Bullwinkles is located at 117 East 2nd Street in Seymour, Indiana. Tonight I had the Mushroom 🍄 and Swiss 🧀 Burger on a toasted bun and it was very good. However, their Sidewinder Fries are phenomenal! I’ve been there twice and the Sidewinders have been fresh and hot both times.

Now take a 👀 look at what may be the best tenderloin I have ever eaten! I asked for two slices of cheese as it was so big. My pet peeve on tenderloins is how thick they are. (I don’t like them thin.) This sandwich is plump and juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. Once again, on a toasted bun. Highly recommended!

If these sandwiches are not enough, they have an ice cream bar with Kovener’s Korner’s full menu. It is what I think was the old Elks Club Bar. Mom and I enjoyed our experience and she says when she goes back, she will get a Kovener’s Korner butterscotch milkshake.

The Big Breakfast consists of 2 🍳 eggs (over medium), 4 🥓 🥓 strips of bacon, hash browns, half order of biscuits and gravy and toast. Pretty darn good!!! Also, probably more than any one person really needs to eat at one setting.

I’m going to Bloomington later to bring Sophie home from IU and unfortunately, I won’t be ready to eat yet. My point being, Bloomington offers so many dining options.

It has been a semi-observed, yet time honored tradition that the Wintin boys (David, Frank and Walter) get together on Wild Card Weekend and enjoy food, drink 🍺 and 🏈 football.

Frank hosted this year in Bedford. He may have outdone himself. The steak chili was phenomenal. He asked, “Do I need to cut the jalapeños into big chunks you can pick them out, or dice them up small so you don’t notice them?” My wife doesn’t even ask me that.

On top of that, the jalapeño corn muffins were incredible! A dollop or two of sour cream and some shredded 🧀 cheese not only added to the calorie intake, but trumped the incredible as well.

We may let him host again. Not to mention, the Colts are winning 21-0.

I’m thinking this tradition will once again become annual.

These were fabulous!!! Heidi made these for Christmas 🎄! She probably made three dozen, but Sophie complained that she only got two or three of them. It just goes to show, I can’t be trusted with sweets!

Heidi whipped up this festive treat by soaking Marschino 🍒 cherries in Malibu Rum for three hours and then dipped them in white chocolate. Very easy to make!

Stream Cliff Farm in located in Commiskey, Indiana just off of Highway 3. It is part of the Southern Indiana wine tour. Our favorite samples today were Santa’s Secret, Pink pig and Daisy Delight. The sampling room is located in a rustic and cozy old building that is also home to the Twigs & Sprigs Restaurant.

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For lunch, I enjoyed a one third pound seasoned burger 🍔 with Swiss 🧀 cheese on a toasted bun, cheese soup with cauliflower, broccoli 🥦 and 🥕 carrots, and a serving of herb potato chips. The food was wonderful, and to add to the charm, our table was located right next to the 🔥 fireplace.

For dessert, Heidi and I shared a scrumptious bowl of blackberry cobbler topped with two scoops of ice cream.

Our goal, beginning next spring, is to travel the Southern Indiana Wine 🍷 Tour on Saturdays. This is our kind of hobby.

🧁 Top right going clockwise: Oreo cupcake with Oreo buttercream icing, Strawberry 🍓 cupcake and strawberry buttercream icing, Chocolate cupcake with buttercream icing and ganache, and Vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing and sprinkles.

I tried three of the four and they were fantastic!!! The cakes were baked to perfection and the buttercream icing art was beautiful as well as delicious.

Samantha Baker made these for a Student Council event at Austin Middle School, however, you can reach her at 812-820-1120 if you wanted to place an order. She also makes regular sized and specialty 🎂 cakes, 🍪 cookies and 🥧 pies.

Starting at 1:00, roasted cauliflower and broccoli 🥦 , skillet fried 🍄 mushrooms, baked sirloin steak with gravy, Chinese 🇨🇳 slaw and Bob Evans mashed potatoes at 11:00. (Before Heidi and I were married I took mashed potatoes in a crockpot to the Hackman Thanksgiving dinner. After several compliments, Heidi stated, “OMG, they are Bob Evans mashed potatoes! They have been a staple in our family ever since.)

Nina fixes dinner every Sunday evening for whatever family can attend. (The good news for me, I live next door,) As Rae, Sophie, Heidi and Nina sit around thew table and catch up, (The Highly Effective Rae just finished her Masters Degree and Sophie just completed her first semester at Indiana University.) Liam sleeps on the couch while Richard and I whine and complain about fantasy football.

My Dad used to call me on Sunday nights just to ask what Nina had prepared for us that day.  She never disappoints.

And for dessert, she puts a yellow cake mix in a pie pan and then puts a can of peach and a can of cherry pie filling on top of that. Then bakes them and they are delicious as well.

This Boss of a mother-in-law does this each week just to provide for and spend time with her family. Did I make the move of a lifetime eleven years ago when I married Heidi, or what!?!

148 East Market Street in New Albany is where to find some authentic Cuban and Latin food. Hopefully you get Ulysses as your server. He is not only 🇨🇺 Cuban, but also knowledgeable and friendly.

I had the shredded beef, 🍠 sweet potatoes and sautéed veggies. (Roma Vieja de Carne) The beef is marinated in a a creole and red wine sauce. The entire plate was fantastic!

Heidi had a sampler that was also delicious 😋!

(Chicken empanada, potato cake with shrimp and salsa and two fried and stuffed balls with good things inside. Sorry I didn’t pay more attention to hers. It was because of the XX Amber.)

El Nopal Mexican Restaurant is located at 1863 East Tipton Street in Seymour, Indiana. The Pollo La Campesina is grilled chicken topped with spinach, mushrooms 🍄 and white queso served with rice and veggies. Delicious!!! Heidi, Mendy Stahl and Anita Hackman all ordered this and everyone thought is was very good.

Heidi’s brother, Ken Hackman, loves the chorizo (spicy Spanish pork sausage) and had the Pollo 🐓 Chicken Chorizo.

As Ken and Anita are home from California for the Hackman Christmas 🎉 Party, we sat for two hours as this party of 12 dined and enjoyed each other’s company.

🍺 On a side note, they have XX Amber on tap!