Hickory = Bologna?

[bgerog]

Hickory smoke and I have a rocky relationship. I have been smoking now for a number of years and I love to experiment with all kinds of different woods but am by no means an expert. Having read a number of posts on this forum, and enjoyed it, I decided it was time to get some response to this nagging question....do manufacturers use hickory to smoke the meat that becomes bologna?

The reason I ask is that I find when I use hickory in my smoker I am always reminded of the taste of bologna....this is not necessarily a good thing when I am tearing apart a roasted chicken.

Thoughts?

 

[smoking b]

Yes there are a lot of manufacturers that do use hickory. Warrington Farm Meats which is about an hour from me specializes in hickory smoked meat & they sell an awful lot of their hickory smoked bologna...