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SMOKING FISH
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:03 pm
by keep it reel
New to using a smoker.Does a person have to use chips or could you use twigs and small branches from an apple tree(just happen to cut an apple tree down) Won't need to buy chips for along time if they work.
keep it reel
smoker
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:31 pm
by Graembo
Never tried that.....go ahead and try it and let us know how it worked! Experiments can lead to gooooood stuff....yumm jerky!
Graeme
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:08 am
by Hoser
I've been using branches from an apple tree that went through a chipper. Works great
smoking
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:38 am
by g unis
i use the store bought chips. can. tire or your local sport shop. if not them wally mart.. 4 or 5 bucks willl probably give you a years supply with many flavor choices
smoking
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:38 am
by g unis
i use the store bought chips. can. tire or your local sport shop. if not them wally mart.. 4 or 5 bucks willl probably give you a years supply with many flavor choices
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:16 am
by cheftke
The only problem with those store bought chips is that you don't know what goes into them. A lot of them actually put artifical flavourings in there mix to make it taste like maple, chicory or apple. At work I do all my smoking with branhes of maple and it works beatifully.
CHEFTKE
smokin
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:29 am
by g unis
thats good if ya have a supply. i guess your right. ya nevr know what your getting
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 11:11 am
by wolfe
Bumping back up as I think Big-O and Markus can probably give you some advice that will yield some tasty results.
W.
smokin' apple ....
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:23 pm
by D-mo
I've been smokin' for a little time now ... and my advice is if your going to use apple wood from your own tree make sure that the bark is removed. Bark on chips or on twigs will give your meat/fish a bitter taste. Oh .. and forget about soaking chips in water ... try doing a light soak in apple juice.
D-mo
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:59 pm
by toobinator
I tried smoking fish once. I found I couldn't keep them lit and they were realy hard to hold between your fingers when you were standing outside a restaurant trying to look cool with the other smokers.
Ed Toobinator Puddephatt
smoking fish
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:05 pm
by Jigs
Toobinator:
You beat me to it.............
Hard to rollem when the fins keep pokin thru.
Ah stop
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:19 pm
by M.T. Livewell
toobinator wrote:I tried smoking fish once. I found I couldn't keep them lit and they were realy hard to hold between your fingers when you were standing outside a restaurant trying to look cool with the other smokers.
Ed Toobinator Puddephatt
Boooooooooo!
MT