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[ron thigpen <ron AT fuzzsonic.com>]

the multi-farm vending organic meats lady in the enclosed building at
the state farmers market also sells some nice brats.  from a farm in
snow hill IIRC.  different from the brinkley's, in that they don't go as
far in the loose-soft-fatty-luscious direction.  they're firmer, still
plenty fatty/moist, good pork flavor with a bit more seasoning in them. 
 grilled some up this last weekend and they're quite good.

J Betski's certainly deserves a visit.  make a dinner out of a pierogi 
plate, sausage sampler and a good bier.  so good.

and for a dragged-through-texas interpretation of a german sausage, 
check out Holy Smokes in the netherlands between raleigh and garner. 
But don't just get the sausage.  there's meats a-plenty to be had.  beef 
short ribs particularly.  http://www.holysmokesnc.com/

--rt