What is Smoking (cooking)?
'''Smoking''' is a treatment for [[food]], to make it last longer. It is mainly used for [[meat]] and [[fish]]. The food which is either [[Curing (food preservation)|cured]] or [[Salting (food)|salted]] is exposed to the smoke of a [[fire]]. This will reduce the amount of water by between ten and forty percent. It also changes the [[texture]] and adds flavour. It is not one of the most effective ways of adding any preservation [[Category:Food preservation]] {{food-stub}}