Thread: Sausage and Smoke Cooking

Originally Posted by RezDog

Aaaaah. Chinook, aka Spring, aka King. It’s a good smoking fish for sure. Hot or cold smoked? I think that spring salmon makes the very best cold smoked, aka lox. Nice score. I can tell why he is your favourite.

When I was a Freshman in High School I weighed less than 90 lbs---------When I was 12 the family made it's annual trip to the the tip of Washington state (Sekiu WA) for salmon fishing.

I vividly recall having to use Brillo pads to remove the rust from the 'Shiners' so that they did indeed shine in preparation for the big trip.

Anyway I hooked a 27 lb King. Do you think that my 250 lb father or even my grandfather would help? Oh Hell No!----You caught it, you reel it in.

I'd have to dig but I have a color slide of me holding that damn fish. My grandfather had to use a light meter to set his camera for the picture but could I have just had it laying on a table???? OH NOOOOOOOO! I had to stand there holding 27 lbs of dead fish while grandpa got the settings!!!

I look like I'm in excruciating pain! It was the biggest fish caught during the trip.

I'd call the smoking process a bit of both as I used the smoking tube to provide the smoke and it didn't get over 75 degrees inside the smoker but after the smoking was done, I did use the heat source so it got up to about 200 degs inside.

While the USDA recommends that fish be cooked to 145 degs for safety I only took the fillets to 135. They are frozen so any parasites are being killed as I write.

If you have a good recipe/process for Lox please send it to me as I'd love to try it. I'm sure that with just a bit of coaxing I could persuade my son in law for at least a bit to play with---

Cuda that smoked salmon looks very very good. Looks pretty and tasty! You da man!

Ok here’s today’s pork shoulders

Made the shoulders for friend having some people coming to town




And Bruno, there was lots of “BLACK” in honor of our favorite Belgium guy we now called “BARK”. BLACK

Looks great! Oh yea, lots of 'Black/Bark

Wrapped and in the cooler for delivery I presume.

My wife didn't know what to get me for an anniversary present so she bought me a pork belly!

Originally Posted by 32t

My wife didn't know what to get me for an anniversary present so she bought me a pork belly!

Congratulations! I like the way your wife thinks

However being a bit on the suspicious side I'm wondering how her bacon supply is holding up

You mean like this?

A good woman there Tim! Happy Anniversary!
And that’s a tasty lookin belly Tc!

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

You mean like this?

Doesn't look like that yet and a little bigger. Around 15 pounds!

I don't go by preconceived lists but the 34 anniversary is food.

By this age I buy what I want and she does also!