Yep.... Skipper brought Bride sockeye from Alaska.... Soooooo, since we been married 28 years today, I'm prepping the fish for New Years 'cause she wants it... Imagine that...
This cure / brine is different.... I weighed the fish in at 1400 grams... decided to add 200 grams of water to keep it a little more moist..... We'll see what happens... Already about an extra 100 grams has been sucked out of the fish from the salt, sugar and cure etc... I'm still using my "BATCH" cure where I add 18 grams of mix per pound (450 grams of fish and water)....
It will come out of the brine in the morning.... I'll rinse and dry it.... form the pellicle on wire racks in front of the fan, prior to the addition of Alder smoke in the dedicated fish smoker...
Temps tomorrow supposed to be around 22... Good thing I've modified this marvelous fish smoking machine with a ~1200 watt element...
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Thanks for looking.... BBL...
This cure / brine is different.... I weighed the fish in at 1400 grams... decided to add 200 grams of water to keep it a little more moist..... We'll see what happens... Already about an extra 100 grams has been sucked out of the fish from the salt, sugar and cure etc... I'm still using my "BATCH" cure where I add 18 grams of mix per pound (450 grams of fish and water)....
It will come out of the brine in the morning.... I'll rinse and dry it.... form the pellicle on wire racks in front of the fan, prior to the addition of Alder smoke in the dedicated fish smoker...
Temps tomorrow supposed to be around 22... Good thing I've modified this marvelous fish smoking machine with a ~1200 watt element...
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Thanks for looking.... BBL...
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