- Jul 27, 2014
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Hey everybody, I have a couple of different grills I smoke on, nothing super fancy. A Brinkman dual chamber gas/charcoal and a Weber. I have a good group of friends down here in Homestead too that are always trading off/competing for best grub so we tend to eat well. Most of us are either botanists or biologists of some type and I've noticed that we seem to have kinds of wood that we use a lot that most people either don't get very often or haven't heard of. For example, the S. FL standard for smoking fish is buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus), and we use it with different meats as well although I don't like it with red meat as much. The flavor is kind of like mesquite, It's been a staple down here for hundreds of years and I imagine all over the Caribbean as well. We also use pimento (allspice), different citrus and guava along with others. I started using the pimento after going to Jamaica and loving the jerk down there, it gives a great somewhat spicy flavor. I joined because I'm really into smoking meats, and I'm constantly coming across this site when I search for smoking suggestions, but I'm also curious if there might be a market out there for any of these different woods that we get but don't seem to be in broad circulation. What do you guys think?
I'm heading up to NC soon and thought I might take some wood up with me just for kicks and see how it blends with some of the more traditional woods (that we don't get down here). Anyway, looking forward to good advice and good recipes. Nice to be here.
Steve
I'm heading up to NC soon and thought I might take some wood up with me just for kicks and see how it blends with some of the more traditional woods (that we don't get down here). Anyway, looking forward to good advice and good recipes. Nice to be here.
Steve