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Going to smoke some Colby/Monterey Jack for a couple of friends. Gonna hit it with some cold Maple smoke in the XL BGE. Already have the Sea Salt & Black Peppercorns smoked, hit them with 24 hours of smoke.
Sure beats giving folks a gift card...Merry Christmas to you and yours...Yes!!! Your on the right track there. What greater gift than something that is hand crafted or processed specifically for the recipients. I hope your friends and family realize just how lucky they are. Merry Christmas!
I had a sinus infection, on and off for almost my entire 15 years I loved in AZ. This kinda killed off my taste buds. While I can taste the smoke flavor I can't taste the difference between one smoke flavor and another.Sounds like a winner! Have you done maple on cheese before? If so I'd like to hear your thoughts on it I'm planning maple for my next batch of cheese.
Smoked Pecans....hmmm....the wife really loves Almonds. Perhaps I need to do some reading on smoking nuts...and thanks for the idea....a friend complimented me on my BBQ sauce...I know what I will be giving him for ChristmasJust put in a load of Colby, Pepper Jack, and Extra Sharp Cheddar for the same reason. Thought I'd go all out this year and pretty much everyone on the gift list is getting 1/4 pound of each cheese, 1/4 pound of smoked pecans, a pint of homemade bbq sauce, and 1/4 pound of summer sausage. Now I just need to decide on some crackers to include in the baskets.
I'm not a big fan of smoked almonds (the only smoked nut I'd had before I came here) but my uncle has a pecan grove so I always have pecans around. I had about five pounds that had been in the freezer a couple years so I figured they were something easy to throw in with a batch of cheese one day and if they were nasty then they could be tossed anyway. They're delicious.Sure beats giving folks a gift card...Merry Christmas to you and yours...
I had a sinus infection, on and off for almost my entire 15 years I loved in AZ. This kinda killed off my taste buds. While I can taste the smoke flavor I can't taste the difference between one smoke flavor and another.
Smoked Pecans....hmmm....the wife really loves Almonds. Perhaps I need to do some reading on smoking nuts...and thanks for the idea....a friend complimented me on my BBQ sauce...I know what I will be giving him for Christmas
Thanks for the link, subscribed to it so I can give it a try. Ernie has seen smoked nuts in a couple of stores but refuses to pay the ridiculous price they want. Neither one of us is a fish eater, but if given the opportunity to try smoked salmon I would. Thanks again for the link...Good Christmas gifts for sure. This is the first year in over a decade that we aren't doing a smoked food gift basket. If I was I'd definitely be adding this recipe.its become one of the most requested for sure. #1 though has always been smoked salmon. These are very addicting and a batch doesn't last long!
Scarbelly's Sweet Spicy nuts:
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/154167/the-holiday-nuts
I smoked of that very salt for a buddy. I have never had it smoked...Nice... I didn't do cheese, but I lightly smoked some pink Himalayan rock salt with apple wood, and more heavily smoked some kosher salt with hickory. Then I mixed the kosher salt with some smoked habanero powder I made a few months back.
I may have to do some cheese as well, definitely be a hit with the family!
Yeah... the pink salt didn't take on much smoke, but the kosher salt came out great.I smoked of that very salt for a buddy. I have never had it smoked...
while back I smoked some seal salt rocks....picked up a lot of color...Yeah... the pink salt didn't take on much smoke, but the kosher salt came out great.
Pretzels?Your going to have some happy friends there I tell ya,, Have you tried pretzels?? They are good also.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/153736/smoked-pretzels-with-a-kick-and-w-p-view
Also xfuzzy did a experiment on the salt doing it cold and hot pretty cool results if you haven't seen it yet.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/125996/the-great-smoked-salt-experiment
Good luck and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
DS