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Peter Aitken
 
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Default Loxmaker as Christmas gift?

"Victor Sack" > wrote in message
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> Peter Aitken > wrote:
>
> > Lox is cold-smoked salmon - it is exposed to smoke at low temperature so

it
> > gets the flavor without being cooked.

>
> The subject is a bit controversial to state unequivocally that lox is
> *always* cold smoked. It seems that often enough it isn't. This has
> been discussed on rfc often enough. The FAQ entry, "LOX - Brine-cured
> salmon, which may or may not be also cold-smoked" is not accidental.
> Here are some citations I posted before. There are many more that say
> the same thing.
>


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Yes, I did some research and see that you are right. My beef with the
original post remains, however - the maker of that silly gadget was claiming
that "real" lox is never smoked.

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