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Bushel & Peck's - Beloit, Wisconsin - Friday Night Fish Fry - "Fish Fry Night Milwaukee," by Ron Faiola
This entry was posted on 3/19/2010 2:32 AM and is filed under Friday Night Fish Fry.
Back in February, I gave a nod to Bushel and Peck's down in Beloit for their eclectic café-deli shtick. It was one of the places helping out with the Beloit International Film Festival (BIFF). The response was so good for Ron Faiola's documentary, "Fish Fry Night Milwaukee" that they brought back the film last week for another showing.
What's more interesting, on that original Friday night showing they served up a special fish fry. Response was so enthusiastic, they have decided to have the fish fry every Friday from five to eight p.m. One of the owners I chatted with said they will be getting the fish from a lake "up nort'."
I think the key to Bushel and Peck's fish fry offering is the Milwaukee-esque presentation. They serve up beer-battered, deep-fried Lake Perch. With your heap of thoughtfully breaded fish will come equally well prepared deep-fried shrimp. Potatoes will be fried wedge slices. The "heap" of fish, is a longtime Milwaukee fish fry signature. The cole slaw has a unique taste with the emphasis on cabbage. The tarter is beyond average tavern style with an obvious favoring of the herbs that are part of the greater theme of the eclectic eatery.
As I did last time I opted for a 24-ounce bottle of Heineken. I even opened it with my jack knife can opener. Tip is not a big factor as you order up at the deli counter. The beer and fish fry set me back 20 Bucks. That's a bit high for one person, but you will not be disappointed and it is well worth it. Also, this fish fry is a bit different than other area presentations as it favors the more Milwaukee oriented style.
I got a chance to talk to Producer, Writer, Editor, Director and chief cook and bottle washer Ron Faiola about his film about fish frys. He said you could make several sequels just going to Milwaukee fish frys. A lot of the choice as to who got in his film actually rotated around which businesses responded to his initial inquiries. Ron Faiola is cool with Cool Dadio. You can find more information about his work and were you can buy a copy of "Fish Fry Night Milwaukee" at www.FishFryNight.com .
Bushel and Peck's is still cool with Cool Dadio as well. I will no-doubt be back to give them a try perhaps during Beloit Farmers Market when the weather tunes up real soon now. Find them at 328 State Street in Beloit, Wisconsin. Call (608) 363 - 3911 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 Captain Benjamin D. Jansky, 28 of the Fox Valley city of Oshkosh. Captain Jansky died in a vehicle crash in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, on July 27, 2005. Jansky was a member of Wisconsin's 521st Maintenance Battalion out of Milwaukee. His unit was activated in October of 2004 and he arrived in Iraq in December of that year. Captain Jansky served in Iraq on assignment to the Army Reserves' Headquarters Company, 983rd Engineer Battalion out of Momclova, Ohio. He lead a maintenance crew that maintained military vehicles. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Ben graduated from the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He was a native of the Northern Illinois city of Waukegan. Jansky met his wife Kate while they were both students at the UW-Oshkosh in 1994. Ben and Kate married in 1998 and made their home in Oshkosh. Ben and wife worked to establish a ministry program for UW-Oshkosh students. Ben graduated from UW-Oshkosh in 1999 with a degree in elementary education. At the time of his death, Jansky was survived by his wife Kate, and two daughters, Emma, 3, and Reyna, 1. Captain Benjamin Jansky was the 43rd Wisconsin service member to be killed in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,642 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,411 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,389 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1015 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
657 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,732 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,264 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
101 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
17 Wisconsin soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
140 journalists (several nationalities) have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
21 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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