foodiholic~

I'm a foodiholic ~ I like good food and I like good alchohol :)

This has been my week ~ of both!

Friday night Dear Hubby saved me the task of cooking (which I also love doing).  We went out for the Wisconsin traditional Friday Night Fish Fry.  Off to Glidden we went to the Green Lantern.

The Green Lantern is a very clean, unique little place.  It's all decorated in antiques.  The table, chairs, linens, glasses, plates, water pitchers, salt & peppers ... ALL of it ~ are all old, mix-matched pieces. The bar in the basement is made of stone, it's decorated with old 45 records hanging from the ceiling, old band instruments hanging from the walls by the jukebox.... LOVE IT ALL ... and they serve up my Mt Royal Lite and Diet Coke in a BIG tumbler ... and I don't even have to ask for it to be served that way ~ BONUS :) 

The staff is super friendly and we have never ever ever had a bad dining experience there - except for the one time they only had one afterdinner mint left in the candy dish, that sits by the counter when you leave for the guest to help themselves to, and Slim and I were prepared to arm wrestle for it.  Thank God the staff noticed and refilled it before it got ugly.

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I just love Teresa's fish fry ~ you get three huge pieces of cod or haddock, choice of potato (I had the sweet potato mash, Slim had the hashbrowns) and salad bar ... and it's only $8.99.   Of course, Slim had to follow everything up with his bowl of butter pecan ice cream.

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Then last night ... to continue our obsession with food we headed off to Mercer, WI to one of our favorite little restaurants in all the world ... where they serve authentic German food, The Pines.  Dear Hubby's family has known this family for many years ~ ever since the original owners opened it on the Turtle Flambeau Flowage.  It is now run by their daughter and her husband. 

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Margie cooked up our all time fave ~ Wiener Schnitzel und Spaetzel und Potato Dumplings with a side of Red Cabbage   ... OMG... to die for.  I'm telling you ... if I would have died last night in my sleep ~ I'd of gone with a smile on my face!  On my bucket list ... get the schnitzel recipe from her.  I've had Wiener Schnitzel in other restaurants but they don't even come close in flavor to that served at The Pines.

Now ... to continue on with my foodie obsession ... I have to go and get myself prettied up.  Slim is fishing this morning and when he gets home he'll be ready for breakfast.  It's the last day of his vacation and he doesn't know it yet; but ... there's a new restaurant in town and I heard through the grapevine that they serve a pretty good chicken fried steak.  Think he'll take me there if he walks in and doesn't see that I cooked?

Until next time...
So it goes in my neck of the woods.
~mel