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Smoking is the process of curing, cooking, or seasoning food by exposing it for long periods of time to the smoke from a wood fire. "Hot smoking" is a several-hours-long process that can be used to fully cook raw meats or fish, while " cold smoking" is an hours- or days-long process that is generally used to preserve or flavour foods (usually meats or fish, but sometimes cheeses, vegetables, fruits, and even beer).The fuel used for smoking may contain flavoring ingredients. For example, Chinese tea-smoking uses a mixture of uncooked riceRice Rice fields on Java Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Oryza Species Oryza barthii ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza latifolia ''Oryza longistaminata ''Oryza punctata ''O, raw sugarThis article deals with sugar as food and as an important, widely traded commodity; the word also has other uses; see Sugar (disambiguation A sugar is a form of carbohydrate; the most commonly used sugar is a white crystalline solid, sucrose; used to alte, and tea, heated at the base of a wokA wok ( Cantonese: wok6; pinyin: huo4) is a versatile Chinese cooking utensil. In Indonesia this pan is known as a wadjang. It is a round-bottomed pan that ranges from 1 foot to 4 feet in diameter. Almost every Chinese family owns one. It is most often us, to slowly smoke and flavor meat and other foods. In EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se, the traditional wood burnt to smoke fish and meat is alderThis article is about the tree. For other uses of the name, see Alder (disambiguation Many species, see text. Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants Alnus belonging to the birch family (Family Betulaceae). The genus comprises about 30 spe, but oakThis article is about oak trees and shrubs. OAK is also the three-letter IATA airport code for Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California USA. See also Oak, Nebraska, USA. See List of Quercus species The term oak can be used as part of the commo is more often used now, and beechFor the beech tree, see below. Beech is also the name of an aircraft manufacturer that was purchased by Raytheon. Fagus crenata Japanese beech Fagus engleriana Chinese beech Fagus grandifolia American beech Fagus japonica Japanese blue beech Fagus longipe to a lesser extent. In North America, hickory and mesquite wood, in addition to oak and alder, and also sometimes wood from fruit trees such as cherry and plum, are commonly used for smoking.
Historically, farms in the western world included a small building termed the smokehouse where meats could be smoked and stored. This was generally well-separated from other buildings both because of the fire danger and because of the smoke emanations.
See also: Food preservation, curing
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