Smoked Salmon - anyone do their own?

[kozulich]

Nothing grills like a BGE, except of course, the Large Extra Tall Grill Dome that sits in my back yard! Folks, if you like to grill or smoke your food, these ceramic dome cookers are unbeatable.

When I bought mine, my wife rolled her eyes at the amount of money I spent. Now, she raves about it to all her friends and family

 

[joel]

Joel, will you marry me....

Sure.... but you'll have to fight Charles' wife (from qedusa.com) for the honors Just ask 'em about my home made licorice. My bbq/cooking may be good....but my candies, chocolates, toffee's, etc are unbeatable. Literally... i'll make 10lbs of say chocolate almond toffee, and it'll be gone in the same day. People seem to come outta the wood works when I am playing mad professor in the kitchen

 

[Mama Bear]

Sure.... but you'll have to fight Charles' wife (from qedusa.com) for the honors Just ask 'em about my home made licorice. My bbq/cooking may be good....but my candies, chocolates, toffee's, etc are unbeatable. Literally... i'll make 10lbs of say chocolate almond toffee, and it'll be gone in the same day. People seem to come outta the wood works when I am playing mad professor in the kitchen

Oh I just knew there was going to be competition..... So how do I get in line for chocolate almond toffee..... will bribery work?

 

[joel]

Oh I just knew there was going to be competition..... So how do I get in line for chocolate almond toffee..... will bribery work?

Flattery and bribery will get you anywhere In fact.... it is toffee shipping weather - as the chocolate melts in the summer

 

[letterk]

Oh I just knew there was going to be competition..... So how do I get in line for chocolate almond toffee..... will bribery work?

I'm married, but you can send some of that my way. You have the address.

 

[Mama Bear]

Flattery and bribery will get you anywhere In fact.... it is toffee shipping weather - as the chocolate melts in the summer

Oh! You are killing me....you are so gorgeous and wonderful... even more than Nick! Sexy and hot, brilliant and well groomed and a complete gentleman....

aaarrrggghhhh... ummm, er... ack, I am choking!! cough, cough... choke.... so debonair and, send me the darn chocolate before I cut you off of soap and aftershave... ggggrrr....

That's the best I can do......

 

[Mama Bear]

Salmon too?

 

[sparky5693]

Flattery and bribery will get you anywhere In fact.... it is toffee shipping weather - as the chocolate melts in the summer

I think you should sell some of that candy on the forum. I honestly didn't know anyone made homemade toffee, let alone licorice. Something tells me your licorice is better than the good and plenty's i'm snackin on.

 

[Mama Bear]

Joel is so HOT!!!

 

[sparky5693]

Joel is so HOT!!!

I don't want candy that bad.

 

[Mama Bear]

I don't want candy that bad.

Bobby... homemade candy is not the same as regular candy,...

Trust the fat lady.... lol

 

[sparky5693]

Bobby... homemade candy is not the same as regular candy,...

Trust the fat lady.... lol

I believe it. But I still don't want it that bad. lol

 

[Mama Bear]

Oh honey I do! lol

I am out of the closet! I like Men! Chocolate! and Salmon.

I always have and I always will.. Lord I feel so decadent... lol I don't even care if they are smoked or not.. I will preserve them in my own special way... lol

 

[doctorsimon]

I too was watching her Christmas show. She is getting more crazy as time passes, I think.

Her salmon gravadlax recipe looked like a great idea. But remember that gravadlax is not the same as cold-smoked salmon. Hot-smoked salmon is entirely different, Joel's looked yummy.

If you are making something with salmon, please seriously consider finding wild salmon and boycotting the farmed stuff. They are totally different fishes and the farmed (even organic farmed) stuff is awful. It is cheap for a reason.

Wild salmon spends years out at sea living a regal life before returning to its home river, swimming upstream, to breed. It gets a great natural diet and wonderful exercise. Its flesh, as a result, is colourful, firm, and full of flavour.

Farmed stuff lives only a fraction of the life of its wild bretheren and has as much personal space as your bath. It is fatty due to lack of exercise, and pretty colourless due to a poor diet. They feed them hormones to grow, antibiotics to fight off the infection that plagues the cages, and colourants to make the flesh a fake colour.

Organic is little better (less hormones, less antibiotics, less colourants, and a little more personal space.) It is pale, small, and fatty for a reason. Think veal calves in crates = modern farmed salmon.

You can get wild pacific salmon in most of our supermarkets these days, it has an amazing red colour that is 100% natural and it is firm and so low fat in comparison. Or you can occasionally find some wild atlantic salmon from Ireland on the internet.

Sorry to spoil your fun, but enjoy your gravadlax (wherever you source the fish from) and have a happy holiday season.

 

[Sue]

Joel,
Where does the candy line start?
Sue

 

[Effigy]

I was watching a Christmas cookery programme the other night (Nigella Lawson )

She was preparing her own salmon gravlax, and it looked pretty straight forward, so I think I may give it a go.

I love smoked salmon - it is our traditional Christmas morning breakfast: smoked salmon and scrambled eggs served with bucks fizz.

Anyone else had a go?

Following on from my first post, I have now sampled the results........

Fan-bloody-tastic!

Had scrambled eggs and salmon this morning for breakfast and it felt really decadent

 

[moses]

Bobby... homemade candy is not the same as regular candy,...

Trust the fat lady.... lol

My girlfriend makes great toffee, and fantastic baked goods. Dozens of candy recipes from her grandmother. (Rum balls are mighty good this time of year).

So there! I don't need Joel.

Oh yeah, she's way hotter than him, too.

-Mo

 

[joel]

Oh yeah, she's way hotter than him, too.

-Mo

Oh, that was uncalled for. That's it - sometime this winter (probably within the next 1-2 months) I am making chocolate almond toffee, taking pictures of it, then sending some to the Sue's.... no toffee for you!

 

[moses]

no toffee for you!

MEAN!

But I already told you.... I don't need your toffee.

-Mo

Sues - I think you owe me a thank you, for ensuring that you get toffee, because now Joel has to send it, so that he can leave me out. I'll glady take thank yous in the form of soap....

 

[joel]

MEAN!

But I already told you.... I don't need your toffee.

-Mo

Sues - I think you owe me a thank you, for ensuring that you get toffee, because now Joel has to send it, so that he can leave me out. I'll glady take thank yous in the form of soap....

You have no shame. No soap for you!