Fresh farmed salmon.

Fresh farmed salmon.

Postby kimgary » Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:57 pm

If I freeze a fresh salmon, defrost and COLD smoke, is it safe to freeze the smoked salmon, as in effect it has not been cooked?

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Postby wheels » Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:26 pm

I do.

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Postby grisell » Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:26 pm

Yes, that's no problem from a hygienical point of view, but you may notice a deterioration in quality. In general, home freezing isn't very good for fish and doing it twice is dubious. Try to avoid freezing twice. Freezing should ideally be done at a much lower temperature.
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Postby kimgary » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:00 am

Many thanks, I run my freezer at -25°, I was aware that if i defrosted it and then smoked with a temp of about 5° or less then refreezing would be ok, but I was concerned if I smoked about 20-25° that it may have health implications, however as Phils blog is still active I shall give it a go!
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Postby wheels » Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:37 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby kevster » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:01 pm

kimgary wrote:Many thanks, I run my freezer at -25°, I was aware that if i defrosted it and then smoked with a temp of about 5° or less then refreezing would be ok, but I was concerned if I smoked about 20-25° that it may have health implications, however as Phils blog is still active I shall give it a go!
:D

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I was told that I should bring meats up to room temerpature before smoking...otherwise you get condensation on the meat and this can cause a bitter taste due to the 'wrong chemicals in the smoke' depositing on the meat (i.e. water-soluble chemicals rather than the fat-soluble chemicals that you want). Don't know if I've expressed/interpreted this correctly though :roll:
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