....or is it simply that her sense of taste better than mine?! I
grilled burgers tonight, and as I was getting out the wood chips- both
apple and cherry, my lovely and wonderful wife, whom I love very much,
said- "Don't use the cherry wood chips. I don't like them because they
make the meat taste like cherries!" I know she's at least a little
crazy, because she married me, but still! I've never noticed fruit
wood imparting the taste of their respective fruits to any meat I've
grilled or smoked, but I don't have the greatest sense of taste. Is
what my wife said about cherry wood making meat taste like cherries
true, or even possible, or is it all in her head? Do fruit woods
impart the taste of their respective fruits to meats in any way
whatsoever? If so, I've definitely not detected it!

Thanks,

JimnGin

"JimnGin" wrote in message
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...Do fruit woods
impart the taste of their respective fruits to meats in any way
whatsoever? If so, I've definitely not detected it!

I have to agree on crazy.. IMO, apple is sort of like "hickory light",
cherry is different and peach is somewhere between the two, but definitely
not fruity.

I've not been able to tall any particular flavor from specific woods.
To me, it's more like different woods have different intensity of
flavor. YMMV

Nonny

JimnGin wrote:
...or is it simply that her sense of taste better than mine?! I
grilled burgers tonight, and as I was getting out the wood chips- both
apple and cherry, my lovely and wonderful wife, whom I love very much,
said- "Don't use the cherry wood chips. I don't like them because they
make the meat taste like cherries!" I know she's at least a little
crazy, because she married me, but still! I've never noticed fruit
wood imparting the taste of their respective fruits to any meat I've
grilled or smoked, but I don't have the greatest sense of taste. Is
what my wife said about cherry wood making meat taste like cherries
true, or even possible, or is it all in her head? Do fruit woods
impart the taste of their respective fruits to meats in any way
whatsoever? If so, I've definitely not detected it!

Thanks,

JimnGin


--
---Nonnymus---
Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

"JimnGin" wrote in message
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...or is it simply that her sense of taste better than mine?! I
grilled burgers tonight, and as I was getting out the wood chips- both
apple and cherry, my lovely and wonderful wife, whom I love very much,
said- "Don't use the cherry wood chips. I don't like them because they
make the meat taste like cherries!" I know she's at least a little
crazy, because she married me, but still! I've never noticed fruit
wood imparting the taste of their respective fruits to any meat I've
grilled or smoked, but I don't have the greatest sense of taste. Is
what my wife said about cherry wood making meat taste like cherries
true, or even possible, or is it all in her head? Do fruit woods
impart the taste of their respective fruits to meats in any way
whatsoever? If so, I've definitely not detected it!

Thanks,

JimnGin


She's not crazy unless she has other symptoms.
She's wrong, however.

Kent

"JimnGin" wrote in message
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...or is it simply that her sense of taste better than mine?! I
grilled burgers tonight, and as I was getting out the wood chips- both
apple and cherry, my lovely and wonderful wife, whom I love very much,
said- "Don't use the cherry wood chips. I don't like them because they
make the meat taste like cherries!" I know she's at least a little
crazy, because she married me, but still! I've never noticed fruit
wood imparting the taste of their respective fruits to any meat I've
grilled or smoked, but I don't have the greatest sense of taste. Is
what my wife said about cherry wood making meat taste like cherries
true, or even possible, or is it all in her head? Do fruit woods
impart the taste of their respective fruits to meats in any way
whatsoever? If so, I've definitely not detected it!

Thanks,

JimnGin

I can't say whether she's crazy or not, but IME, cherry has a distinct
(sometimes bitter if overdone) taste.
Not like the fruit, cherry, but distinct...maybe like a strong cross between
oak and hickory? I like to mix it with other woods for the "blend".

The main reason that *I* use cherry is for the color that it adds.

BOB