According to daddy, they never really "smoked" any meat in this small building. They butchered the hog (I can remember those days vividly) and then covered the meat heavily in salt and red pepper. Then, they would let it sit for about 14 days or so and then rinse it off, and cover it again in salt and the red pepper. Who knew they had red pepper back then?? Also, as my daddy pointed out - no wonder they had such high blood pressures back then!
I am enthusiastically participating in a new weekly meme at Bluff Area Daily. Please visit and support this great new weekly photo-op!
xoxo,
SouthernSass
What a great picture...I saw that new challenge. I wish I had more "barns" to photograph other than the one I posted on Sunday. Have a great night!
ReplyDeleteAh, now that's a looker, indeed! I love it & the story, too!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you so much for joining in - this is very exciting for me & I'm grateful to have you on board!!!
Tricia
Bluff Area Daily/Old Barns
It's a Southern Thing... I love that title!
PS I also love your background - Fits perfectly w/ the "Southern" style!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to add the wood background I have to my blog... Thanks for the reminder!
Beautiful picture. My grandaddy actually smoked the hams in the smoke house. Oh, I remember those smells today.
ReplyDeleteOH, I am so glad to find your blog...we had a smokehouse and butchered 4 hogs every year and salt cured it. Mom did not add the red pepper though.
ReplyDeleteI love this picture...
What a great shot and I love the backstory! So intriguing.
ReplyDeleteit's a great old building.....
ReplyDeleteand that it's in your family
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even better!
i'll take some smoked ham! =) i bet this building does have a lot of stories to tell, indeed!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautifully composed photo; and what a neat building, I love the roof.
ReplyDeleteA great story of this neat structure. Imagine the amount of meat that was in there over the years!
ReplyDeleteI love it...Thanks for sharing the history too.
ReplyDeleteI love the story that goes with the building.
ReplyDeleteGreat image. MB
Great history with your photo!
ReplyDeleteFound you over on Glowing Ember- wonderful place you have here- Great photos!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting building. I can't imagine meat just hanging in a building for a couple of weeks. I think I'd be a vegetarian, lol.
ReplyDeleteI 'vividly' remember the day I joined my Mother, Grandmother, and various Aunts, when they butchered chickens. I think it may have permanently scarred me....
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my place and leaving such a lovely note! You're welcome any time.
Thanks for the kind comments and for sharing your memories as well. It is so special to have grown up where my daddy, as well as his mother and ancestors. It will forever be home to me.
ReplyDeleteSo happy to have new visitors and please visit again!
Rose - Yes, it was salt cured and I forgot to note that. The red pepper surprised me.
Carolynn - so happy you stopped by! I can also remember my grandparents butchering chickens and I now understand the phrase "running around like a chicken with your head cut off."
totally a smoke house...........let's not think otherwise right??
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by my blog today-
xo+blessings,
Anne Marie
I grew up on farm too! It's funny how certain things stick with you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the back story. When we are driving to visit my parents in NC we often pass old buildings that look similar and I often wonder what how were used. I had no idea that they cured hams that way!
ReplyDeleteAs a lover of old barns I was delighted to find this meme. Since what is called "progress" is causing the old barns in my state to disappear it will be great to see what is still out there in other parts of the country.
ReplyDeleteYour entry this week reminds me of the smoke house on the old farm where my mother grew up in central Alabama. The "home place" has been long gone but I treasure the photos and memories of the summers I spent there as a child.
It is very sad to see the old barns and "home places" disappearing. Progress stinks at times!
ReplyDeleteI love old buildings like this. Especially when there's a story attached. Very nice shot!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to read the history of this great-looking relic!
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