[AT] Some ads/Now Snapper Soup

[charlie hill]

I've got a couple of recipes for Snapper Soup in a cook book from some of 
the original island residents of Ocracoke Island, NC.  If anyone wants them 
let me know.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:34 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Some ads from the 8/12 Lancaster Farming


>I think my BIL still sells snappers to a local restaurant in eastern
> Ohio on occasion.  Fishing for them is simple -- one dead fish on a
> treble hook tied to an empty milk jug with steel leader.  If the milk
> jug changes its position, you have a snapper.  The last I knew, he was
> getting $10 each.
>
> What do you suppose the story is on the Boa Constrictor?
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bob McNitt
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:36 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/12 Lancaster Farming
>
> Mike -
>
> "Snapper Soup" was popular for generations (and still is in some areas)
> but
> when the same contaminant testing done on various fish species was done
> on
> snapping turtles, tests revealed soaring levels of mercury and PCBs due
> to
> the species longevity and tendency of lying and hibernating in the
> contaminated silt and mud on the bottom. Prepared properly, the soup is,
>
> indeed delicious, but I certainly wouldn't eat it more often than maybe
> once
> or twice a year.
>
> As far as buying one ...??? When/If I wanted one, I'd just go catch it.
> All
> that's needed is a dead fish for bait and a snapper in the area.
>
> TTYL
> Bob
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