On Oct 1, 5:23�pm, "Gill Smith" > wrote:
> Maybe high-end products get real smoke.
>
> Supermarket 'smoke' comes out of a bottle, so I'm told.


Need to check around. The small stupidmarket in my town carries real
smoked ham hocks and pork chops, excellent quality and cheap, hocks
are like $1.39/lb. I should get a half dozen soon, three to a vacuum
pack... soup weather is right around the corner. These have no name
on the package, but I know that there are a few smoke houses around
that get really cranked up at hunting season, which starts in less
than a month. But the big chain stupidmarkest have the fake smoked
pork products, they are awful, and they charge like twice as much, and
theirs are in a fancy package with some kind of home made sounding
name, like Jeb's Hickory Farm, but the smoke flavor likely comes from
a bottle filled in Taiwan... may as well use tube steak. I love
making a big pot of soup made with real smoked hocks... I'm in the
mood for a rich lima bean soup.