[Sca-cooks] Smoked Meats in general

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:51 PM, charding at nwlink.com wrote:

> I have been reading a book called  Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting,
> Smoking, and Curing by Thomas Keller, Michael Ruhlman, and Brian  
> Polcyn
>
> It goes thru the theory and practice of preserving meats.  It  
> covers some
> of the questions that have been brought up on this topic.  I am  
> inspired
> to do some preserving, as soon as the pigs at the farm down the  
> road are
> slaughtered.

Jane Grigson's "The Art of Making Sausages, Patés and Other  
Charcuterie" is another excellent one.

If the Keller book touches on any of the historical aspects, be aware  
that he's a modern chef, just as Joseph Vehling was, and as when  
Madeline Kammen said in one of her otherwise excellent books that  
Taillevent cooked with chilis ("long peppers"), some of it may need  
to be taken with *ahem* a grain of salt.

But for technique, most of these books will be just fine.

Adamantius