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Lorcan | 11:58 Wed 13th Apr 2005 | Food & Drink
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What is burnt to put the 'smoke flavour' in foods such as cheese?
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Wood, basically - different types for different tastes

Though unfortunately these days, much 'smoking' is done by the addition of a chemical additive with a 'smoked' taste.(Cheap kippers and 'smoked' processed cheeses)

don't know if you still can, but I have purchased bottles of liquid smoke made from hickory wood to add that smokey flavour to food
True: they don't actually smoke it these days; just add the smoky flavouring, unfortunately. I think there are some very small fish farms, etc, who have reverted to traditional ways of smoking, but their stuff costs an arm and a leg, so unless you've got loads of spare cash around with nothing else to spend it on ...

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