In honor of Chris, Emily, Mary, & and unnamed baby boy leaving us to go to grad school in Wisconsin, we held Bratfest '06 at our home over the weekend. It was, by all measurements, a huge success. We had Wisconsin cheese (ok, so it wasn't Wisconsin cheese, but I am sure that it is very similar to the cheese you can get in Wisconsin) and crackers for appetizers. Judd provided a nice selection of root beers drafted in the Wisconsin area. Then we moved on to the main course where we sampled Bratwurst and some spicy Italian sausage (the faint of heart opted for masterfully grilled hamburgers). Then for desert we had ice cream and root beer cookies. That's right, root beer cookies. Katie found a recipe for them, and we had to try them. They were actually really good. I think the next time we serve them, we will serve them hot with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, kind of like a root beer float. But I can't think of a good name for such a desert. Any suggestions?
Anyway, everyone had a great time, and we missed those who could not attend. Chris, Emily, Mary, & baby will be missed. We'll have to hold the next Bratfest in Wisconsin itself.
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Thanks Ian and Katie for a great party. The cheese tasted just like Wisconsin cheese, I thought, the crackers were tasty, the root beer divine (I'm glad to be moving so close to Sprechers and Goose Island). The brats were Wisconsin worthy, and some good sweating went on thanks to the Spicy sausage.
Katie's root beer cookies were very good. I ate way too many.
The cookie w/ice cream dessert would be so good and may be the inspiration for a future dessert at Juddy's oft discussed pizza restaurant. Here are my name ideas:
Root Beer Barrel (yet I have no idea how to make a cookie and ice cream look like a barrel:)
Sasparilla Supreme
Root Beer Floater
Mugless Wonder
Thanks again Ian and Katie for hosting the brat fest'06!
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