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    Perfection. Why tinker??

    Agreed. (This FORUM has a member who posts his Pics of HotSmokeTails n Chunks’ & does a black pepper w/diluted honey glaze. THAT is what my friends always want. All of em. $Free$ Beer for me so I don’t dare change what works. Ha!!
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    Perfection. Why tinker??

    I suspect 2 preferences, RUB vs MEAT flavor schools of thought maybe is why some want Salmon ‘straight up’.. others want it more spiced up. But some versions I encounter at fancy-pants events and conventions seem to be closer to Steamed Salmon dipped in Liquid Smoke, ie. No pellicle, no color...
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    Perfection. Why tinker??

    I s’pose. Some salmon peepul bring to parties just doesn’t cut... at all. I wonder why.
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    Perfection. Why tinker??

    My Smoked Salmon is THE best sez my friends. Simplest Recipe from right here. Dry Salt n Dark Brown Sugar for 5/hrs. Rinse. Dry it overnight then hot smoke. Done. QUESTION: What is gained by adding all sorts of various spices and wet brines etc.?? Used for a ‘spread’? Some cultures like exotic...
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    Northern Minnesota

    Northern Minnesota
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    I was given smoked salmon and it’s way too wet.

    I would say ‘You Can’t’. Dehydrator?? Maybe, however ‘wet’ sets off alarm bells with me. I would pitch it, as I’ve been smoking Salmon since forever.
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    Now for a Session in HOT weather. That will be a First with the 'Smoker Bunker. Tomorrow in the low 80's and I'm smoking Salmon Chunks with Applewood for about 5/hrs. But maybe with the Door of Bunker OPEN..??  I dunno til I try. Locomotiveman Tom
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    New Here...Sorta!!

    I posted a whole set of PICS under SMOKERS. I'm sorta learning the Geeky ropes of the Website. I will tidy it all up later this Summer. For now it's 'A Smoker Bunker' in the Photo Gallery in Smokers sub-forum.  Locomotiveman Tom
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    New Here...Sorta!!

    My 'Smoker Bunker' was pretty cheap to build. $100/bucks for Cinder Block and Redi-Crete. Shoulda did it years ago. Fireproof and Garden-hose washable. Locomotiveman Tom
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    new guy

    Hey, hoser...  I bought some Blueberry/Molasses BBQ sauce North of Thunder Bay last year from some gal who canned it up and sold by the Roadside. Holy cow, was that stuff AWESOME!! on Smoked Pork Ribs. Blueberry. A First for me. I want more of it.  Locomotiveman Tom
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    New Here...Sorta!!

    Hey...I finally figured out how to post actual PHOTOS!!...all the way from MInnesota. So now I'm a Real Member? I just took out a batch of Smoked Salmon and Jerky from my 'Smoker Bunker' so that's where I posted the PHOTOS, in the Smokers and FISH subforums. You guys have an awesome Web-site, A...
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    Hey, Nice job. 'Built by Armstrong' as was my Smoker Bunker. Your's is Off the Chart nice. Locomotiveman Tom
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