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Finally we are getting some cooler weather tomorrow morning, I thought it was going to be today, but it was 77 when I woke up this AM. Too warm to smoke lox. So I postponed the smoke until tomorrow when the morning temp will be 58. Perfect for lox. I have them drying in the fridge right now. I won't go thru all the steps I do for lox, but if your interested you can get them at: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/homemade-lox-with-recipe-steps-plenty-of-q-view.106029/.
Here they are ready to dry out in the fridge until morning. I had to add an extra day to the cure time because of the weather, but the fish seem perfect. Nice & firm with good color. I'll probably put them on real early on the morning, and they won't take long to smoke. I had a bagel & lox for breakfast & saved the other half for lunch, since it was my last batch from last December. Just as good as when I took it off the smoker!
Here it is ready to get dried out until tomorrow.
Here they are ready to dry out in the fridge until morning. I had to add an extra day to the cure time because of the weather, but the fish seem perfect. Nice & firm with good color. I'll probably put them on real early on the morning, and they won't take long to smoke. I had a bagel & lox for breakfast & saved the other half for lunch, since it was my last batch from last December. Just as good as when I took it off the smoker!
Here it is ready to get dried out until tomorrow.