/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13302401]

Why is it that homemade lox is never any good? I have watched numerous YouTube videos now of people making their own lox and you can tell it just isn't that good. Regular store bought or wholesale lox is fucking delicious and you can eat it straight but all these YouTubers are bullshitting around offering different variations that would make it better or w/e and you can just tell it's clearly nonsense. It tastes like shit because no one can make good homemade lox. How do the big time factories make it so good? Do they have special brining equipment? Is there a secret ingredient they use?

[Anonymous No.13302846]

bup

[Anonymous No.13303990]

>>13302401
I don't know, I've never tried. This looks good to me though: https://www.babaganosh.org/how-to-cure-salmon-lox-recipe/.. I would like to try the smoked sea salt idea.

[Anonymous No.13305311]

>>13302401
actually cook it or shut the fuck up
if you can taste something through a photograph you should be on a talent show and not shitposting on here

[Anonymous No.13305424]

>>13303990
I've made it this way with a couple changes. Place a weight on the salmon while it's curing and in addition to rinsing it well, soak in cold water for 30-60 minutes to reduce the saltiness. I have a cold smoking setup so I cold smoked it as well. I thought it was every bit as good as store bought for a fraction of the cost.

[Anonymous No.13306315]

>>13302401
i literally just cover a piece of salmon in salt, cover with wax paper and put in the fridge for two days.

[Anonymous No.13306348]

Non-American here. What is lox? Smoked salmon?

[Anonymous No.13306355]

>>13302401
>I know it doesn't taste good from looking at it
???

>>13306348
Cured salmon, often smoked.

[Anonymous No.13306422]

>>13306355
Got it. In Scandinavia we make gravlax. It's basically cured salmon with dill.

>>13305424
Maybe it has to do with how fresh the fish is?