October 18, 200916 yr I Have tried to smoke kippers on my outdoor smoker but they don't taste as good as the Scottish or Craster kippers i use a fish caught here in abundance called Herring (not the same as our herring) but can't get the brine right any help out there ..
October 19, 200916 yr Brian,I thought you only used brine as a cheat, like pink lint ham?As far as I know you just split the fish and hang them in the smoker?
October 19, 200916 yr Brian,I thought you only used brine as a cheat, like pink lint ham?As far as I know you just split the fish and hang them in the smoker?the thing is you need the right sort of wood chippings dont think Eucalypts, acacias or Kurrajongs produce the right flavour for craster kippers
October 20, 200916 yr Author the thing is you need the right sort of wood chippings dont think Eucalypts, acacias or Kurrajongs produce the right flavour for craster kippers Non of the above wood chippings i use American oak usually.....i wonder what sort of wood chips they use at craster or seahouses.......
October 20, 200916 yr Non of the above wood chippings i use American oak usually.....i wonder what sort of wood chips they use at craster or seahouses.......english oak i think but its a top secret technique and nobody wamt to let on!
October 20, 200916 yr Author english oak i think but its a top secret technique and nobody wamt to let on!Use your unique powers of persuasion Monsta infiltrate a kipper factory and find out their secrets.........
October 21, 200916 yr Use your unique powers of persuasion Monsta infiltrate a kipper factory and find out their secrets......... According to this blog the herring are placed in a brine solution of plain salt and water for a predetermined length of time depending on their size and, lastly, they are hung on tenter hooks and placed in the cavernous smokehouses. Fires are placed under the rows of herring made of whitewood shavings and oak sawdust and these smoulder away for up to 16 hours before the kippers are ready.
October 21, 200916 yr Use your unique powers of persuasion Monsta infiltrate a kipper factory and find out their secrets......... doubt i'll be going to craster any time soon! but read this its full of rubbish diagrams and interesting facts, like kippers are only golden because there soaked in a brine bath before smoking! and i thought it was because of the smoke.
October 21, 200916 yr Author doubt i'll be going to craster any time soon! but read this its full of rubbish diagrams and interesting facts, like kippers are only golden because there soaked in a brine bath before smoking! and i thought it was because of the smoke. I knew they were brined with suminck
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