February 2, 2015

6 Californians taste test Wisconsin foods.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

"You know, you can drink your alcohol and then, ho, there's also snacks in here."

What a bunch of happy West Coasters, though.

Michael The Magnificent said...

Ugh, herring is disgusting.

No bratwurst?
No beer battered lake perch?
No braunschweiger?
No cannibal sandwiches?
No potato pancakes?

kjbe said...

MTM, all excellent questions, but ya gotta keep the herring. Love the herring!

rehajm said...

Couldnt wafch without sitting thru that whole Nissan commercial.

Did they try some of that tasty walleye?

iowan2 said...

MtM has made me very hungry

iowan2 said...

I just text my wife to add braunschwieger to her list of groceries.

Just got a quarter beef, Took the tongue, passed on the liver and heart. Liver is the only part of the cow I cant stomach. No idea why, Love the smell of fresh (Still warm from body heat)liver and onions, just cant force it down.

Bob R said...

I like people from Wisconsin better than people from California.

I grew up in NJ and love pickled herring - which I associate with Jewish deli foods. Don't remember seeing herring rollups in Madison. What are they stuffed with? Are they really a Wisconsin thing?


In my experience, if you go to bars where they actually sell Brandy Old Fashioneds made with Ernest and Julio's finest, it doesn't come with a fruit salad.

Original Mike said...

I've eaten herring in many forms, both in Wisconsin and Norway. I have never seen a herring rollup.

Roost on the Moon said...

I agree with Mike. Pickled herring, creamed herring, on crackers, thumbs up. But I've never even seen those rollup things.

Cheerio, mates.

mrams said...

another vote for pickled herring. I've never seen whatever that was. Frozen custard would've been a good substitute, or the aforementioned braunschweiger, which I'm pleased to see is getting rediscovered thanks to the proliferation of new meat shops.

Rusty said...

Blogger Michael The Magnificent said...
Ugh, herring is disgusting.

No it's not.Pickled or in cream sauce it's delicious.

Gahrie said...

You guys realize that historically people only ate pickled herring because it could be preserved. No one ate it if they had a choice.

Capt. Schmoe said...

Why can't you buy cheese curds anywhere but Wisconsin and Utah?

Chance said...

I wonder by what metric those people are Californians? Also, what degree of Californian would we even really expect to matter? Like maybe if your parents were born in California and you've never traveled outside the state?

SteveBrooklineMA said...

How about raw beef with onions? And where's the popcorn for the beer cheese soup?

Michael The Magnificent said...

Custard! How could I forget custard?!?!

cubanbob said...

Blogger Michael The Magnificent said...
Ugh, herring is disgusting.

No it's not.Pickled or in cream sauce it's delicious."

Or in wine sauce. Or in mustard sauce. All of them better with ice cold vodka.

Hammond X. Gritzkofe said...

OMG! The taste of pickled herring or warm raw beef strips dredged in onion!

Like the taste and texture of well washed and gently mellowed yessup.

Curious George said...

I'm not native, but I've lived here over 20 years, we had a place up north for 40, and I have never heard of a herring rollmop. I've never had or been offered cheddar beer soup. Can't remember seeing it on a menu. And while a old-fashioned made with brandy may have been invented here, it certainly isn't a common drink.

As mentioned, a fish fry would be very Wisconsin. Raw beef too. Curds yep. Raw beef

Loren said...

You guys realize that historically people only ate pickled herring because it could be preserved. No one ate it if they had a choice. Now you are talking about lutefisk! Pickled herring is good.

paminwi said...

SteveBrooklineMA: the raw beef with onion has to be on rye bread, doesn't it?

Do they have ring bologna elsewhere?

mikesixes said...

I grew up in wisco and lived there until I was 24 and I never even heard of those disgusting herring things. What about brats? If there's any food that I associate with Wisconsin, it's brats (yum).

Anonymous said...

Rollmops, pickle wrapped in herring, are quite popular. So is herring in aspic.
My MIL (Schwiegermutter)used to make a beet and herring salad at Christmas time...That was the stuff from which dreams were made.

Anonymous said...

Opps, I left out the 'in Germany' part. Rollmops are popular in Germany.