benjamin was a 1999 graduate of Green Bay West High School. He had attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for a time. Sergeant Edinger was a member of the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force.
3,841 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
451 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
28,327 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1,708 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
81 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
6 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
123 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Soldier of the week, military casualty, and journalist casualty information sources: Committee to Protect Journalists; cnn.com; and, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
