1 ઑક્ટોબર, 2008

"Welcome to Wisconsin"... a quiz.

Reading a menu the other day, I expressed surprised at the existence of a particular item. The server responded, "Welcome to Wisconsin."

What was the item?

AND THE ANSWER IS: Cheese and burger soup.

113 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

X કહ્યું...

Texas Toast?

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Sweet milk curds?

Peter Hoh કહ્યું...

Cheese curds.

Richard Dolan કહ્યું...

Barbecued cheese, Hmong-Korean-Episcopalian style.

Tom Tucker કહ્યું...

chicken fried steak, or biscuits 'n gravy...

Beta Conservative કહ્યું...
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Headless Blogger કહ્યું...

"Broasted" anything.

Beta Conservative કહ્યું...

Eggs Benedict using a bratwurst patty in place of Canadian Bacon.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

To be clear, I was surprised that this item existed at all, not that it managed to appear on a menu in Wisconsin. "Welcome to Wisconsin" was the server's attempt to explain that such a thing had been concocted. I was assured of its goodness.

Unknown કહ્યું...

Wisconsin Cheese Mart

Paddy O કહ્યું...

moose

Wince કહ્યું...

Beaver?

Unknown કહ્યું...

Chicken Fried Bacon
...with cream gravy

But that's Texas

BJK કહ્યું...

I'm going to guess some permutation of cheese, most likely involving a deep frier.

ricpic કહ્યું...

Kringles.

Robert Phansalkar કહ્યું...

Head cheese?

Liverwurst?

Unknown કહ્યું...

Perhaps an odd flavor of ice cream. The local Whole Foods here has avocado gelato, for instance.

bleeper કહ્યું...

Lutefisk milk shake.

Cheese flavored water.

That Seventies Show platter.

Anneliese કહ્યું...

bratwurst salad

Henry કહ્યું...

Badger Sandwich

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

mcg said...
Perhaps an odd flavor of ice cream. The local Whole Foods here has avocado gelato, for instance.

9:14 AM


Not really that "odd". My grandma used to make avocado (aguacate) ice cream from scratch by hand.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Obama (PBUH) burger

John Clemens કહ્યું...

Apple pie with a slice of cheese on it?

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

Cream of cheese curd soup?

I'm thinking it's a creamed soup with an odd ingredient.

Last week I was at the new La Brioche spot (fabulous!) where Magic Mill used to be, and I'm trying to remember if they had any weird items on their menu. But I can't.

Headless Blogger કહ્યું...

Follow-up quiz: Did Ann order and eat the odd menu item?

George M. Spencer કહ્યું...

"Lutefisk is cod that has been dried in a lye solution. It looks like the desiccated cadavers of squirrels run over by trucks...."

Garrison Keillor

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

john clemens, what is odd about Apple Pie and cheese? Apple pie is delicious with aged cheddar.

froggyprager કહ્યું...

fried badger?

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Apple pie with a slice of cheese on it?

Apple pie should ALWAYS be served with a slice of sharp cheddar cheese (at least 5 yrs old).

Anything else would be uncivilized.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

And a big glass of cold milk.

Ken Stalter કહ્યું...

Deep-fried Oreo.

Meade કહ્યું...

Sauteed worm bowels?
Squirrel brains?
Crap salad sandwich?

(all organic, of course)

AllenS કહ્યું...

Egg salad sandwich from free range chickens.

DaLawGiver કહ્યું...

Trout throats.

former law student કહ્યું...

A toughie. After all, Wisconsin is the home of the cheese-stuffed jalapeno popper.

Deep-fried bacon.

Richard Dolan કહ્યું...

Kosher fake-ham and cheese sandwich, a special Wisconsin tradition for Rosh Hoshana to celebrate America's diversity.

bearbee કહ્યું...

Cock’s combs
Birds’ nests (though not that unknown)
Eyes of a roasted lamb’s head (see Lawrence of Arabia)
Hooves of some sort

Maxwell કહ્યું...

Oooh, I bet it was that Pretzel Burger from the Great Dane - a 1/2 pound burger AND a bratwurst on a pretzel roll!

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Free range badger.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Tax increase soup.

chickelit કહ્યું...

Carp sandwich? (local catch only, when in season)

bearbee કહ્યું...

Honey baked honey-bees

American robin tongue, eggs or feet

bearbee કહ્યું...

Final entry:

Cow udder

Trooper York કહ્યું...

A cheddar cheese dildo.

Trooper York કહ્યું...

Oh, wait he got traded to the Jets.

