Smoked food

Bamboo Grove · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: Smoked food

Who else likes smoked food? We Finns like quite a lot smoked fish and as for the wood chips alder (as there is tar in it) is the most popular one to give a nice taste (you can also add some juniper berries.) Has anybody tried any local wood? I sometimes get a delivery of alder from Finland but I'd like to experiement with something else. I remember reading that dried coconut shells might be an option. Has anybody tried smoking meat or other food here in LOS?
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darwinian · Member Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 96 Location: thailand

I have a friend in Cha Am who uses coconut shells and rice husks

JD · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: Smoked food

Bamboo Grove · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

I am more or less still at the very early stages of experiementing myself. But I like all kinds of out door cooking activities (indoor as well.) Last time we smoked mackerel or saba as you said and also tuna. Both were good and the process was pretty simple (I only watched that time.) I have a small amount of alder chips at home so if you're interested we could try to do some smoked fish and/or meat sometime. Maybe after a dragon boat practise one Sunday?
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packie · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject:

i too am an amateur , but hoping to work a few weeks in a restaurant in galway does own smoked salmon, etc.

But to get back to post, we smoke trout and white fish, by first salting with coarse salt for a bit, then put a wire rack between two same size woks, a mix of dry raw rice, green tea, and sugar, stick the fish on the rack, one wok above one below, mix in bottom one and stick it on a very low gas ring.

A friend says can smoke one variety of bannana, a firm one, sugars it first instead of salting, then smokes them, suppose to be an interesting desert.

have fun boys

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Jaime · Ace Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1898 Location: Sh*t Creek

Yes, this is 'hot' smoking. It is great with salmon. You can try all sorts of variants like including rosemary sprigs. A tip - place all the ingredients on a doubled up layer of tin foil, and then loosely lay another layer overthe top. Otherwise your lower wok will be sacrificed as the burnt sugar will ruin it.
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elem · Specialist Joined: 23 Jul 2006 Posts: 203 Location: HH

I looove smoked food!
Would be great to check out your new place one day, JD.
This week there was an article in a Swedish paper about a falang who just opened a "smoking factory" on the outskirts of BKK. Importing fresh salmon from Norway, and smoking 10-15 tons a year -and business is growing! He apparently started smoking in the back yard in Phuket year's ago.

BG has the link to the article

Bamboo Grove · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject:

Yes, thanks elem. You have to be able to understand Swedish to read it, though. This person seems to be doing smoked salmon for quite large companies and hotels. I wonder if one is able to go and buy half a kilo from him. But an interesting article.
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Winnie the Pooh · Amateur Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 25

Hi Bamboo Grove!

I have already bought alder chips. They will arrive to HH in three weeks!! Very Happy

Bamboo Grove · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject:

That's great, looking forward to some bbq afternoons.
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Guess · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:47 am Post subject:

Terry · Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:14 am Post subject:

Or even SOI DOGS Shoot em up

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duan · Amateur Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 36

During my trips I always get the smoked salmon from the Hua Hin Ham and Bacon shop at least once during my stay coupled with one of their New Zealand filet steaks which are excellent

Digger · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:15 am Post subject:

Not sure if he is still around but a really pleasant East German,which now is obviously part of the federal republic used to run a bar a few years ago on the main drag called Check Point Charlie.Around 2001 he was unable, perhaps due to prohibitive cost,to buy smoked bacon and he actually started a smoke at the back of his bar and his product was perfection.I know he gave up the bar due to unreasonable rent demands but know he stayed on with his Thai partner and did intent to try to set up his own business but perhaps that never came to fruition but you never know

The understudy · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

Hmm. y'all are talkin about smokled food?
I hav my own good stry to tell about smoked food smoked food.
It was ub the early years of my study @ Stamford, My fellow Senior Students had ofteh catch some fishes from lake Stamoford in fornt of our Campus grounds, in the rainy season we catched those fishes with our bare hands. And around 9pm it's time to gather around the Grill and palce the humungous Fish in a floil on a grill so it doesn't stick on a Grill and flakes away.
Our "2 live Crew" or also known as "The Stanford Drinking Club (onofficial of course)" back then who organised the "Fish Fest" consists of 10 to 15 Students but sometimes other Freshmens and 2nd year Sophermores (Suffer mores) Students join with The Drinking Club and the crowd gows to more than 30 Students.
Yeah on a few nichts a week (exept Exam season) we all gather down under the second building and drink, listen to music and have fun without endangering anyone. And on certain days we organize these Fish fest (we had three of them). And we all are drinking eating Fish dipping in sauce and have fun!

your' the Understudy!
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