Montreal Smoked Meat

[oakville smoker]

Good day eh

I am considering making some Montreal smoked meat.
I am hopelessly addicted.  I believe Shwartz's in Montreal should be a national treasure !

Has anybody done one?  How were the results?  I don't expect Shwartz quality results even though I am considering asking someone I know in Montreal to drop by the store and pick me up their spices and send it to me.

Its a lot of work to do one of these, I have had my smoker less than 1 week but I do to bed at night and wake up in the morning dreaming of smoked meat.  I am droling now as I type this.

[KyNola]

Do a search of the forum for Montreal Smoked Meat.  I definitely remember a thread a while back about it but I can't recall who originated it.  There is a recipe in the thread along with a lot of commentary.

KyNola

[Habanero Smoker]

I've made Montreal Smoked Meat several times, but like any food I found it has a wide variation of how to prepare it. Some suggest to cure it, others state it is never cured. I feel if it is cured you may as well call it pastrami.

After a lot of research I found an uncured version of the recipe, by Rob Rainford a Canadian with Jamaican roots; that's got to work. You can find the recipe on the forum, but the recipe site has the updated version.

Montreal Smoked Meat

[oakville smoker]

Mr Habanero and company

Thanks for this.  I am going to try it once I figure out where I can buy brisket in these parts.
I do watch Rob Rainier on Food TV and sometimes see him on the train on my way home from work !
I might be turning into a RR groupie now or at least buy one of his books.

Thanks again, appreciate the direction

[Habanero Smoker]

Mr Habanero and company

Thanks for this.  I am going to try it once I figure out where I can buy brisket in these parts.
I do watch Rob Rainier on Food TV and sometimes see him on the train on my way home from work !
I might be turning into a RR groupie now or at least buy one of his books.

Thanks again, appreciate the direction

I haven't seen any of his shows in awhile. If we both shared the same train, I'm sure he would be looking for alternate transportation, because I would be bugging him for tips every second of the commute.

I forgot what station in my area had him on. He is amazing to watch. I don't know how he can manage all those grills at the same time. His recipes are great, I also plagiarized his  pork belly recipe and adapted it for the Bradley.

Smoked Pork Belly