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mayor al 10 years, 5 months ago.
Looks great…nice seeing Ann again!
Is there a reason that Roadfood people stop in the MKE area without contacting Contingent members that would love to meet up with them? Just something I noticed….
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/showprofile.aspx?memid=57280 X1, Rumor has it they are avoiding Brad[;)][}:)]
Ann, A pleasure to finally meet you[8D]
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/showprofile.aspx?memid=9605 mayor al, Nice report. great choice of food and company
Listening to some of my cousins who live in the Cz Republic talk about the Bohemians vs the Moravians vs the Czechs vs the Slovaks, is sort of like reading the regional preferences and biases we find here on this site ! (only the distances are smaller !)
Exactly!
My grandfather was born in Przemy[l, Poland. When searching Ancestry.com I found that he put Austria on all important documents. Przemy[l is pronounced Shemish!
My cousin that was born in Czech….ia says his place of birth was Kamenice River, Slovakia
Interesting, isn’t it?
Looks great…nice seeing Ann again!
Is there a reason that Roadfood people stop in the MKE area without contacting Contingent members that would love to meet up with them? Just something I noticed….
Marlene,
My Mom was born in Prague in 1912. She ALWAYS referred to the family origin as Czech, or sometimes Bohemian. However the reality of the situation was that she left (as an infant) before WWI when that whole area was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire (The Hapsburgs were in power). Her immigration papers at Governor’s Island, and the steamship manifest I got in my Ancestry search, says Austria for country of origin!!
Gregg,
We spent all Friday morning shopping the Goshen, IN Mennonite Thrift Shops…Then tried to beat the weekend traffic in Chicago. It was a close vote, but that schedule beat the Cicero Freddies stop by one vote (hers!!).
We hope to stop in the old Czech neighborhood on our next trip !
BDTN- Part of the ‘Loot’ we picked up on the bargain-sale table at Usingers is targeted for sale or trade to our Tennessee buddy Poverty Pete. He has already called to say he will come up next week to pick up his goodies…10 lbs or more of the Brisket/Pastrami chunks and a bunch of the summer garlic sausage. Usingers catalog is great, but in a corner of the retail store they have a bargain-table….contents change frequently…at really great prices. That Brisket/Pastrami was only $2 a lb !!! I like it because it is fully cooked, but not smothered in the pepper and other spices that kill the beef flavor for me.
Al, as usual, your photos are great. Good to see a ppic of Ann and Bob. I know Poverty is looking forward to your purchase and he has a nice treat for you. I met with Poverty last week in Nashville and he and I toured the town completely. We had some great popsciple’s, Hot fried chicken at 400F and BBQ at Neeleys and shared a glass of wine at the Maxwell Hoouse Hotel where ROZ and I stayed during her meeting. As you recall, Poverty and I called tou from the Hot fried chicken place.
Neeley’s BBQ has a very nice location right on the Cumberland River with a great view of the Titan,s practice field.
Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN
I am eternally grateful that I have left those imbibing habits in my early life far behind ! It was not the Pizza business (Domino Effect) that caused the embarrassment, but rather the kind folks at Embassy Suites. Their 2 hour long “Happy Hour” filled me with (among other things) glee prior to attending the Polish dinner celebration, where I got ‘Down-and-Dirty’ with a muti-sensory connection to the Polish Plate similar to the one in the photo above. I could hardly look at Janet’s dinner, much less taste it…even after 35 years+ since the first episode![:0]
While I am glad you enjoyed the trip, I would have loved to meet at Freddy’s! Your calzones will always be waiting!
I have both Czech and Polish relatives and the food does cross the borders which way back then were always changing.
Some of my Polish ancesters called themselves Austrian, but I know the truth!
That potato pancake looks just wonderful!
Thanks for helping me out on the Pierogi Question, Annie ! Your care package in in the mail.
I was surprised (a little) at the relationship between The Polish food we saw and we ate this visit…and the Czech food I have enjoyed over the years. ….and even the Serbian food of the earlier visits to Three Brothers. Obviously the geographic and cultural links between all those countries in Europe make the common-ground link, but their seemed to be more than that when you really compare dish for dish. I guess this would be the theme for another discussion somewhere, but it has generated some thought to this old guy. We could do a whole study of “Dumplings” without duplicating many recipes !! [:p]
usingers is great we mail order from them all the time its the only way to get the good stuff in tn
We made a run up thru the Indiana Amish country, then enjoyed a very nice Polish dinner with Annie and Bob Peeples in Milwaukee, before setting our sights on the Trick or Treat night with our Family out in Baraboo, Wisconsin. In between stops in Milwaukee and Baraboo we found time to raid the Bargain Table at Usingers Sausage Store in Milwaukee…for us, and for barter-goods to use with Poverty Pete and some of our family.
Here’s our guard-dogs protecting us from the aggressive Amish War-Wagons !!
Anne and Bob met us at the Crocus Restaurant on 13th St in Milwaukee. It was busy, but the server was a really sweet young lady and she worked hard to take good care of us.
Here’s our ‘group and a photo of my Polish Pork Chops with Peppers and Onion and Potato Pancake.
AND here is a sample of the sausage and Pastrami etc that we bought at USINGER’S. We love to visit their store, and especially to check over the ‘bargains’ !
I’ll skip the grandkid photos…Just let it be said that ALL involved in the Trick or Treat game suffered sugar-highs for the evening !! Breakfast Monday morning at the Log Cabin in Baraboo filled us just right for the 500 mile ride home.
OK That’s the Readers Digest version of a report!!!
AL
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