Salmon & Alder chips???

[tmfast]

All I can find around here are these scrony little alder chips, no chunks. can I use em? Or should I just use the apple chunks I have?
Looking to start cooking around noon.

 

[Joe P]

You should be fine with the chips. Since salmon don't cook that long (compared to butt or ribs), the smoke from the chips will be more than adequate.

 

[tmfast]

Thanks for your reply Joe,
Do you think I should put the chips in a foil ball with some holes in it or just toss em in?

 

[Rich Langer]

I put the soaked chips in a foil envelope and poked it with a fork.

GREAT stuff, salmon smoked with alder

 

[tmfast]

man I wish could find chunks. I will try to use chips in a bag of foil. Just dont sound right. Thanks for you help.

 

[Phil R.]

Maybe I should go into business...I've got a cord or Alder wood sitting my back yard curing right now! Had 3 trees, but the roots got into a sewer pipe so all of them were cut down. If you guys were closer I'd offer ya a coupla logs each.

My problem is that there's no wild salmon here...all of it is farm raised. They shut down commercial salmon fishing in the pacific this year.

 

[David Lohrentz]

I got some alder chunks through Amazon.com. Other than mail order, it is rather hard to get alder in Wisconsin.
link a dink dink

 

[Mike A.]

I bought a bag of alder chunks from Cabela's this spring, good quality and $hipping wasn't too bad.

Cabelas's alder chunks