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​68 years old, 40 percent Disabled vet, 18th airborne, Formation Engineer. Medically retired. Hobbies are Hunting,fossil collection, Indian artifacts collection, Gun collecting, bullet reloading, cleaning my wife's koi pond. I love just sitting around watching the deer, turkeys, rabbits and...

Gentlemen, I appreciate the info I have gleened here. When I first saw this smokehouse, I wanted one. I think I could do better than this rickety building. But, theirs worked. It was the paste that prevented me from continuing. Thanks again. Richard

If I Had been "on the Ball" just a little bit, I would have taken note of what kind of meat they had hanging there. Some looked like a goat but could have been a deer, Several Ham looking pieces. I suppose they were hams. Only larger pieces of meat. No chickens or rabbits. Might be a...

​Thanks a lot, That sure seems to be the right recipe. I live in the woods near New Braunfels Texas and wanted to build a replica of their smokehouse and try the recipe. Thanks again.

​This was Grandpa telling how it was back in the 20's, no refrigeration, no indoor toilets, or running water so it was kept in the smokehouse all of the time I guess.

​This smokehouse had the meat kept in it all of the time.  They didn't have refrigeration. They lived in the woods near Longview Texas (big town. but nearer to Hughes Springs).  I remember a smoked goat, feral hog quarters. Grandpa said he would get hungry and cut off a sliver of meat, but...

My Grand Father had a farm in north east Texas  (Longview area) in the 20's . He told me he was born there. They had an outdoor smoke house made of "Faching werk" I'm not sure how to pronounce it but it was a layer of cedar and a layer of cement. It was about 4ft X8ft. This was 60 years ago when...