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Skriven 2014-04-29 23:33:02 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
  Kommentar till text 12718 av John Guillory (1:396/60)
Ärende: Re: a toast!
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 -=> On 04-29-14  03:52,  Kf5qeo <=-
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 DS>  RH> Actually, Steve likes the electric smoker better than the gas--it's
 DS>  RH> easier to hold a consistant temperature with the electirc one. Still

 Kf> I can't say I've seen an Electric smoker, except maybe briefly on
 Kf> TV. From the infomercial I saw, I can't see how you get any smoke
 Kf> flavor into the meat.  If all your wanting is to basically cook it,
 Kf> then why not shove it in the oven and bake it?  

Our electric smoker is made by Masterbuilt.  The smoke comes from wood
chips which have been soaked and which sit in a tray near the electric
coil.  There are other brands, but the principle is similar.

 DS> There are some who claim that they prefer charcoal for that very reason,
 DS> namely that it gives a taste to the food that you don't get on gas
 DS> cookers.  The purists would probably claim that hardwood is the very
 DS> best, but I'm not sure that I have sensitive enough tastes to notice.

 Kf> I'm one of those puratist that don't smoke often, but figure if
 Kf> you  want to smoke, your best off going into the back yard and
 Kf> looking for the right type of wood, cutting it down, and putting it
 Kf> in a smoker, then once the fire is good and hot, put your meat in
 Kf> and smoke it! I was always taught whatever you cook is going to get
 Kf> the flavor from what your burning.  Burn the wrong type of trees, or
 Kf> put trash into your fire, and you'll taste the trash or get a funky
 Kf> taste to the meat. 
 Kf> John Guillory  [KF5QEO]

Fresh cut wood is probably not very good for smoking.  I'd think it
needs to be seasoned so as not to get all the chemicals coming out of
the green bark and cambium.

I tend to use apple wood chips in the chip tray.  There is also a
process for using my electric smoker for cold smoking.  In that case, I
do not use the heating coil at all and burn wood sawdust in a special
tray designed to produce smoke but only a little heat.  Works really
good to produce smoked cheese.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: KEIK NISTSIMO (LENTEN CAKE)
 Categories: Dessert, Greek
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
  3 1/2 c  Flour
      1 ts Baking powder
    3/4 c  Oil
    1/2 c  White raisins
  1 1/4 c  Sugar
    1/2 c  Chopped walnuts
      2 ts Grated orange peel
    1/2 c  Cognac
      1 ts Baking soda
      2 c  Orange juice
      2 ts Cinnamon
           Cinnamon for sprinkling
           10x sugar
 
     Sift flour into ceramic bowl and mix the baking powder; scoop out
  a well in center.  Heat oil in frying pan and pour into the flour.
  Add raisins, sugar, nuts, orange peel, cognac, baking soda dissolved
  in the orange juice, and cinnamon.  Mix to make a stiff dough.  Put
  into a buttered tube pan or baking pan and bake in preheated 300 F.
  oven for abt. 1 hour. As soon as you remove it from the oven,
  sprinkle with the cinnamon and confectioner's sugar.
 
MMMMM


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