Stevepiglet

Looks tasty! 

My wife tried replacing 50g of flour with rolled oats. 

It makes for a very light and fluffy loaf with a great taste. 

Never went there I'm afraid. 

I'm new to this 

Mine had about 7 hrs but it was over Ash so it's quite a delicate smoke. I might make some oak dust later and try that. 

I'm lucky where I am in that the farmers let me take the fallen wood near me. 

I'll not hold that against you. 

I'm originally from Bristol so please don't that against me. 

So far I've just had a go with salt over Ash sawdust but I'm going to prepare some cherry sawdust and try a few other bits including some salmon. 

I'll post some pictures when it's done. 

Ah it was sodium chlorate. 

Yeah we used to make smoke grenades by mixing it with sugar 😅

They smelled lovely! 

Could never get hold of potassium nitrate. 

Probably for the best. I do at least still have all my fingers 

Didn't you used to be able to get sodium nitrite weedkiller...? 

So weed killer effectively! 

Might have to make myself a hot smoker for that then, just to be on the safe side. 

What's cure#1...? 

They also go very well in a soup! 

How would I go about cold smoking chicken breasts? 

Obviously ill then be cooking them. 

The top one looks ideal! 

Where do you get the maze type smoker from in the UK? 

What's the quickest way to dry sawdust? 

Once I'm back at work again, after the lock down then I think I'll definitely invest in one of those, but until that point money is a bit tight. 

At the moment it's just a bit of fun really. 

If I put smaller pieces of salmon in there then will it need as long? 

The through flow seems to be pretty good so far. I've also got a shoe from the bottom of a down pipe on the top of the chimney which I can turn depending on the direction of the wind. 

I'll go and stir it in a minute then! 

It's some commercially produced ash that I've had laying about so attacked it with the mitre saw to make the dust. 

I've loads of cherry which has been cut with a chainsaw but I was going to either split it and use the mitre saw or maybe the lathe, so as long as I don't use the ends then I should be OK. 

Hopefully after this the govt will think twice about selling off our NHS! 

They do an amazing job but rarely get the appreciation they deserve. 

After some trial and error and some advice from you lovely folks I'm now trying to smoke my first thing. 

Rock salt 

Bit of a cop-out I know but I don't want to waste any meat or cheese so thought it safest to do salt. 

I'm using Ash sawdust. Don't know if it'll be nice or not but I have to start somewhere. 

I'll let you know how it goes 

3 hours ago, Stevepiglet said:

I've not got a spare seive but can probably muster up a foil tray. 

My wife had the idea of cutting a can in half that is already filled with holes. 

Might try that too as I've already got a the can. 

I'll let you know if it works 

Seems to work quite well. Got about 2 and a half hours out of half a can, cut length way's, filled with sawdust 

Would fine shavings work? 

I turn wood so have lots 

Got a load of chicken wire. Could probably knock something similar up! 

I've not got a spare seive but can probably muster up a foil tray. 

My wife had the idea of cutting a can in half that is already filled with holes. 

Might try that too as I've already got a the can. 

I'll let you know if it works 

They can get to a decent size if you feed them. 

If you are just doing leafy stuff like herbs then try this... 

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/nettle/nettle-as-fertilizer.htm

Easy and free 

I'm currently trying to get it working with a bean can filled with holes full of sawdust but seem to be struggling with how tight it should be packed... 

Aw go on then. 

Not very pretty but with some tweaking I reckon it'll do the job.