Processed it, now don't want to eat it.

[HFC]

Glad they turned out good!


I smoked about half a dozen yesterday on red oak for about 8 hours (I like a deep smoke and always make it bitter with pecan or mesquite).

I injected with a mixture I mixed up and rubbed them down really good. I have one beer rack, so I used a Pepsi (all I had) on one. It turned out pretty good, though I'm not sure any better than the halves I'm eating at work right now.

 

[Red Tie]

We have friends who live in Houston but have a ranch up near you HFC, in Lovelady. Ya'll know how to SMOKE thangs down there......

jane

who is trying desperately to sell the farm in MI and move to TX so she can SMOKE stuff too!

 

[blue90292]

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uh huh.....

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Yup. The first time my husband brought home venison, I wouldn't touch it. And it was processed by the butcher, so I wasn't even worried about that part of it. It was just something emotional, I guess. But like redoak said, after a few months in the freezer, it somehow just because more of an option to me, and I tried some that was cooked all day in the crockpot, over cheesy polenta, and it was really good! Since then, I've been using it more and more, and actually looking forward to the first deer of this season.

 

[Heidi]

To be honest - I have the same problem. I have a rooster in the freezer at the moment and can't bring myself to eat him. Usually I process them and then give them to my sister who has 5 kids and could really use the extra meat.

 

[swampducks]

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No, no, no, just come over to my house near Alpena and I'll show you how to smoke fish, chicken, or pork. You don't need to go to Texas for that!

 

[blue90292]

shoot! i may need to go to MI. i would love to learn how to smoke fish. can you smoke any fish? or does it have to be salmon.

 

[LilRalphieRoosmama]

We've smoked salmon, as well as trout and catfish. We also smoke chicken and pork ribs. YUM!!!

 

[Red Tie]

Swampducks, I actually have a smoker. I just don't really know how to use it! You probably have good wood up in Alpena to use too.....I do have a lot of old apple wood. Hmmmm. I am thinking......How long would it take me and a cooler of birds to get to Alpena....? And in Texas, a smoker can't smoke without a cooler of icy beer...is it like that in MI too? Is watching the smoker an event like it is in Texas?

Jane

 

[SewingDiva]

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This is very true.

~Phyllis