"Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food." Anna Fellows Johnston

What a weekend. Full of laughter, beer, and friends. Pretty sure we will be using quotes for a month from this last weekend. ON TO LUNCH!

We decided to get Green Mill today. Usually I go with the Extreme Jamaican wings because they are awesome, but I went with the French dip sandwich with sauteed mushrooms. Sandwich was good, the rosemary au jus was awesome. Fries tasted like they had been sitting underneath the heat lamp for a few hours.

Ben got the 5 cheese lasagna, it looked and smelled delish!

Steve decided on the wild mushroom and chicken penne. When I get pasta from here this is what I usually get. The alfredo sauce is awesome.

I do have a little bitching to get out. I swear the Green Mill changes their menu at least once a month. Go to order your favorite thing and they say its not on the menu anymore. WTF?!

Anyway, like I was saying in the post before this I am going to start doing feature restaurants starting in July. Should be posted on the 4th. First place will be Agave Kitchen since Paul was the one who talked me into starting this blog.

I guess it was seafood weekend...

After bartending yesterday I ran up the the grocery store and picked up a nice fillet of Sockeye Salmon to BBQ over at Doug's house. Superbowl Sunday, my buddy Matt Ryan showed me this little trick on the grill. Tinfoil, fish, lemon juice, half a stick of butter, and some old bay seasoning. Wrap that bastard up and throw it on the grill.

I dont think I can cook any seafood with out Old Bay seasoning anymore. Jebus, that stuff is amazing! It really complements the fish, butter, lemon combo very nicely!

Ahhh Flying Dog beer. So good! This guy right here was inspired by my favorite author, the late, great Hunter S Thompson. Very malty, and strong. 9.2% beer!

July is a new month, and with that I am going to start doing a monthly feature on different restaurants! Time to get my interview skills in order...

THE SHRIMPENING!

I TOLD YOU FOOLS I LIKE TO GET SHRIMP COCKTAIL AND EAT IT ALL! Ben had the great idea about getting some shrimp platters for lunch today. Who am I to say that is crazy. So we went to the grocery store and picked some up.

And who says I don't eat healthy! Got a nice fruit plate for dessert! Mmmmm strawberries!

Well I hope you all have a good weekend. Might BBQ tomorrow, so there might be a Sunday edition.

Shannan gave me crabs...

Last Sunday
Shannan called me up and said she had a present for me. I was a little curious about what it was. She arrived and gave me a 10 pound box of crab legs. So when I got home last night, I was a little hungry and steamed me a big ol' plate with some butter.

On a side note, while cracking in to these bad boys I watched the new show Wilfred on FX. WOW! That show is hilarious! Elijah Wood is great, and the guy who plays the dog is my new hero.

“Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. There's, um, shrimp kebabs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich... That's, that's about it.” Bubba Blue

Ahhh deep fried shrimp! How I love it! If there was one type of food I could eat all day long it would be the dentist of the sea! I sometimes find myself getting shrimp cocktail from the grocery store and eating the whole thing by myself.

This lunch is brought to you by Dicks Bar and Grill. This wonderful restaurant/bar opened in 1855, and there is a reason its been around that long! Great food, and great service!

Even though its pretty warm out today, I couldn't pass up a bowl of Clam Chowder. And let me tell you, its AWESOME! Skin on chunks of potato, big ass chunks of tender clam!

Most of you already know about Dicks, but for those of you who have never eaten there here are a few suggestions. Nacho's, make sure you are hungry! Its a big ol' plate of awesomeness! Build your own French Dip, splendid! Chicken in a hubcap, half a chicken deep fried to perfection!

Their website is dicksbargrill.com or check out their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dicks-Bar-Grill/196413675353

The single greatest compliment that I have ever had, Is when somebody told me, “You remind me of your dad.”

If any one is a "Fine Kind of Sewer" (connoisseur) of food it would be my Dad. He taught me the basics of grilling, making an awesome breakfast omelette that he likes to call "Skunge", and broiling one hell of a venison tenderloin. Just don't get near his pork chop or you will pull back a stub! Happy Fathers day!

A little piece of Heaven...

Kaladi's is probably one of Hudson Wisconsin's best kept secrets! My worst experience at this place was they forgot to send ketchup with our order one time. Everything else has been FANTASTIC! Thats probably why we order food from them at least twice a week. Lets take a look at what we ate today.

This here is what you call a Chicken Carbonara sandwich. This beautiful creature has garlic chicken, bacon (YAY BACON!), mushrooms, with a incredible alfredo sauce on a french roll. I have no idea what kind of batter they use for the onion rings, but they are some of the best deep fried Allium cepa (thats the genus, I have learnin!) I've ever had!

On to this glorious bastard! This is the Deluxe Grilled Cheese. Grilled sourdough bread with 3 different kinds of cheese, bacon (because EVERYTHING is better with bacon), onion and tomato. I like to add the black forrest ham to it.

Check out their website www.kaladis2.com or their facebook page here http://www.facebook.com/jwkaladis

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. - Mark Twain.

One of our guilty pleasures at the shop is Chili Cheese dogs from Dairy Queen. I try not to eat fast food all the time, but there are some days where I just can't stop my self from indulging in these delicious tubes of meat covered in a slurry of meat.

After taking these pictures I figured the title of this entry was appropriate...

CHEERS!

As I sit at home being bored and drunk...

So tonight I went to Uncle Mikes to watch my friends in the Mini Skinny  play an acoustic set. They had a "Name the burger night"! This delicious bastard was on hand! I didn't get to sample this beast, but I assure you that Uncle Mikes has some bomb ass food! Whats all on it you ask? I will tell you! 2 half pound burgers with Grilled cheese sandwiches for buns! I guarantee a trip out to exit 4 in Hudson Wisconsin is well worth the drive! By the way, the burger is now called "The New Skinny Burger" 

CHEERS! 

First Post!!!

So I figured for my first post I would just put up a bunch of pictures of food Ive eaten in the past. Tomorrow I will start posting what I do for lunch and dinner. CHEERS! 

 A typical BBQ At Doug's

 Meatball Hoagie from Yarusso Brothers in St Paul MN

 Sushi from Shanghai Bistro in Hudson WI

 Santa Fe Bacon Cheese Fries from Agave Kitchen in Hudson WI

 Stuffed Peppers I made

 Kaladi's Club Sandwich Hudson WI

 Chicago Dog and Chili Dog Kaladi's in Hudson WI

 Schnitzel Hunter Style Winzerstube Hudson WI

Shrub Burger Agave Kitchen Hudson WI