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Wisconsin Foodie Gone Wild

As a foodie living in Green Bay, itTavern. The locals love the Limburger
should never be questioned whether I, acheese sandwich, served with mustard and
Wisconsinite, am proud of our mostonion on rye bread (with much-needed
notable masterpiece: Cheese. Our beer ismint on the side). But I thought it was
known to brew up a lot of emotion assafer to suggest a cheese appetizer and
well. But to say that brews and cheesea few more beers so we'd have room for
and are the only culinary creations wedinner at the amazing Landhaus Chalet.
can muster up would be doing aThis place serves up authentic fondue
disservice to other unique foodand Swiss cuisine from Swiss-trained
traditions throughout NortheastExecutive Chef Mike Neval.
Wisconsin-and the rest of our fineBy this time on our journey, it was safe
state.to say that I was winning over my
It is that very argument that brought meskeptical family members.
here-behind the wheel of my husband'sAs we continued to pack on the pounds
GMC Yukon XL-with five of my familyduring our Foodie Fest, we would have
members from back East in tow. That'syet another day of stuffing our faces to
right-New Yorkers-and snobby ones atlook forward to. It was only about 10
that. We set aside a few days to venturep.m., so we decided to head out on the
out of Green Bay and hit the road in thehighway in the GMC Yukon for our
Yukon to experience some food-Wisconsintwo-hour trip to Milwaukee.
style!After checking into the hotel for the
The first stop on our adventure would benight for a little R&R, I thought about
like none other experienced by nativethe treat I had in store for the next
New Yorkers: Door County Cherries & Fishday: Brats! As we made are way along
Boils. About an hour's drive from GreenMilwaukee's historic Third Ward
Bay you'll find Door County's miles ofdistrict, Usinger's Famous Sausage was
lovely shoreline. But it's not just acalling our name. These guys have been
feast for the eyes, it's also the forcemaking authentic German sausage for over
behind two local traditions: Fish boilsa century. Today, you can get 70
and cherries. The fishboil features thevarieties of Old World sausage,
freshest whitefish caught by localincluding bratwurst and German-style
fishermen on Lake Michigan. The Masterwursts.
Boiler throws chunks of fish, potatoes,We decided to take a factory tour and,
onions and salt into a huge, boilingof course, purchase a few links to take
cauldron until the fish oils rise to thehome with us. But we couldn't wait until
surface-then he turns up the juice onwe got back to Green Bay to try out this
the flames for the infamous "boilover."stuff. So we took a walk next door to
The oil spills over the side of the potMader's German Restaurant for a Bavarian
and leaving the fish steaming hot andPlatter, featuring a selection of
perfectly cooked. The White Gull diningUsinger's grilled bratwurst and simmered
room then serves it up with lemon,knockwurst in sauerkraut served with a
melted butter, garden fresh coleslaw,slice of kassler rippchen and a potato
and homemade breads.dumpling. After yet another amazing
Truly a culinary masterpiece unique tomeal, I surprised my delighted guests
Wisconsin.with some tickets to the Milwaukee
Even though they tried to hide it, myBrewers game, just up the interstate.
New Yorker relatives were impressed. ButThe conversion was almost complete!
the best was yet to come. Lake MichiganIt was time, yet again, to switch on the
boasts ideal conditions forYukon XL's OnStar navigation and XM
cherry-growing. Both sweet and tartradio for our hour-long drive to
cherries are readily available at localKohler-for the Kohler Food & Wine
farmer's markets and "pick-your-own"Experience. This festival lasts all
orchards in late summer. That said,weekend and brings in thousands of
unbelievable cherry pie would, of coursefoodies from around Wisconsin. With
be the featured dessert. I could almostcelebrity chefs, wine tastings,
see them salivating.seminars, culinary demonstrations,
After waddling back to the GMC Yukon XLspecialty shopping, and more, we decided
(thank God it's roomy) for an overnightto stay in town the entire weekend.
stay at a nearby hotel, we would hit theFinally convinced that there MAY JUST BE
road the next day for some Green Countymore to Wisconsin than cheese, my guests
beer and cheese.admitted they were having a fabulous
It's a three-hour drive, but where elsetime.
can you sample beers like Spotted Cow,Unfortunately, it was already time to
Uff-da Bock, or Fat Squirrel other thanhead back toward Northeast Wisconsin and
at the New Glarus Brewery? It was thereGreen Bay. The extra day spent at the
we spent the day touring the brewery andfestival put a damper on my plans to
where my guests would get to sample sometake them to Central Wisconsin's
of the greatest brews around. I wasCranberry Highway in Wisconsin Rapids,
driving the Yukon so, alas, I couldn'twhere they would have experienced some
partake-but the cheese awaited myof the most indulgent cranberry treats
arrival.known to man. But that would have to be
After a few hours spent at the brewery,another time, another adventure in the
we drove a couple miles to Monroe for aGMC Yukon.
stop at Baumgartner's Cheese Store &



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