First attempt at smoked salmon was a success

[gregbooras]

Living in Florida we have some great fish options, but when I want something special I order from a family business in Alaska.

I really like their Tiger Prawns, they are 3-4 to the pound and they are sweeter and taste better than lobster.
http://www.great-alaska-seafood.com/shellfish.htm#Black_Tiger_Prawns

Link to their salmon.
http://www.great-alaska-seafood.com/fresh-alaska-salmon.htm

Everything I have tried from them is great, getting ready to place another order in a few weeks.

Greg

Very tempting, do you suppose they would have a $3.99 sale? LOL

Ralph,

They are not cheap, but you can count on fresh.

Greg

 

[1stlink]

Ralph, the store is Penn Dutch. There are only 2 of them, both near me. Margate and Hollywood. It does say frozen and it is in a cry-o-vac, so I will check it out.

Greg, tiger prawns are amazing. They are also expensive. The same store above has them for $12.99 lb. but not nearly as big as Great Alaska. They are good...like lobster. For me though, $30/lb for anything is pretty steep. 2-3 / lb must be huge.

Thanks Arnie,
How bout that! We come from PA Dutch country (Wife born in Lebanon PA). I'll have to stop in a Penn Dutch store if/when I ever get over that way again.. 

 

[gregbooras]

Ralph, the store is Penn Dutch. There are only 2 of them, both near me. Margate and Hollywood. It does say frozen and it is in a cry-o-vac, so I will check it out.

Greg, tiger prawns are amazing. They are also expensive. The same store above has them for $12.99 lb. but not nearly as big as Great Alaska. They are good...like lobster. For me though, $30/lb for anything is pretty steep. 2-3 / lb must be huge.

That is a great price, I would buy 5-6 lb vacuum seal and freeze!

Greg

 

[1stlink]

Living in Florida we have some great fish options, but when I want something special I order from a family business in Alaska.

I really like their Tiger Prawns, they are 3-4 to the pound and they are sweeter and taste better than lobster.
http://www.great-alaska-seafood.com/shellfish.htm#Black_Tiger_Prawns

Link to their salmon.
http://www.great-alaska-seafood.com/fresh-alaska-salmon.htm

Everything I have tried from them is great, getting ready to place another order in a few weeks.

Greg

Very tempting, do you suppose they would have a $3.99 sale? LOL

Ralph,

They are not cheap, but you can count on fresh.

Greg

I'm sure it is. My favorite is Halibut and they sell that also: Boneless & Skinless Petite Alaska Halibut Fillets $31.95 lb.

I'll have to bust open the piggy bank.. 

 

[gregbooras]

Ralph,

I know it sounds like a lot of money, but I figure if I went out to dinner I would spend 3-4 times a much. I feel the same way about steaks, I buy prime from Costco.

Also realize we don't eat this way every night

Greg

 

[Barrel99]

Here is the salmon at $3.99/lb. I bought 4 packages. The fish guy said they overbought so were getting rid of it in this 2 day sale. He said it's always $7.99/lb otherwise. Looks good. I will try it soon. I just made some the other day and we are still eating that.

 

[gregbooras]

It looks good and the price is right.

I think this weekend I am going to smoke some fresh grouper.

Greg

 

[1stlink]

Here is the salmon at $3.99/lb. I bought 4 packages. The fish guy said they overbought so were getting rid of it in this 2 day sale. He said it's always $7.99/lb otherwise. Looks good. I will try it soon. I just made some the other day and we are still eating that.

Really good deal Arnie.. My kind of bargain. 

 

[Pork Belly]

At that price I would have filled the shopping cart.

 

[Barrel99]

Some people did Brian. We don't have an extra freezer so it just wasn't possible. Especially since it is already full of other meats waiting to be smoked.

 

[SuperDave]

Being a salmon fisherman, I can't bring myself to eat processed salmon.  Oddly, I don't like my fish to taste like fish and the only way to insure that is to eat it fresh caught. 

 

[1stlink]

"Smoked ~100º-125º for first 2 hours, then ~140º-145º for the next 2 hours, and 175º till finished"

Tony, How did you keep/hold those temps? I did a couple of practice runs and both times the temps climbed well over 150. Both times I only used the element until I had smoke from chips and then turned it off but temp kept rising from chips smoldering. Ambient temp was about 82..  ???

 

[tnlyne]

"Smoked ~100º-125º for first 2 hours, then ~140º-145º for the next 2 hours, and 175º till finished"

Tony, How did you keep/hold those temps? I did a couple of practice runs and both times the temps climbed well over 150. Both times I only used the element until I had smoke from chips and then turned it off but temp kept rising from chips smoldering. Ambient temp was about 82..  ???

Trade Secret? Actually, I forgot to mention I have a cold plate I used to block the heat. I also have a pid controller that I can change the temp from my cell phone at a couple button presses.

 

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Just curious after viewing the Vid I noticed his cook time was 2 hours @ 150 why did you cook your Salmon so long , and not to mention that this is a must cook recipe in my opinion .

 

[tnlyne]

I was cold smoking to get it exposed to more smoke. I cooked it till IT reached the zone I wanted.