"Beartooth" > wrote in message
news
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:55:38 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> If you are going to smoke cook them as opposed to curing it is probably
>> OK to just thaw and smoke. If you are talking curing and cold smoking,
>> I'm not sure. Used to be a smokehouse here that would not accept meat
>> that was frozen. Not sure why, but it may be because the cellular
>> structure is changed and it would not cure properly.
>
> Do you mean "was" on arrival, or "ever had been"? If the
> former,they'd likely not want it around thawing ...
>

Don't know for sure. At the time I was not interested in doing it myself
and never asked for clarification. They've since closed.