First attempt at smoked salmon

[daveomak]

Here's a internet picture of my powder scale...    I've had it for almost 50 years...  bought it used.....

LYMAN scale.jpg

• daveomak
• Jul 15, 2017

 

[wade]

Wow Dave - that is a lovely piece of kit. They knew how to make them then. I bet it would cost a fortune to buy similar today. 

 

[okanagan]

 
When I smoke any meat, I weigh the salt....  2% to the weight of the meat...   You can't over salt that way...

Bought a digital scale from Amazon and have some frozen salmon.  With a 2% salt to fish weight ratio, what is your ratio for water (or whatever liquid you use)?

Say I kg of salmon, 20 grams of salt.  How much water to make the brine?

 

[daveomak]

 

 
When I smoke any meat, I weigh the salt....  2% to the weight of the meat...   You can't over salt that way...

Bought a digital scale from Amazon and have some frozen salmon.  With a 2% salt to fish weight ratio, what is your ratio for water (or whatever liquid you use)?

Say I kg of salmon, 20 grams of salt.  How much water to make the brine?

If you are wanting to wet brine the fish, weigh the water and the fish and add your 2% salt...   Use as little water as possible...  generally 25% weight of the fish is the amount of distilled water to add... add the cure, salt and sugar, per accepted levels to the fish + water weight... add all the spices and herb you like...

 

[okanagan]

Thank you!