Ebook: The Joy of Smoking and Salt Curing: The Complete Guide to Smoking and Curing Meat, Fish, Game, and More

An easy-to-understand, beautifully illustrated guide to smoking and curing everything from store bought meats to freshly harvested fish and game.
Drawing on more than forty years of experience smoking everything from succulent salmon to whole hogs, award-winning outdoor writer and photographer Monte Burch presents this practical handbook for anyone who wants to make their own ham, sausage, bacon, and other cured or smoked foods. The Joy of Smoking and Salt Curing introduces beginners to the ancient art of preserving meat, fish, and game with full-color photographs and clear instructions on how to select meats and avoid contamination, how to choose smokers, and how to use various tools. This easy-to-follow guide also includes delicious recipes for rubs, sauces, marinades, and even the ultimate smoking experience—the "pig picking."
Whether you are a serious hunter or angler seeking to cure and smoke the fish and game you've harvested yourself or simply a consumer looking to stretch your grocery dollar while creating delicious smoked salmon or cured bacon at home, Burch will have you making mouthwatering meals in no time.
Chapters include:

All about Smoking and Salt Curing

Smokers and Other Tolls

The Basics

Pork

Beef

Poultry

Fish

Wild Game Recipes

Rubs, Sauces, and Marinades

Recipes for Hot Smoking

And more