Just lookin for some folks to share some of the oldest stories that may have been passed around through the years. Mine would have to be when growing up the neighbors had a grandpa that lived with them....he mentioned a private pond on their farm.....that only had catfish and snapping turtles.
They would put the waste from cleaning game, chickens and farm animals they slaughtered into the pond. They would catch the catfish year round.
When spring came around they cleaned the turtles and fish then smoked somehow......they would burn the shells and mulberry wood in some sort of a little shed/smokehouse?? They would also hang burlap bags inside that had some kind of plants in them that were soaked in some kind of broth mixture???