Smoking

[Anonymous No.18803124]

Hello, I hate the Antichrist.
Grocery store increased smoked salmon prices again, $2/oz.
>got filet from fishmonger
>brined in 1/3 cup salt, 1/3 cup brown sugar, 1qt water overnight
>jurry rigged a cold smoke generator with a hotplate and an old pan filled with hickory bits.
>put it in the Webber
>it actually maintained smoke and 80 degrees the whole time
>6h later got hungry and pulled put picrel
Anons, it's the most delicious smoked salmon I ever had.
Entire thing cost me $20.
What are you smoking anons?

[Anonymous No.18803164]

I’ve been thinking of curing some salmon since I don’t have a a smoker, I love me some cured and/or smoked fish bros

[Anonymous No.18803203]

>>18803124
>Hello, I hate the Antichrist.
I also hate trump

[Anonymous No.18803227]

>>18803124
Looks a pretty pale and wet for a 6 hour cold smoke anon.
Did you let it dry before smoking? Like putting it on a rack overnight in a cold space, even better if there's a fan blowing over it.
This develops a coating over the salmon that the smoke particles stick to ("patina"). They have a hard time sticking to moist

pic related is more or less what it should look like after a cold smoke.

[Anonymous No.18803370]

>>18803227
I let is dry for a couple of h in the fridge, surface was dry to touch and has a bit of a light crust feel to it compared to middle.
I'll try a longer dry anon. Thanks for the tips.
It tastes about 3x smokier than picrel, but now you got me thinking we can bump those numbers up.

[Anonymous No.18803382]

>>18803164
Consider picrel if you are looking for a 2-4 person smoker.
It's a very optimized product, least pain in the ass grill I ever had.
Surprisingly stable temp control.

[Anonymous No.18803544]

>>18803370
Ya I'm glad it still got smokey. You want it to almost be rubbery on the surface, this will ensure that it will last longer in the fridge too.

[Anonymous No.18803961]

>>18803124
You put a really cheap price on your labor and inputs if you think you saved any money smoking it yourself lol.

[Anonymous No.18803986]

Doing baby backs on Saturday, then wings and a frozen pizza on Sunday for the lulz

[Anonymous No.18804125]

wtf is an oz?

[Anonymous No.18804190]

>>18804125
>wtf is an oz?
Ounce. Just under 30 grams.

[Anonymous No.18804219]

>>18803961
Ain't running the smoker at work, bitch. A man's leisure time is his own to value as he pleases.

[Anonymous No.18804241]

>>18804219
Yes, but opportunity cost is still part of the equation even if it is leisure time.

[Anonymous No.18804494]

>>18803961
Buddy do you think I sat under it smoking a carton of cigarettes and blowing on it for 6h? This was about effort as making a pot of plain pasta.
>>18804125
Place where wizards come from.
>>18804241
Opportunity for what? Sit around and jerk off? I enjoy cooking and making random doohickeys. That's what I'm gonna do.
>inb4 more work

[Anonymous No.18804577]

>>18803961
>>18804241
Well if the plan is to be at home on a Saturday then you're not making any money anyway. Therefore nothing is lost. Smoking 4 lb of salmon for yourself for just $20 (retail about $100) is good savings in that scenario. No opportunity is lost because most people aren't making money on their day off.

[Anonymous No.18804582]

>>18803124
>Hello, I hate the Antichrist
I also hate Zelensky but do try poaching fresh salmon in beet borscht you'll thank me later

[Anonymous No.18804636]

>>18803227
fellow anitchrist here, looks so goddamn good anon, good work fag.

[Anonymous No.18805463]

>>18804577
>Saturday then you're not making any money anyway.
Dude I have a mega sweet gif that pays me to basically be on call, and I get called for an hour or two a day. It's enough for upper-middle class existence for a family of five on my single income.
I know I can make heaps more money, but I'll actually have to work then, maybe I do that once the kids are out of toddler phase.
I also don't want them growing up wealthy because every single person I know that had that growing up, turned into a massive faggot.

[Anonymous No.18805518]

>>18805463
>Dude I have a mega sweet gif that pays me
yeah, me too

[Anonymous No.18805666]

>>18803227
It's a pellicle, not a fucking patina.

[op No.18805847]

>>18804241
Lmao hustle and grind tik tok really did a number on you.

[Anonymous No.18805859]

>>18805666
kek you're right, my bad.
>>18804636
Have another pic

[Anonymous No.18805863]

>>18805666
kek you're right, my bad
>>18804636
Have another pic then

[Anonymous No.18805873]

>>18805863
seriously thought that was sliced ruby red grapefruit from the thumbnail

[Anonymous No.18805928]

>>18805666
Nothing wrong with iron fortification in your salmon

[Anonymous No.18806003]

>>18804241
Go suck off daddy Tate in jail, faggot.

[Anonymous No.18806078]

>>18803124
Salmon lot's of it, catch it, smoke it sell it for an outrageous price

[Anonymous No.18806120]

>>18805928
Lmfao!

[Anonymous No.18806151]

>>18804241
Thinking about how you could have been making money in leisure time means it's not leisure time. Let go

[Anonymous No.18806599]

>>18805847
I've never used Tik Tok, I just have a degree in economics.

[Anonymous No.18806634]

>>18806599
underageb&

[Anonymous No.18806646]

>>18806599
You have a degree in autism.

[Anonymous No.18806841]

>>18806599
>spends 4 years and tens of thousands on a BA
>lectures others about opportunity cost
I just can't