UWS guy કહ્યું...

Did we ever get the answer to the last quiz? "Slap in the face" or something from the upcoming blogging heads?

UWS guy કહ્યું...

Also, Richard Dolan's guess at 9:05am is the winner (at least on awesomeness).

The Drill SGT કહ્યું...

slightly off topic, but only slightly.

In Virginia, the California Cheese people (The Happy Cow folks) are running an ad called "To California" with a bunch of I assume Wisconsin (listen to the accents) Cows in a snow storm, talking about how Sadie made a break for it and is off to Calfornia

:)

Is it true you folks abuse your cows?

http://www.realcaliforniacheese.com/content/california

garage mahal કહ્યું...

Old Fashioned
No. 6
Jim's Blue Ribbon summer sausage, Miesfeld market holiday garlic salami, Bavaria Sausage Kitchen's Braunschweiger, mustard, bread & butter pickles, deviled eggs, coleslaw and rye bread.

AllenS કહ્યું...

Pickled pigs feet.

Lorelei Leigh કહ્યું...

Carp sandwich? (local catch only, when in season)

Maybe it's crap sandwich.

Oh, wait, that's D.C.

Here in Mississippi it would be something else. Deep fried crap, perhaps. In Wisconsin? I've never been, but I imagine the crap would be covered in cheese.

Brad V કહ્યું...

raw ginseng garnished with cranberries and covered in real butter, not margarine?

pickled sucker? a smelt patty? booyah? sturgeon blood sausage? venison salad?

although I must agree that #6 at Old Fashioned is about as Wisco as it gets.

DaLawGiver કહ્યું...

After all, Wisconsin is the home of the cheese-stuffed jalapeno popper.

PLuueeese! Something obviously stolen. The jalapeno is the Texas state pepper.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Cheese beer.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Sara Palin's head

Palladian કહ્યું...

Lark's tongues in aspic.

UWS guy કહ્યું...

Trooper York's tongue in Rispic.

Triangle Man કહ્યું...

My three guesses,

1) Something deep fried and on a stick (imported from Minnesota)

2) Some uncommon part of a cow / bull.

3) Moose burger!

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Steel Spring Surprise!

Original Mike કહ્યું...

A carp sandwich is a crap sandwich. Yuch.

kentuckyliz કહ્યું...

Crunchy Frog.

No wait, that's one of the chocolates from a Monty Python sketch.

I imagine it involves the balls of gelded farm animals. Pig or cow?

I heard they're tasty but I'm too afraid to try it.

UWS guy કહ્યું...

Mountain oysters fried in cheese.

EnigmatiCore કહ્યું...

Cheese stuffed squirrel?

Ron કહ્યું...

poutine?

Joe કહ્યું...

Hamburger with butter?

Headless Blogger કહ્યું...

Chocolate covered bacon.

garage mahal કહ્યું...

pickled sucker?

LOL. Fun to snag, and surprisingly good pickled.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

I've heard of chocolate covered bacon. It's reported to be good.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Butter Burgers!!!

Bushman of the Kohlrabi કહ્યું...

Bacon and cigarette sandwich?

Brian Hancock કહ્યું...

Old fashion?

Exploding pig?

MadisonMan કહ્યું...

Has silvio ever been through a Culver's Drive-through?

I think so.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Cheese, stuffed with cheese, with a crunchy cheese coating, served in a three-cheese sauce. With several spicy cheese dipping sauces on the side. And cheese bread.

It was a side dish served with the daily special - cheese plate with braunschwieger.

Excellent with a glass of Cheddar Porter from Capital Brewing Company.

It was probably listed in the 'no added sugar' section of the menu.

Bushman of the Kohlrabi કહ્યું...

Alice in Dairyland on a stick?

Trooper York કહ્યું...

I already guessed cheddar cheese dildo.

T J Sawyer કહ્યું...

Hot Dish!

Oh, wait. We have that in Minnesota too. - It must be broasted chicken.

Brian Hancock કહ્યું...

Road Kill burrito (Green Tavern on Thursdays)?

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Broasted chicken is only a Wisconsin thing?

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

I already guessed cheddar cheese dildo.

I was going to say Sen. Herb Kohl, but Trooper beat me to it.

TerriW કહ્યું...

Deep fried cheese curds are actually very good ... though I suspect each one will take a good hour or so off of your life.

As a sort-of aside, one time when my husband and I lived in Texas, we drove by a Culvers (a Wisconsin-based chain -- was surprised to see one in Texas!). He looked up at the sign where they advertise the day's special and asked, "What the heck is Walleye?"

