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Saint John's Lutheran Church - Edgerton, Wisconsin - Friday Night Fish Fry (annual)
This entry was posted on 4/1/2010 2:20 AM and is filed under Church Dinners, Friday Night Fish Fry.
This is the time of year in Wisconsin when the annual church fish frys gaggle up. Last week I found a blurb in the Janesville Gazette for one such fish fry at the Saint John's Lutheran Church in Edgerton.
Straight off I realized I had never seen this church before, but churches abound in rural Wisconsin so my ignorance is nothing to sweat over. I knew I was in the right place because they were cooking out front on the side walk to the side door. I pondered this for a moment and then thought, "Good idea. Frying fish is messy, so if you only do it once a year, why mess up your kitchen?" As well, I wonder if fish cooks a bit different out side in the cool crisp spring air? The last time I saw fish being cooked outside, I was at a fish boil in Door County. Before that, we were cooking some lake fish over a fire at the camp ground.
I talked to the pastor and a couple of the cooks after I ate, and they said they would try to have the event every year. They have done it before. They got their fish from a vendor and some of the church members fixed up a homemade batter.
It all passed the Cool Dadio muster. They offered baked or fried fish. I tried the fried of course. There was baked potatoes and French fries. Cole slaw, apple sauce, and rolls were waiting at the family style tables. Milk and coffee came with the deal. And of course, as with any consummate church dinner, comes the homemade desserts.
When you go to these events, you better be able to conversate. You will find yourself at a big table with other peeps enjoying the feast.
The whole thing set me back nine Bucks. Saint John's Lutheran Church is cool with Cool Dadio. Find them at 257 East High Street in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Hopefully they will have their version of fish fry next year and every year. Call (608) 884 - 3515 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)
Army Sergeant First Class Trevor J. Diesing 30, was killed by a bomb in Husaybah, Iraq, on Thursday, August 25, 2005. The Pilot Newspaper out of North Carolina said Diesing was born in Minnesota. He grew up and worked on his familys' dairy farm in Maiden Rock, a western Wisconsin community. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned Diesing played basketball and baseball for Plum City High School, Plum City, Wisconsin. He joined the Army Reserves before graduating in 1992. Sergeant Diesing spent several years in the Army Reserves and joined the Army full time in 1997. Diesing was assigned to Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was on his third tour of duty in Iraq. At the time of his death Trevor Diesing was survived by: Wife Lori; children Mariah Vogel, 7, Cole, 3, and Maddox, 3 months; parents, Debbie and Lonnie Diesing, and brother Toby Diesing. Sergeant First Class Trevor J. Diesing was the 45th Wisconsin military service person to die in Iraq since the spring of 2003.
As of this blog entry's posting date:
95,755 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
9,415 Iraqi Security Forces have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
4,390 Americans have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
1023 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
317 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
663 Coalition soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
31,762 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Iraq since Spring, 2003.
5,393 U.S. troops have been wounded in action in Afghanistan since October, 2001.
102 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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