On Fri, 25 May 2007 20:36:55 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>The other day I headed to a BBQ speciality store to buy a smoker. The
>salesman talked me out of it. Instead of buying an expensive smoker when I
>already have a good gas BBQ he suggested a little metal box that you fill
>with soaked chips and set it above the flames. COnsidering it was almost
>$300 than a good smoker, I gave it a whirl. I bought the smoker box and a
>bag of alder chips and tried it out tonight.
<snippage of method>
>It was a smoking success. The trout and the shrimp were fantastic. If I had
>know the trout was going to be so good I would have made a lot more of it
>and then frozen it for later use. Smoked trout is good in all sorts of
>things. The shrimp was so good i could never count on having any left
>over.

Now that sounds GOOD! It's a great grillin' weekend, so I may fire
'er up. I have one of them thar boxes and some chips. Now I just
need to buy the fish.

Thanks for the inspiration!

TammyM