| I've got some recipes at home, a couple out of the N.Y. Times and
a booklet on smoking foods, I think the booklet came with the smoker,
a L.L. Bean Little Chief.
I'll try and remember the booklet/recipes tomorrow, and I'll post
a couple here, If you want I can copy them and send it through
interoffice mail, send me a note CSSE::PETERSEN and I'll forward
anything I have.
One good tip for cheap wood, after a good rainstorm visit your local
apple orchard and ask if you can pick up some of the fallen branches
for your smoker, break em up into small chunks and use as you normally
would.
To date the best smoked food I've made is smoked bluefish, mmmmm
good! Trout come a close second. Pheasant was a little tough,
though.
Good Luck & Good Eating!
Erik
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| That's great!
I knew we had some closet smokers out there :-)
I've had some interesting attempts so for. I've tried twice.
Each time I fill the smoker with fish and meat to learn about smoking
different items. The first time, I cooked everything to the right
consistency (especially the fish) but everything got a little "too
smoked" (especially the fish). On my second attempt, The ribs and
sausage came out A-1, but the fish was a little dry; suitable for
"tuna salad" style with a smoked flavor. This time, it was a little
under smoked.
As for wood, I massively trimmed 4 cherry trees this winter. I
think I have enough cherry wood to hold out for a while, but I like
your apple orchard idea. I have also used some hickory chips
(store-bought). I thought how nice it would be to own my own chipper
for the cherry wood.
It must take a lot of practice to get the time vs. temperature correct.
I was hoping to get some good recipes like jerky. I understand
you cut up flank steak in strips. Then you soak them over night
in Teryaki sauce and then smoke it for a while. I was thinking
about giving this a shot this weekend.
If anyone has any recipes or tips, I'm all ears!
Brett.
P.S. Maybe I can finally like duck if I smoke it ;-)
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