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  1. zayas

    Newbie wants to smoke salmon

    Hello everyone, I'm living in Japan and a couple of friends and I are having a BBQ. We want to do a smoked salmon, but I have some questions: 1) my friends aren't in to brining or marinating the fish (they're Japanese, so they like their fish as plain as possible). So would skipping this step...
  2. zayas

    Dry Curing Without Nitrates?

    EDIT: I've read up more about botulism and found that even after cooked, poisoning can still occur. I guess I'll be trying to find some nitrates then! ####Hello everyone,I've read up on why nitrates are added to the bacon during the cure process (kills bacteria, prevents botulism). I don't...
  3. zayas

    First Time Smoker: Questions

    Hey everyone, Today was my first time smoking cheese but I wasn't able to get the wood to smolder and burn on it's own.  I live in Japan, so my selection of smoking wood is very limited.  I picked up a bag of wood chips, but they are much smaller than normal wood chips.  They were about a few...
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