Summer Starts in Wisconsin with Memorial Day's Bratwurst Festival!

It's official! - SUMMER STARTS TODAY!

WISCONSIN CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY BY GRILLING BRATWURSTS TO SUPPPORT WISCONSIN CHARITIES!

(Yes, your southern Wisconsin thermometer only read 49 degrees this morning. So what? - mercury is hazadous and close contact should be avoided.) Instead, HEED THE REAL SIGN OF SUMMER: BRAT FEST! The world's largest bratwurst festival STARTS TODAY - in Madison, Wisconsin! Beginning at 11:00 am, Friday, May 23 and going through Memorial Day, Wisconsinites and their neighbors will support Wisconsin charities by consuming as many bratwursts as possible! Every $1.50 brat consumed sends money to numerous local charities.

So buy a bag of brats and slap on the condiments.(You know you're in Wisconsin when the keepers of the condiment bars have to keep re-stocking the sauerkraut!)

Not everyone in the family wants a brat? - No problem. Hot dogs and Boca Vegetarian brats are $1.50 also. And of course there will be plenty of Capitol Brewery beer and soda to wash all that good food down.

Madison's bratwurst festival has grown since it began in the Metcalfe Sentry parking lot at the Hilldale Mall. Now, spreading out on the Alliant Energy Center grounds, the bratwurst grills and picnic tables are surrounded by games and rides for the kids, and stages for live music acts.

Come join the fun and help your neighbors too!

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Click on 'continue reading' for more pics of the fair.

Find plenty of food and fun at the festival!

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High gas prices have you staying home this Memorial Day? Can't make it to the festival? Not to worry, you can still eat Wisconsin bratwursts. Here are some of Wisconsin's home-made favorites:

Bratwurst - State Street Brats by Klement's

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Bavaria Smoked Beer Bratwurst

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Smoked Bratwurst by Nueske's

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Sheboygan Chicken Bratwursts are low-fat brats with high-quality taste!

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Sheboygan Bratwurst - Apple, Salsa, Cheddar or Cajun Flavors

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Uh-oh - have brats but need a grill. Go BADGERS with a:

University of Wisconsin Barbecue Grill

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Click and find recipes using Brats, beer and cheese!

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This weekend, Wisconsin celebrates its bratwursts, but Wisconsin's good life offers so much more! Check out foods and crafts made by Wisconsin artists and distributed through Wisconsinmade.com.

Get $5.00 off the purchase price of any Wisconsinmade.com item by entering this offer code: FBLOG with your order. Offer expires May 31, 2008.

Comments

[Susan from Food Blogga]

My husband and I loved Madison when we visited there a few years ago. Unfortunately it was during the winter, so no Brat for us. Just outrageously cold weather and some fabulous coffee shops to keep us warm.