salmon is one of the things i am interested in cold smoking, Lee
"Theron" > wrote in message
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> "Kent Billeau" > wrote in message
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>> "Stormmee" > wrote in message
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>>> this is an area i know virtually nothing about. after reading here and
>>> a couple of other places i am interested in a general discussion on this
>>> topic... for/agains? do you do it and on what products? site
>>> reccomendations? recipes? the whole deal,
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>> Cold smoking is quite easy with a Bradley, and is used in some
>> interesting ways. For instance, when some folk were out front of the
>> subdivision a few years back putting up Christmas decorations, before
>> joining them I placed a pound of almonds and a pound of cashews on trays
>> and smoked them for an hour. By the time the people were ready to get to
>> work, I had warm, smoked nuts to treat everybody. Smoking cheese is a
>> matter of taste, of course, but it makes an interesting mini wheel to let
>> people cut slices from to put on crackers at a party.
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>> Where I use cold smoking most is to impart a smoke flavor to food that is
>> ultimately cooked on the grill or microwave. For instance, bulk bacon
>> can be purchased, sprayed lightly with a 25% solution of maple syrup and
>> then smoked for 20 minutes or so using an Apple puck. Then, it can be
>> repackaged, microwaved, fried or even frozen for future use.
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>> I know one fellow who smoked a half salmon, then just left it in the
>> refrigerator thinking it'd be preserved. Thank goodness he tossed it out
>> when he spotted the green. As Nonny mentioned, it's a great way to add
>> smoke flavor, tough, to chicken, while still preparing it the traditional
>> way on the grill or even in a fryer.
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>> Kent
> Will the Bradley smoke at as low a temp. that you need for "cold smoked
> salmon"? I think you basically need room temperature smoke, to avoid
> cooking the salmon. I've kind of given up on that. The next time I get
> some good fresh wild salmon I'm going to make gravlax and cover the
> surface with a bit of diluted "liquid smoke".
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> Horrors,
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> Ed
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