I'm baffled on this......
I made some Indian candy as I mentioned in the other thread. First I used Kummok's brine and then I followed the recipe here on the Bradley site. My first impressions were positive, but the next day when it wasn't warm I really couldn't enjoy it. The texture seemed almost dry-chewy and it had a very salty aftertaste. I've had Indian Candy that was commercially made in British Columbia and it was wonderful.
I took some to our local high-end fish market and the people there loved it. Including the chef owner. She thought it was a real winner. The folks there are all from the East coast (Newfoundland, etc.) and they seem to know what they are talking about. They even liked the initial sweetness followed by the salty aftertaste.
So, my question for all you Indian candy experts, how can you describe the ideal Indian Candy??
Thanks, Rich
Quote from: Smokeville on December 11, 2010, 10:08:34 AM... how can you describe the ideal Indian Candy??
I can't describe the ideal Indian candy (words fail me) but I did find a picture...
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y-SPVyDlvrk/TNq61fmRl2I/AAAAAAAAAXg/7U1YQw9pYG4/s640/j3.jpg)
best piece of candy yet
Where did you get a copy of my girlfriend's picture? :o
meanwhile I hope someone can answer the original question.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my...
What was the question again?
Question ? No questions please, at least not now.
You guys realize that she has a mother!!! and i hope she is available :D
Indian Candy ... Nooooooo, that was eye candy !!!! But seriously ... I think Indian Candy is supposed to taste like ...
wait for it ....
Indians? ::) ;D :D ... I know ... I know ... I'm ashamed of myself :-[
It kinda tastes like....well....eagle!! ;) ;D
Ok, all you wise guys!
When I make my millions perfecting it without your help and sell it by the ton, and then buy Bradley and have the R&D crew build a smoker with a built in PID and 1000 watt element...
... I have taken down all your names and I won't sell any to you....
so there!
Rich :D
Forgive me I'm easily distracted and don't know what Indian Candy taste like and if I did well...(words fail me) ;)
Quote from: Smokeville on December 12, 2010, 10:25:04 AM
Ok, all you wise guys!
When I make my millions perfecting it without your help and sell it by the ton, and then buy Bradley and have the R&D crew build a smoker with a built in PID and 1000 watt element...
... I have taken down all your names and I won't sell any to you....
Too bad you have me on the list Smokerville cause when you buy Bradley and have the R&D crew build a smoker with a built in PID and 1000 watt element I would have been at the head of the line to buy at least one ;D ;D A 6 rack Bradley with 1000 watt element and a built in PID would be a killer :o
Yeah, it would be a dream come true, eh?
I wonder why Bradley doesn't develop it? They could set the price so they wouldn't undercut the current product line.
Quote from: Smokeville on December 12, 2010, 12:11:17 PM
Yeah, it would be a dream come true, eh?
I wonder why Bradley doesn't develop it? They could set the price so they wouldn't undercut the current product line.
Killer indeed!
Many of us are buying PID's and modifying the smoker to get exactly that. Give me that design off the shelf for +$200 and I am still money ahead, and a better value than the alternatives.
BTW, if I can get the Indian eye candy as an option, I'll take two, maybe three. I probably wouldn't live very long, but at least I would go with a smile that even a world class mortician couldn't remove. ;D
To my taste the original Indian Candy taste is what OP describes-never a personal favourite since I didn't like sweet then salty although the dryish jerky-like texture was fine.
Of late we're seeing a moister product that's overall sweeter with less salt as a backup flavour (if I can put it in those terms).
I have a bunch of this newer/sweeter/milder taste product made by Granville island Smokery they were recommended to me and did an outstanding job but again Indian Candy isn't my favourite.
So it sounds like OP needs to tweak his recipe a tad to suit his own taste.
There's a killer recipe on Sportfishing BC.com (http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/showthread.php?10102-Indian-Candy)
I think that the reason everyone is having a bit of fun with this is cuz nobody really knows what it tastes like cuz there's a zillion* descriptions of what Indian candy really is ???....Only the First Nation People know for sure and even THEY don't agree on it. I'd never even heard the term "Indian candy" until a few years ago on this forum when it was used as a PC term for squaw candy. Where I grew up in NorCal, squaw candy was the fish version of pemmican to the Piutes I grew up with...up here, my Eskimo, Aleut, Athabascan/Tlinget/Haida friends tell me that it simply dried salmon strips, sometimes smoked.
Whenever I've been involved with discussions of squaw candy or Indian candy it's always been an experience like asking a group of cowboys about what "good chili" tastes like! :o
Honest though...it really does taste like spotted owl and kangaroo rat! ;)
*(don't tell Obama and our Congress about the term "zillion"!!)
Ok yous' guys you are all forgiven......
My round 2 using only a wet brine is partly done.... the first batch was sweeter with not so much salt. The second batch is air drying overnight and I didn't rinse the brine off so maybe there will be more salt....
In case you think I'm foolin' about making a million, the only guy around here who makes this stuff sells it for.......
Drum Roll Please!
$100 per kilo. For you metrically challenged folks, that is $45.45 PER POUND!
And his stuff is ok but not great.
Rich
OK Rich...fine tune the product, sell LOTS, get really RICH, buy a really nice salmon catcher ( http://www.bayweldboats.com/ ) and park it here in Homer...I'll be your "caretaker/driver"!! ;D ;D
Quote from: Kummok on December 12, 2010, 10:17:50 PM
OK Rich...fine tune the product, sell LOTS, get really RICH, buy a really nice salmon catcher ( http://www.bayweldboats.com/ ) and park it here in Homer...I'll be your "caretaker/driver"!! ;D ;D
sounds like a plan, Kummok!
Quote from: Kummok on December 12, 2010, 10:17:50 PM
OK Rich...fine tune the product, sell LOTS, get really RICH, buy a really nice salmon catcher ( http://www.bayweldboats.com/ ) and park it here in Homer...I'll be your "caretaker/driver"!! ;D ;D
Rich - also after all that is accomplished you can adopt me.
Well I never been to Homer AK
But I've been to Houma LA
Well they tell me I have a sister there (north of Homer)
But I really never been there
In Houma, not Homer
What does it matter
What does it matter
;D
Quote from: Kummok on December 12, 2010, 10:17:50 PM
OK Rich...fine tune the product, sell LOTS, get really RICH, buy a really nice salmon catcher ( http://www.bayweldboats.com/ ) and park it here in Homer...I'll be your "caretaker/driver"!! ;D ;D
If it works out, I'll come up and we'll go to China Poot Lake.
Hiking boots are ready!!