Fish

[brand]

Spiced or better yet smoked haddock chowder is the way forward.

I ain't buying a smoker....my wood burner? Naw can't be done. Nor am I buying 20 stone of smoked Haddock!!

 

[AndyRM]

A home made smoker is pretty easy and very cheap to make. A barrel, a metal box and your wood chips of choice for smoking are all you need. I'll take some pictures of mine tomorrow.

 

[brand]

A home made smoker is pretty easy and very cheap to make. A barrel, a metal box and your wood chips of choice for smoking are all you need. I'll take some pictures of mine tomorrow.

Chips? What size? I have at least one bag chainsaw chippings.

 

[Poacher]

When did bass become all poncified and become "Sea Bass". Bass are still quite common in Cornwall but they seem to have been hijacked by celebrity TV chefs a few years ago. They are great fun to try and catch on a light spinning or fly fishing rod.

I suspect it's yet another American import. Bass always used to be just bass in the UK, while the septics need to distinguish them from Small-mouthed Bass, Large-mouthed Bass, Striped Bass etc, which are freshwater dwellers.

 

[AndyRM]

Chips? What size? I have at least one bag chainsaw chippings.

That would probably work. What kind of wood though? Beech is good for fish. Don't use anything with a lot of resin: I found this out so you don't have to.

 

[theclaud]

When did bass become all poncified and become "Sea Bass". Bass are still quite common in Cornwall but they seem to have been hijacked by celebrity TV chefs a few years ago.

I suspect it's yet another American import. Bass always used to be just bass in the UK, while the septics need to distinguish them from Small-mouthed Bass, Large-mouthed Bass, Striped Bass etc, which are freshwater dwellers.

Marketing, innit. The rise of 'Sea Bass' on restaurant menus and in magazine recipes goes hand-in-hand with the rise of factory-farmed bass. 'Sea Bass' evokes wild ocean expanses.

 

[raleighnut]

That would probably work. What kind of wood though? Beech is good for fish. Don't use anything with a lot of resin: I found this out so you don't have to.

Beech or Oak are great, just soak em in a bucket of water for 20 minutes, squeeze the excess water out and chuck em on top of well lit charcoal/hardwood embers.

 

[brand]

That would probably work. What kind of wood though? Beech is good for fish. Don't use anything with a lot of resin: I found this out so you don't have to.

Mixed a lot pf Hreenheart which maybe a little dodgy but smells really nice. Tantalised softwood dry as a bone but not the best choice? May call in at a furniture maker on way to pub. See what they have got.

 

[AndyRM]

Mixed a lot pf Hreenheart which maybe a little dodgy but smells really nice. Tantalised softwood dry as a bone but not the best choice? May call in at a furniture maker on way to pub. See what they have got.

Give it a go and see. I didn't have access to any chips so bought some bags of stuff online which were cheap and worked a treat. Pretty much anything will work and you can get some lush flavours into your fish. Chicken is also takes smoking very well, I was less successful with red meats though.

 

[slowmotion]

There's a lot of good stuff about smoking food on YouTube. Some of the US smokers are masterpieces.

 

[brand]

There's a lot of good stuff about smoking food on YouTube. Some of the US smokers are masterpieces.

Will give it a look. Wood should have read Greenheart!