Being a Cheddarhead myself, I never considered Walleye exotic.

former law student કહ્યું...

Broasted chicken is only a Wisconsin thing?

BC was common in the Chicagoland of my youth -- our pizza delivery joint sold it.

What's distinctly Wisconsin (AFAIK) is the Supper Club. Wisconsin shares with Minnesota the concept of the Parking Ramp.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

We caught walleye last weekend when we were canoe camping. Yum, yum, yum.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Trooper, do you have broasted chicken in NY?

Trooper York કહ્યું...

I don't think so. But we do have rosietirrie (sic) chicken. I remember there was this old school deli on Pierpont St. that served the Court house area on Court St. Anyway they had this big roaster oven with a glass case that they broiled whole chickens on a spit. I swear that the same chicken was in that thing for a solid year.

Broasted mean's what exactly?

Trooper York કહ્યું...

The was a girl in my eight grade class that had the Walleye. It was a shame because she was kinda cute otherwise. But I hear they have an operation for that now.

bill કહ્યું...

slate.com, July 21, 1999: Broasted Chicken: A Chatterbox Investigation

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Broasted = breaded and deep fried in a pressure cooker. Think of a deep fryer that is constructed with a vault-like top to prevent explosions.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Broasted mean's what exactly?

Good question.

ginabina કહ્યું...

Beer. On the breakfast menu.

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

There was a girl in my eight grade class that had the Walleye. It was a shame because she was kinda cute otherwise. But I hear they have an operation for that now.

She was lucky. The bullhead was a far more difficult condition to treat.

Trooper York કહ્યું...

Wow, that sounds tasty.

Maybe with cole slaw and pickles and a few ice cold beers.

Ice cream sandwich for desert.

Brian Hancock કહ્યું...

Our local Pizza Huts have 'Badger Special' but sadly, it does not contain badger meet.

Brian Hancock કહ્યું...

Beer chasers go with Bloody Marys. Also on game days, you can start drinking at anytime.

KLDAVIS કહ્યું...

Deep fried twinkie?

The one food I can't get anywhere but Wisconsin is the Ponza Rotta Pizza (like a calzone, but deep fried instead of baked). To my knowledge, they only come from Jimmy' Grotto in Waukesha.

Mike કહ્યું...

Broasted = breaded and deep fried in a pressure cooker. Think of a deep fryer that is constructed with a vault-like top to prevent explosions.


Isn't that what the Colonel does?

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Michael said...
[...]

Isn't that what the Colonel does?

11:41 AM


OMG! Michael thinks the Colonel is still alive, and cooks!!!

Or something like that...

Peter V. Bella કહ્યું...

Fried turkey testicles?

Dust Bunny Queen કહ્યું...

scrapple?

yum

Original Mike કહ્યું...

She is going to tell us, right?

chickelit કહ્યું...

UWS wrote: Did we ever get the answer to the last quiz? "Slap in the face" or something from the upcoming blogging heads?

You're right, I don't believe we did. We've been played as suckers.

Jason કહ્યું...

Carrot and raisin salad.

TerriW કહ્યું...

Smelt?

(Though, admittedly, I've seen that on menus in the UP.)

Beth કહ્યું...

did it have "cajun" in the name?

IgnatzEsq કહ્યું...

As someone who grew up in Wisconsin, the proper answer here should probably combine things that are wisconsin. Hunting, sausage, cheese...

Which is why I think it is venison bratwurst with cheese.

Of course the "scrambler" at Mickey's Dairy Bar in Madison probably isn't found anywhere else either (an omlete scrambled with fried potatoes topped with cheese and gravy)

અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

lime Jello with cheddar cheese balls

Original Mike કહ્યું...

Hmmm. Mickey's scrambler. I have to skip dinner the night before so I can eat one.

Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

I put up the answer.

The "slap in the face" will be answered when bhtv puts the diavlog up.

AllenS કહ્યું...

I just Googled "Cheese and burger soup" and there is only one entry. That's right, yours.

chickelit કહ્યું...
આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.
અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

This month's special is October Surprise.

bearbee કહ્યું...

Cheese and burger soup? That's it?

Sounds mundane.

I just Googled "Cheese and burger soup" and there is only one entry. That's right, yours.

If you remove the "" a number of recipes come up.

Original Mike કહ્યું...

I make a cheese and brat soup (though I've found it's much better with Italian sausage).

bleeper કહ્યું...

I still think it was cheese flavored water.

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