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VFW Post 1621, Janesville - Friday Night Fish Fry - and Cootie Breakfast
This entry was posted on 4/11/2008 12:22 AM and is filed under Special and Seasonal Eats, Taverns Wisconsin, Friday Night Fish Fry.
Last Friday, Heide and I drove down to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1621 just south of downtown Janesville. The timbre of their presentation reminds me of fish fries I remember as a kid. The folks putting together this fish fry create a homey atmosphere. The fish is served from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Heide tried the baked Cod. I tried the fried Cod; it has the home style taste I remember from some church fish fries. The fish dinners come in one, two, or three pieces. We both opted for the au gratin potatoes, which also have a homemade taste. The dinner will come with bread, butter, lemon, and tarter sauce. The cole slaw fits right into the homemade theme.
VFW Post 1621 is cool with Cool Dadio. It is a nice departure from the restaurant crowd; it has more of a gathering experience. With the two dinners and tip we got out of there for just under 20 Bucks.
Also, check out the Cootie Breakfast which is served between 10:00 a.m. to noon on the first Sunday of each month through the cold weather months. Heide and I swung by there last Sunday. Go to the VFW Post 1621 Web site for more information. The breakfast helps fund needed items for Veteran's hospitals. They offer an ala cart list of pancakes, sausage, ham, eggs, fries, juice, and a bottomless pot of coffee. The price is right and it has the home style presentation like the fish fry; with the two breakfasts and tip it only set us back about 10 Bucks.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1621 can be found at 1015 Center Avenue Janesville, Wisconsin. If you are heading south, look for the jet fighter to the left after you cross Delavan Drive. Call (608) 754-4342 for more information.
Stupid pop culture, media-complex, distraction-from-reality story
I see the main stream pundits are still up to their old tricks more than ever while I was gone to Iraq. So, I am thinking, each day I should continue to jot down the stupidest news story that is foist upon us by the big-media-complex as a distraction from the reality that has become America. So here we go - welcome to today's "Stupid Pop Culture, Media-complex, Distraction-from-reality Story."
The war in Iraq languishes on; the dollar collapses; gas prices have us working stiffs deciding between filling our car tanks and buying necessities; and, Washington apparently continues to be run by two-party paradigm lunatics. Good God but wait, a prophet emerges from the murk like a specter. The nanny-state America that has become the real-time world of Orwell belches out another paper-tiger, millionaire, media elitist who never served a day in the military to offer us salvation - a blue print to save us from ourselves.
Perennial boob Glenn Beck assures us that if we only stop talking about Viet Nam all our national low self esteem will vanish; we will win the war in Iraq; gasoline will drop to a Buck a gallon; China will forgive our debt; and, all of us old Baby Boomers will put our selves on ice flows to float off and freeze to death so as to spare the nation the burdon of paying us Social Security. Now there is some real God damned news!
Wisconsin military service person of the week
Private First Class Kyle M. Hemauer, 21, formally of Chilton, Wisconsin and most recently of Manassas, Virgina, died May 23, 2005, in Afghanistan. Hemauer was assigned to the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division based in Manassas, Virginia. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Kyle grew up in Chilton, Wisconsin and played foot ball for the Chilton High School Tigers where he receive all-conference status. He is a 2002 graduate of Chilton, a city of about 3,800 in Calumet County, Wisconsin. He later played punter for the Northrop Grumman shipyard Apprentice School at Newport News, Virgina. There he studied sheet metal apprentice. He was named to the second offensive team of the All-Atlantic Central Football Conference. Hemauer is one of three brothers. Private First Class Kyle Hemauer was Wisconsin's second soldier to die in the Afghanistan War.
82,725 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
8,145 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,029 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
488 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
310 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
295 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
29,676 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1,914 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
87 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
10 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
127 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
15 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; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; washingtonpost.com; thehighground.org; Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs; iraqbodycount.org; and, icasualties.org.
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