notbob > wrote in message news:<QIeSb.51783$U%5.285876@attbi_s03>...
> On 2004-01-29, nexus > wrote:
>
> > https://store.johnsonville.com/
> > is it good?
>
> Depends. Their Beer n' Brats are freakin' excellent. I was instantly
> hooked on the damn things. Their other styles are kinda dull.
> Unfortunately, for me, the brand has a side effect. When I eat several over
> a couple days, I get a flare up of gouty arthritis in my fingers. Took me
> awhile to narrow it down to the JV brat's, but that was it. Don't know if
> it's because of a high level of organ meats used or maybe some weird
> chemical/preservative, but I had to give them up.

Do Johnsonville brats contain MSG? It wouldn't surprise me
at all.

Our local source for "Sheboygan brats" is Dittmers,
www.dittmers.com

-- Yip