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    Smoked Maple Syrup ?

    The syrup was wonderful, not worth the trouble for the peppercorns.
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    Smoked Maple Syrup ?

    Do it and let us know how you like it. I tried to keep the smoker between 150 and 200 and used pecan and hickory smoker chunks in the kamado. I'll be using it on waffles or pancakes this week and I'll try the smoked peppercorns on the accompanying eggs!
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    Smoked Maple Syrup ?

    Syrup and peppercorns smoked. The syrup tastes wonderful to me, wife says too strong. The peppercorns were soaked in bourbon and rum for a week before smoking. They dried back out nicely but I haven't had a meal to test them on yet.
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    Smoked Maple Syrup ?

    "option to cold smoke?" Maybe in the future "very good price for a quart," Yeah it was generic brand on sale plus a digital coupon. Thanks guys.
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    Smoked Maple Syrup ?

    So I ordered some from Amazon @($1.79 / Fl Oz) and something went wrong with the delivery. I found a 32 oz bottle in local grocery @(32 cents per oz) and intend to learn how to smoke it my self. Any ideas, guidance on time and temp would be appreciated. And I will be doing a sample of pepper...
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    Smoking grocery store common Sausage ?

    Another batch: 4.4 lb Ingle's fresh sausage, added sage and Italian seasoning. 3 hours apx. on kamado. https://myflameboss.com/en/cooks/36564654.4
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    Update: I did hear back from the UT Lab, they said it is fine for cooking but not the swollen areas. As I continue to work the wood I'm beginning to see that it is easy to recognize the contaminated areas. Even well away from the galls. Here are some photos. The first two photos are on a...
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    Thanks Mike, Yeah, we've been on this place 39 years and every year it has small hickory nuts. Around here they are called "Scaly Bark Hickory". Yeah those limb photos do look like maple. If I had a photo of the trunk it would be obvious it's a hickory. This was the only hickory on my place. The...
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    Thanks GonnaSmoke, That's my opinion as well, but I'm no expert. And appreciate your opinion. Seems like if it is a serious issue someone here would heard of it before. After all if we bought wood for smoking there would be no indication a parasite has been growing on the tree it came from. On...
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    I left a piece of this hickory with the parasite living on it with our county extension office this week. The gentleman indicated he didn't know the answer to my question about how far the contamination goes but would send the piece or a photo to their lab at University of Tennessee and we...
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    Here are some photos. Most of the places where the mistletoe is growing are swollen. Also wondering about the pink lichen?
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    Hickory tree with mistletoe ?

    Hi all, I just dropped a big hickory tree, while cutting the small limbs for smoker wood I began to wonder if it is safe to use for smoker chunks. The pieces with active growing mistletoe will be discarded or burned in my wood stove. Just would like confirmation the wood isn't contaminated...
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    Smoking grocery store common Sausage ?

    Yeah DougE, I've had plenty of pear for some years, thanks to a neighbor. In about a week, I'll be cutting a big hickory. I was thinking when I set up this evening it would be nice if that hickory was already cut and ready.
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    Smoking grocery store common Sausage ?

    So I just finished another experiment. Went to 160° in cloth bags this time. Pulled a half bag and fried for my sausage sandwich supper, insufficient smoke but otherwise a killer sandwich. Two of these small bags go to friends and one for me. Smoker wood was pear...
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    Smoking grocery store common Sausage ?

    "took a lot of old timey knowledge with him :emoji_angry:" Yeah, that happens in my blacksmithing community as well, such a loss. That looks great Chris, maybe I'll go hotter next time.
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