I'm not a big fan of smoked meat and I prefer it cold. I've had it in several joints in Montreal, and they do taste pretty much the same. Some are greasier tho and you can tell when it's served hot. I put the Lester's link cause they're friends of my sister's and her husband and they serve good food.Is there that much of a difference between the smoked meat joints? have had some wherever and don't really notice much difference.
It's not really the same type smoking process and method I believe, I much prefer what type of meat and cuts you mention. Smoked eel, Gerookte Paling
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I was so happy when I found smoked eel at the German deli Edelweiss in Portland. I love eel. We used to fish eel, you had to be out when it was still dark or they would bend the hooks and slip away. They once put an eel in a well to keep bugs away, that was in 1859. She was still alive almost 150 years late.. Her eyes had become very big. I had a friend who worked for the county and they used to get a lot of eels stuck in an opening with a screen going to turbine for electricity. I told him to bring a couple because I wasn't sure it was true. One day I came home and there was a black large garbage bag hanging on the door knob. I felt it and felt this large eel moving about. There were 2 large eels and I put them in the bathtub while I tried to figure out how I would kill them. I put a large nail through the head and into a wooden chopping board, cut of the skin and use a plier to put it off. That thing still moved around with half the throat cut and no skin. That was a bit unnerving. Anyway, I fried it and it was great, the other I gave to my mom. She ate everything, like a big dog!
Smoked eel is called rökt ål.
Ya those eels can live along time out of water.We get them vacuum packed and they are gutted skin on and just put the blade of the knife behind the head and pull and the meat comes right off in one shot.
We use only small thin eels, not large at all,can easily eat 5 or 6 no problem. Use the same type eel when we make sushi, a little goes a long way with sushi
I never did any of the actual smoking, just helped set it up, but it's not very hard, if you have a smoker or BBQ. Taste depending on the brine you use, and for how long. Many recipes kept secret.You still smoke? Vancouver island looks great btw. Salmon jerk is candy? fun treat for the kids! not.
I stayed in a downtown high rise for a year. Was fun.
True story?
The Japanese use loose tea as well but it wan't long before I got the mrs interested in tea bagging it
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I bought 3 new thermoses, One was a Contigo, I have several of them and then I read a review about thermoses and a clear winner was Zojirushi. I bought 2 sizes and they are amazing. I need cold drinks when I get thirsty. I filled one of them with ice and the some guava nectar and seltzer water. I had it next to me over night, then the whole day until 5 PM and there was still ice! No way the Contigo can do that.
