How Do You Preserve Food By Smoking?
Smoking can be used to preserve meats while infusing it with smoky flavor. There are two methods–hot and cold smoking. Cold smoking takes a longer time while hot smoking takes merely a few hours. All types of meat may be prepared by this technique including seafood and fish. The smoking process removes a large amount of the water that undesirable micro-organisms require to live and breed. Select the meat that you will use for the smoking process. It will yield better results to choose lean meats. A bit of marbling of the meat for pork and beef will add flavor during the smoking but it also runs the risk of going rancid. Wash the meat thoroughly. This will reduce any chance that the meat will spoil. Pat it dry with a paper towel. Slice the meat into slices about 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. They will smoke faster at this thickness, but if you are going for a ham or other meat that is better in a large piece, just trim the fat as much as possible. Place the meat in a marinade to add flavor. T
