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VFW Post 8483 - Madison - Friday Night Fish Fry
This entry was posted on 11/20/2009 1:30 AM and is filed under Taverns Wisconsin, Friday Night Fish Fry.
Many years ago, maybe 15, when we live up in Madison, Heide and I made our way out to the north side of Madison to Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 8483. I had been given the fish fry tip by a customer at Farm and Fleet were I used to work. I used to ask people that came up to the Tire Desk for auto repairs what their favorite fish fry was.
Heide and I have perused fish fries for years. We vowed to, or at least I vow to, and Heide has tagged along, to visiting that Wisconsin construct, the Wisconsin fish fry, once we were back in Wisconsin. Move away for a while and the fish fry is something you might just miss. It is really a Wisconsin phenomena. Just last week I had an epiphany and we made the pilgrimage to the hill above Truax air field to once again patronage Post 8483. Not sure why it popped out of my memory.
The same lady from 1993, at the same desk awaited us as we walked in. The place is the consummate veteran's hangout. There are pictures of past vets and commanders of the post on the wall. A collection of military unit patches occupy one of the many glass cabinets. The bar is short, but friendly. A glass of beer will run you a Buck seventy-five.
The two-piece Cod comes with a cup of beans, fries, roll and butter, cole slaw, tarter, and a cup of coffee. The whole thing will set you back about eight and a half Bucks.
You can find Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 8483 out at 737 County Road CV, just north of Madison. If you can see the Truax air field lights, you are near the right place. Call: (608) 241 - 3740 for more information.
Wisconsin Military Service Person Special Mention of the Week
(each week Cooldadiomedia mentions a Wisconsin service person killed in Iraq or Afghanistan)
This week's Wisconsin military service person to remember is 24-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal Brian R. Prening. Corporal Prening is from Plymouth; he died while engaging the enemy in Babil Province, Iraq, on November 12, 2004. Prening was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. The unit is from Chicago. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Brian is a graduate of Plymouth High School. He had gotten married on August 13, 2004, and he and wife Amy were expecting their first child. CNN.com lists the Prenings as from Sheboygan. The Journal Sentinel also mentioned Brian went to Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wisconsin where he got a degree completing the tool-and-die program. Brian worked at Kohler Company. His Marine Reserve unit was activated. Brian is survived by a twin brother, Bill, a younger sister, Ann, 21, wife Amy, a step son, and mother and father Brian and Deborah Prening. Corporal Brian Prening was the 27th Wisconsin military service person killed in the fighting in Iraq.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
94,144 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,315 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,367 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
914 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
594 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,571 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,529 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
16 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
139 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 journalists (various nationalities) have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
Wisconsin military service person special mention 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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