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Fresh Alderwood Planks

eenie meenie
eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I've been unsuccessful trying to track down some green / fresh alderwood planks. Seems as if everything is dried. Does anyone know of any source?

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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    The Pacific Northwest! :laugh: ;)
  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
    Hoss, you have an amazing grasp of the obvious! :laugh: B)
  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    ;) All my Alder is dried.What do ya think about soakin,hell nevermind ya gotta soak it anyway! :blush::whistle: My BAD!Why do you want GREEN?There's gotta be somebody that sells it green! :)
  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
    I had a smoked salmon appetizer at The Salmon House on the Hill in West Vancouver. The chef recommended using green alderwood as he said you get quite a bit more smoke that way. If I can't find it, maybe I'll try to order some alderwood dust and cold smoke it.
  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    That oughtta work! :) Or just get some Alder chips and soak em,just to see how it works! :)
  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
    I'm awaiting the cold smoker unit that Don Marco used for his cold smoked salmon the other week. I think it's shipping from the UK. Unfortunately, I can not find the alder dust. Maybe I'll order the dried alderwood and have someone turn in into sawdust for me and use it with the cold smoker unit when it arrives. I'm probably making a mountain out of a molehill. Just a little bit OC. :side:
  • Peddler
    Peddler Posts: 25
    Years ago I bought a reusable alder wood plank. It was thick and had tighting bolts on both end in case the plank started to split. You put it on top of the plate setter. It was still perfect after many years of use. It got left behind accidentally when I moved from the East “aka, the Ice”coast to the Northwest.   Had anyone run across something like this?
  • Peddler
    Peddler Posts: 25
    Years ago I bought a reusable alder wood plank. It was thick and had tighting bolts on both end in case the plank started to split. You put it on top of the plate setter. It was still perfect after many years of use. It got left behind accidentally when I moved from the East “aka, the Ice”coast to the Northwest.   Had anyone run across something like this?
  • Peddler
    Peddler Posts: 25
    Years ago I bought a reusable alder wood plank. It was thick and had tighting bolts on both end in case the plank started to split. You put it on top of the plate setter. It was still perfect after many years of use. It got left behind accidentally when I moved from the East “aka, the Ice”coast to the Northwest.   Had anyone run across something like this?
  • Peddler
    Peddler Posts: 25
    Years ago I bought a reusable alder wood plank. It was thick and had tighting bolts on both end in case the plank started to split. You put it on top of the plate setter. It was still perfect after many years of use. It got left behind accidentally when I moved from the East “aka, the Ice”coast to the Northwest.   Had anyone run across something like this?
  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 13,630
    Resurrected zombie thread doing its magic 😂 
    canuckland