smoked mackerel

[jeepster]

not at all, cure refers to either a liquid or dry cure, using salt, salt petre or brine etc etc, smoked means smoked!

[Snatcher]

So are they for sale cos you lot are making me feel peckish!

[Zigs]

sorry newt, missed out the oak chippings & smoke bit, you will be pleased to hear i have an american "little Chief" smoker, it works very well.

 

sorry snatcher, cant sell me fish as i am nfsa member, but you are welcome to have some if you're down this neck o the woods (would post you one but that could be interpreted as some biological attack by the authorities)

[jeepster]

i was going to get one of those, whats it like?

i've got a big cold smoker now, its good most of the time, but not %100 reliable. actually the smokers probably fine, its me thats not reliable.

[Zigs]

it good but you need to give the chippings a bit of a burn a few times thru the smoking, great fun trying to blow them out again ! they will do about 30 fillets a load or a hundred or so sprats.

 

caught 27lb of sprats off the pier, took 3 days to smoke em, packed em in jars of sunflower oil & put em in very low oven for 1 hour before sealing, delicious ( appologies to snatchers appetite )

 

wots a cold smoker?

[jeepster]

cold smoking is when no heat at all gets to whatever youre smoking, its the way to do it if you want to preserve food, and it gives a different flavour to hot smoking.

[Zigs]

interesting, will ask the mrs about one of those then !

[Zigs]

mrs ( becky ) fishes too

[jeepster]

check out www.coldsmoker.com for some ideas

[H.A.]

The best range of smokers I have seen is at http://www.askari-fishing.co.uk

 

I have one which takes at least 20 mackerel, doesn't rust and cost under 40 squids including p&p ...... delivery in 5 days from Krautland.

 

Anyone know where I can get 20 fresh mackerel???