North Carolina products (Star, Ruth, Atkinson: buying, schools, to live)

[justusbarkers]

Any suggestions for products made in North Carolina? We buy most of our food from local farms (can't do seem to live without coffee, sugar and good , olive oil.) We've found a local bath soap and laundry detergent we like (Charlie's.) Any leads on other products made in NC?

[Jules_NC]

Here's a link to NC's "Good to be NC" & "Goodness grows in NC" sites (with more than just farm goods):

http://www.agr.state.nc.us/markets/g...Cproducts.html

http://www.ncagr.gov/markets/gginc/index.htm

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Originally Posted by justusbarkers

Any suggestions for products made in North Carolina? We buy most of our food from local farms (can't do seem to live without coffee, sugar and good , olive oil.) We've found a local bath soap and laundry detergent we like (Charlie's.) Any leads on other products made in NC?

Beer!

Big Boss Brewing Company
Carolina Brewing Company

Coffee!

Larry's Beans

[justusbarkers]

Tell me more about the beer. I worked next door to a micro-brewery before I moved down here and they had GREAT beer. I'd love suggestions on what to try here. I tend to drink Blue Moon, but like things like Sam Adams, Long Trail, Magic Hat #9 - nothing too dark or bitter.

[justusbarkers]

Thanks for the links Jules_NC. Those are good resources.

Amyone know some non-foodstuffs? I'd love to find clothing, shoes, fabric, etc.

[MikeJaquish]

Originally Posted by justusbarkers

Tell me more about the beer. I worked next door to a micro-brewery before I moved down here and they had GREAT beer. I'd love suggestions on what to try here. I tend to drink Blue Moon, but like things like Sam Adams, Long Trail, Magic Hat #9 - nothing too dark or bitter.

Meself, I'm a Carolina Brewing Company aficianado. Naturally carbonated is best! It is unlike those big barge sody pop beers that are full of gas. I like the Carolina Pale Ale, the Oktoberfest, Nut Brown Ale, and the 1:30 Saturday tour.

But,
if the bottle is cold enough to leave a water ring on the table, and the box says "B-E-E-R" on the side, and YOU"RE BUYING,
You probably just found my favorite brand.

And
there are other schools of thought...


Some folks like their beer trucked in from far away.


Some folks like to make their own beer.


What do Marshmallow Peeps have to do with beer, or with North Carolina products for that matter?

You can get some pretty darn good bacon and country ham around these parts, too.

[justusbarkers]

Now, ham, that's my weak spot. I could live on ham. I tried one of the fresh local hams from Weaver Street last Thanksgiving and hated it though. Give me a cured, heavily salted, spiral ham with a sugar glaze! How does country ham differ from the typical spiral hams you find in the grocery store?

[SunnyKayak]

Texas Pete
Krispy Kreme
Cheerwine
Sundrop
Oink Moo cack a doodle doo bbq sauce
Winston cigarettes
S&D coffee
Lance chips
Red Bird Mints
Tropical Brand Nuts
Le Bleu Bottle Water
Childress Wine
Star Food Pimento cheese
Triton Bottle Water
Classic Cream Whip Cream
Fun Pops Freezer pops
Atkinson Corn Meal
Chateau Laurinda Wine
Ruth's Chicken Salad, Pimentto Cheese
Yiayia brand baklava
Bone Sucking Sauces

[uncletupelo]

neese's sausage/liver pudding, bass farm sausage, scott's barbecue sauce, carolina treet barbecue sauce, slim jims, jesse jones and carolina brightleaf hotdogs. great music from sugar hill records.

[mm34b]

Christmas Trees
Apples
Pork
Crabs
Tobacco