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  1. Harvest of Chilis.jpg

    Harvest of Chilis.jpg

  2. munsterfan

    Success! Cold smoking garlic bulbs and garlic chips for seasonings YES!

    yes you are correct I miss-wrote; we have a use by date of 3-weeks. We keep no bulbs longer then that unless frozen. The chips are bone dry, can grind into dust. The dried garlic mixed with salt has a longer shelf-life. 
  3. munsterfan

    Success! Cold smoking garlic bulbs and garlic chips for seasonings YES!

     Hi thanks ...I got lots of help from this forum... Do note that we HOT smoke the salt. It's a better method to create smoke film around the individual crystals. We took an old oven pan to use as a fire box, then elevated a second oven pan over the fire box. The turn on the gas burners and...
  4. Smoked salt using gas BBQ.jpg

    Smoked salt using gas BBQ.jpg

  5. Smoke Garlic July 2016.jpg

    Smoke Garlic July 2016.jpg

  6. munsterfan

    Success! Cold smoking garlic bulbs and garlic chips for seasonings YES!

    The tastes is sublime, sweet, nutty smoky but not intense.     Photo is of the prep work and the smoked bulb and Smoked Garlic Sea-salt Before we can grind them we dry them for 12-18 hours in our homemade dehydrator ...old windows with stainless steel screens on the roof of the shed: see photo...
  7. Black garlic first batch.jpg

    Black garlic first batch.jpg

  8. First shop reseller July.jpg

    First shop reseller July.jpg

  9. Dehydrator, sea salt above chiles.jpg

    Dehydrator, sea salt above chiles.jpg

  10. garlic work in the summer evening.jpeg

    garlic work in the summer evening.jpeg

  11. munsterfan

    Success! Cold smoking garlic bulbs and garlic chips for seasonings YES!

    Cold smoked for 48-hours over a Mixture of chipped Olive & Almond wood, mixed with Carob pods, Rosemary and Bay Laurel leaves. Bulbs ...at last!
  12. munsterfan

    55-gal., drum cold smoker..draft/ventilation...from total newbie

    OMG really? THANK YOU!  This is really valuable information RE the stop-start. For the foreseeable future (and all can change on a whim); we are only smoking salt, chilis and most important Garlic. ...y and  the inside of the smoker unit was very wet yesterday from me (in all my newbie wisdom)...
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