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It is going to have a volume of only about 40 to 50 cubic feet. That means when you open the door you spill all of the heat. Even a small smoke vent hole will pass the entire volume of air in just a few minutes. I believe that propane and an oven burner and control would be much better for...
There must be about a hundred ways to make biscuits and they are all the right way. This is another way that I have known about but not tried before. The basic flour, Baking powder, salt proportions are 2 cups of all purpose flour 1 tablespoon of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt...
The color that you see in commercial smoked cheese comes from dipping in liquid smoke. Don't try to smoke if the air temperature is above 60°F. Any wood is good I prefer apple.
I would treat it the same as I would a cow and cut it up. Thighs, drums, breasts and wings, Break up the carcass and cook it for stock and broth. Save all of the rendered fat. I have cured turkey breast as pastrami and I have cured turkey thighs as ham.
I grew up with wood cook stoves in the kitchen the fire box shape wasn't as important as the grate under the fire to allow us to shake the ashes down and better control the draft.
Towards the end of June this year the Bradford pear trees were being heavily pruned and I hobo'd some od the larger limbs for use in smoking. I selected two and weighed them and cut one into 2 inch long chunks and left the other about 18 inches long. The green chunks weighed1.52 pounds on June...
Haggis is a good use for the Offal. For those that have a negative concept Scrapple is the pork version of haggis. Scrapple uses corn meal, haggis uses steel cut oats. http://www.meatsandsausages.com/sausage-recipes/haggis
One 30 pound turkey will take longer than two 15 pound turkeys.But here you are cooking four halves of 15 pound turkeys So you really have four 7.5 pound pieces of turkey.
Ok. Here is the chopped liver recipe as this batch was made and as I wrote it in my note book.
Boneless skinless chicken leg meat cooked in plain water. Chicken liver poached without boiling in the water the legs are cooked in.
Equal parts or 3 parts liver to 2 parts meat. 1.4% salt and .14%...
Sodium nitrite breaks down to release nitrous oxide and that is the active function of the cure. Yes I use schmaltz. I cringe everytime I hear about someone throwing chicken fat away.
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@ Dougmays, roast first for several hours @about 325°F add the water and reduce the heat to 210°F for 10 to many hours. pour that liquid off and refill the pan for a second extraction.
I can my stock in a pressure canner 20 minutes for pints and 25 minutes for quarts. This batch was two days...