What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Great-Kazoo]

I've heard that smoking anything that has been cured already is somehow bad or difficult. Do I need to look for un-cured sausage when I smoke it?


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Un cooked or un-cured? Cured meats are Ham, bacon, brats, etc. Don't know why or where you heard this. We buy what we like, never paid attention to it being one of the other. Now fish, that's something we're very selective where it's been raised, farmed or caught.

Cured vs. Uncured

• Cured meats can easily be distinguished from uncured meats by their texture, color and aroma. The salting process leaves the muscle fibers slightly denser than before, as proteins in the meat contract. This is why ham's texture is distinctly different from the texture of a pork roast, even when the two cuts come from the same part of the animal. The distinctive ruddiness of cured meats is also immediately recognizable, differing from the paleness of uncured pork or the deep red of beef. Most important, cured meats possess deep and complex flavors created by beneficial bacteria, yeasts and enzymes during the curing process.

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