Up in smoke

SS! · Jul 29, 2023

Smoked up some salmon bellies I had laying around. I modified my smoker to make sure it wouldn’t get too high of temp. Success! They came out perfect. I’m setting a record for the amount of fish through the smoker this year. I’ve used over 100 lbs of brown sugar ?

Also put 3 more fillets in a wet brine to try with some jalapeño powder. I’ll pull them out of the brine around midnight and let them dry in the garage till I get some work done. Should be in jars by about noon tomorrow.

Uttaxi1 · Jul 30, 2023

Looks mighty fine!!

kickerbuck · Jul 30, 2023

"YUM" ? Looks awesome!!!

RRCowboyStar · Jul 30, 2023

Damn, those look delicious! Can you drop a few in the mail?

DeerMadness · Jul 30, 2023

Nice job SS it made me drool.

Shadow · Jul 30, 2023

Keep it up SS and you’ll pass up Blank for the most hated award! J/K, looks awesome, yeah I’m jealous.

Cahunter805 · Jul 30, 2023

That looks delicious man!
How’s the jalapeño powder? Decent spice?

Gadjet · Jul 31, 2023

I smoked up some salmon a few years back and the recipe I used called for covering the fillets in Jalapeno jelly. Turned out really good. By the way, those smoked fillets look amazing!

eelgrass · Jul 31, 2023

Looks great SS. Give me king salmon bellies and someone else can have the rest. I can't believe some people use salmon bellies for halibut bait. That's like trading gold for silver, IMO.

woodruffhunter · Aug 6, 2023

They look great SS. I just booked my first fishing trip to Alaska and I’m as excited about bringing home the fish as I am the fishing.

SS! · Aug 6, 2023

eelgrass said:
Looks great SS. Give me king salmon bellies and someone else can have the rest. I can't believe some people use salmon bellies for halibut bait. That's like trading gold for silver, IMO.

Agreed. Typically the bellies are from pinks though, but still I agree!

SS! · Aug 6, 2023

woodruffhunter said:
They look great SS. I just booked my first fishing trip to Alaska and I’m as excited about bringing home the fish as I am the fishing.

Nice! When and where?

woodruffhunter · Aug 6, 2023

We are going the first week of August 2024. I’m pretty naive when it comes to Alaska. We are flying to Juneu then on a float plane to ‘Excusion Inlet’. A friend went there and said it was great. Hopefully, he’s right.
I like that it’s semi-guided and like the idea of running a boat and giving it a try. I have unfortunately never been to Alaska but I’m looking forward to it.