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Printed Date: 31 May 2026 at 9:01pm


Topic: smoking fish
Posted By: Andrew
Subject: smoking fish
Date Posted: 01 May 2005 at 6:06pm
hi,i recently made a smoker (recently being today) and tried it out on some butterfish and wrasse i had speared(the wrasse was by accident) anyway i have a few smoking questions 1,could i use apple leaves 2,could i use native lemon wood wood or leaves? 3,is it better to leave the skin on and smoke the skin side down or is it better to smoke with no skin on it at all,cheers


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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 01 May 2005 at 6:09pm
leave the skin on dude and try tee tree/manuka you can buy saw dust etc from the warehouse and another hint cover the flesh with brown sugar/salt  and enjoy.

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Posted By: Wizard
Date Posted: 01 May 2005 at 6:17pm
I also put some dried thyme in my brown sugar/salt mix.  And don't use iodised salt.  You can also brush heated honey on the flesh then the salt mix, or even sweet chile, mmmmmmm, smoked fish.

Posted By: 1000PA
Date Posted: 02 May 2005 at 9:42am

Stay away fromanything citris (lemon, grapefruit, orange, mandarin) and don't use the leaves, they'll taint the flesh.

By all means use sawdust from fruit trees like apple, but Ti Tree still works the best for me.

Some shops sell hickory and other types of sawdust, take a look at the BBQ factory shops, I think they do a range. They do make a good smoke with the right flesh. Don't overlook smoking breadcrumbs for the fishcakes, or beef steaks before grilling them. Whole chook smoked for an hour before roasting puts a great flavour through as well. Not to mention boiled eggs placed in the smoker and sent through with the fish tasts nice. Gives my wife a surprise whenever the smokehouse is finished, she doesn't know whats going to come out each time!

Ross



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Posted By: Xkon
Date Posted: 02 May 2005 at 10:07am
i just got over 200 kg's of mixed sawdust for my smoke house. untreated thank goodness. now comes to time to use it so im gonna have to catch me a wopper or lots of whoppers to go thru that much sawdust :)

Posted By: Andrew
Date Posted: 03 May 2005 at 4:19pm
used the smoker again for my friend with some old butterfish and he loved it so now i convinced him to come spearing more also tryed smoked beef and man was it good some of the best i've had ever.


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