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Smoking is the process of flavoring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to the smoke from burning or smoldering plant materials, most often wood. Meats and fish are the most common smoked foods, though cheeses, vegetables, and ingredients used to make beverages such as whisky,McGee p. 767: "Malt whiskies from Scotland's west coast have a unique, smoky flavor that comes from the use of peat fire for drying the malt." Rauchbier, and lapsang souchong tea are also smoked. In Europe, alder is the traditional smoking wood, but oak is more often used now, and beech to a lesser extent. In North America, hickory, mesquite, oak, pecan, alder, maple, and fruit-tree woods such as apple, cherry and plum are commonly used for smoking. Other fuels besides wood can also be employed, sometimes with the addition of flavoring ingredients. Chinese tea-smoking uses a mixture of uncooked rice, sugar, and tea, heated at the base of a wok. Some North American ham and bacon makers smoke their products over burning corncobs. Peat is burned to dry and smoke the barley malt used to make whisky and some beers. In New Zealand, sawdust from the native manuka (tea tree) is commonly used for hot smoking fish. Historically, farms in the western world included a small building termed the ''smokehouse'' where meats could be smoked and stored. This was generally well-separated from other buildings both because of the fire danger and because of the smoke emanations.
[edit] About Smoking (Cooking)
Smoking is the process of flavoring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to smoke from burning wood, tea leaves, or other plant materials.
Types of Smoking:
Hot Smoking- this exposes food to high heat and smoke in a controlled environment
Smoke roasting- sometimes referred to as "barbecuing or pit roasting". The food is roasted and smoked at the same time.
Cold Smoking- this exposes food to smoke in a low-medium heat (below 100F) smokehouse. This adds flavor to the food but doesnt necessarily cook them.
Recipes With Smoking (Cooking)
Basil, Black Olives, Bread, Cheese, Cucumber
Clove, Garlic, Liquid Smoke, Olive Oil, Paprika
Butter, Honey, Lemons, Margarine, Salt
Apple Cider Vinegar, Liquid Smoke, Soy Sauce
Champagne, Cheese, Oyster, Prawns
