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I always under the impression that you are safe to cold smoke salmon that was cured without Nitrite if the fish was flash frozen when first caught but other wise you have a risk of getting sick since salmon has parasites. Salt alone doesn't kill parasites or am I wrong?
For now I just wanted to nail down the hot smoke although i like cold smoked fish over hot smoke fish any day of the week but that is a more involved process but i will cold smoke sometime soon.
So how much sugar and how much salt do you think would be good for a whole salmon filet?
This weekend I smoked my first salmon. I did a dry cure / brine with 4 parts brown sugar to 1 part kosher salt (i doubled the recipe so it would be 8 parts to 2 parts). I left it in the fridge around 12 hours and it was salty and sweet at the same time both on the stronger side. The reason I...
I'm 30 years old. I have been grilling since i'm about 20 and always loved doing something with meat but got into smoking this past spring with a 40" MES. About a month ago I got myself a 14.5" WSM and love it!
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