[OrRando] Verboort Sausage Populaire

[joel metz]

i think its a great idea, as long as you dont route me past verboort 
on the outbound route - i might stop for a snack and skip the rest of 
the ride! :)

remember that the line for bulk sausage starts forming at 6am or even 
earlier (for an 8am start of sales, i think), and they start serving 
food at around 10 or 11am. cant check specifics right now cause there 
website appears to be in the midst of an update or something - 
normally info would be at http://www.verboort.org/dinner/

how about an all-night brevet that ends in verboort just time for 
sausage sales to start? :)

although this past year, we got there late, and were able to get bulk 
sausage as late as 2 in the afternoon...

nice score on the morels!

-joel

>Just so you know. This came up last year when I was emailing Janet H in
>Seattle who had family from Verboort... and it came up again when I was
>having dinner with Joel and the gang on the Birkie Brevet.  The idea has
>been to start the populaire somewhere where we can park (Maybe Grand Lodge 2
>miles away, Verboort parking is a nightmare!) and finish in Verboort. After
>you have stuffed yourselves and packed an additional 5-10 lbs of sausage &
>Kraut into a pannier... slog your way back to your car.  OK, the vegetarians
>amongst us are going.. oh yuck... but the carnivores who have tried Verboort
>Sausage & Kraut are going.. oh Yum.
>
>Speaking of Yum... I went scouting in Lafayette yesterday... a possible
>control for the 300k. I found a Mexican market, a pioneer cemetery and
>morels... You can see my pics here
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/orrando/sets/ So now is the time to be scanning
>the shoulders of country roads for morels... especially with a few nice warm
>days ahead.
>
>See ya.
>Susan.
>
>
>November 4, 2006 -- Verboort
>Every year the folks in Verboort have invited a few of their neighbors over
>for a sausage and sauerkraut dinner. In 1934, 198 lbs of sausage and 10
>gallons of sauerkraut were served to 150 diners. In 1999, 13 tons of sausage
>and 350 gallons of sauerkraut were served to over 8000 diners. The dinner
>includes all you can eat Verboort Sausage and sauerkraut, both made by
>parishioners right here on the church property.
>
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