Keeping the Essential Foods going

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(16 February 2015, 16:50)Devonian Wrote: Great thread Mary.

Another great food preservation technique is smoking ie: smoked Herring which was once very popular and a mainstay for many families in this area.

Similarly in Alaska, Salmon is smoked to preserve it and to keep it available through out the winters.

Plus the smoking process is relatively simple and it has the benefit of not needing huge quantities of salt.

But these are all preservation skills that I really need to sharpen up on.

The humble Kipper is the food of Empire dont ya know, fantastic way of preserving meat and fish without Salt, as long as it is cold smoked and does not cook the meat. On the East Coast where I am we used Oak to smoke the fish. Smoked Eel is superb!! and a backyard smoker is easy to make. There are plenty of fish in the rivers you can smoke, and if you are nearish to the coast you can go "Day Fishing" when the Mackerel are in and get enough to last a good time, and it's fun.