Hello from Western Australia

[Foodie]

Hi all,
Having been having a great read here - as Santa just delivered our new BS (digital) - and hubby has returned from a fishing trip with loads of fat Herring, Tailor and Skippy (the really good stuff gets eaten fresh  ;)

I have brined my fish and it's drying off in the fridge. Very nervous but a big thanks to manxman for showing the way with his Kipper method!  :) I will try the cold smoke followed by the hot smoke to finish off.

I am very interested in chacuterie so my smoker should get a good work out. Can't wait to make my own bacon.

I have my own recipe for cured salmon pieces that uses salt, sugar and pulverised lemongrass, orange and lemon rind, star anise, kaffir leaves and coriander - when I get a moment I will post if anyone interested (we usually eat it cured without any cooking at all...thinly sliced on an asian-style apple salad...yum!) Seems there is plenty of access to lovely wild salmon for many you in the US....ours is all farmed here...)
Cheers!

[GusRobin]

Welcome --yes we are always interested in new recipes.

[3rensho]

Hi Foodie and welcome.  I'd love to get your cured salmon recipe when you get a chance to post it.  Sounds a bit like Asian ceviche.

[La Quinta]

Yet another woman (there is a God)...Welcome Foodie... ;D

[beefmann]

welcome  aboard enjoy

[SouthernSmoked]

Welcome to the forum...Enjoy!

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[ghost9mm]

Hello and welcome to a really great forum...

[Foodie]

Hey La Quinta - I see there are lots of blokes here - but BBQ etc was always a cave man thing..?  ;) (just 0 stirring..hehe)

I am a dead keen cook - not so much to eat it though - just to create it and watch others enjoy..? I like everyone elses cooking but my own ??

I am also a bit passionate about where my food comes from. Not always easy as I have to shop in the Stupor Market too...

My dream is to eat healthy meat to go with the healthy fruit n veg I grow. I adore pork for smoking and making small goods - but the way it is grown in Aust (and likely the US too) is just awful. Pigs in small cages eating a mono-diet of pellets....yum (not)
I was born in New Zealand and we ate "game food" - pheasant, venison, wild pig and turkey, eels, possum etc. Australians are quite different - they are not really into game meat (in general). Eg: our kangaroo is actually a lovely, healthy meat....it's pet food here? It's not very gamey and makes wicked biltong...and salami and proscuitto too...and a medium rare fillet on the BBQ is pretty damn good!

Anyway -posted the salmon recipe in Fish. But u could make it a ceviche 3rensho (I love ceviche - hadn't thought about the recipe that way! we eat mainly asian food here due to our multi-culture - my fave is Vietnamese and Thai)

[La Quinta]

Foodie...my Lord...we are soul sisters!!! I just watch people eat my food...I am my own worst critic...everybody says they love it and I keep thinking it could be better...I just know it... ;D

[Foodie]

Same La Quinta! ;) Where are U?

What I like about my smoker - is that I don't get to taste the 'work in progress" until it's finished!? - so it's actually a nice 'surprise' for me at the end...?
Whereas my own cooking is never an actual surprise...?? (either cos I have made it b4, tasted/checked it whilst cooking it etc...)

I also have fun woking out what I am going to smoke, how I will smoke it - and what I can do with the end product too...?
I adore playing around with food - can't say I am great at it...but it's so interesting to play with tastes - and very creative/artistic. I find cooking for fun very soothing.

I love homemade baked beans - Boston style (lol) so I am looking forward to seeing how my smoker can help me out here...?

[mikecorn.1]

Hello and welcome from Texas. (USA)  ;D

[La Quinta]

Foodie...I am in the desert of Southern California...we are exactly alike...everytime I cook anything...whether it is smoked or not...I always go directly to a taste to re-purpose...

Watched a show on Food Network tonight that was horrifying about how much food we waste here in the US...250 million pounds of food are chucked out that just have a slight imperfection...Bob and I decided that we are gonna eat what is in the house...no more we have a lot of chicken...lets get a steak..

.I love the concept of getting lemons and making lemonade...or lemon curd...or lemon chicken..or lemon and garlic and scallop pasta...or...or... ;D

We have lemon trees too!!! ;D