How I started,

I first  started smoking at home about 4 years ago.
Initially I used a 24cm stock pot that I found in a skip. It looked virtually brand new so that was quite a find.
I used loose tea leaves as the smoke medium. Placed on the bottom of the stock pot and then with a joint of meat on a support inside and the lid on. This was then put on a low heat source which caused the tea leaves to smoulder therefore producing smoke. I have upgraded this system to a proper smoking cabinet.

First proper attempt

This is the result of my first sausage making attempt.
These were a simple pork sausage with pepper, salt, and mixed herb seasoning.
They did taste rather good.

No, not that sort of smoking.

Well what sort of smoking then?
This is going to be a blog of my food curing and smoking exploits.
It will also include my attempts at making bacon (ooo err missus) and sausages.