RE: [CH] Lump Hardwood Charcoal
T. Matthew Evans (matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu)
Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:38:24 -0400
>As for lighting my charcoal, I use a chimney starter. See:
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>http://www.weber.com/Public_Weber/img/accessories/allfuel_05_large.jpg
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>Just stuff some newspaper in the bottom, light it up and have a bed of
coals
>ready to go in 15 minutes!
>
>=Mark
>
>
I like you more and more with each post I read, =Mark....
Just thought I would add that if you're lucky, you might be able to find
different types of lump hardwood charcoal -- I have seen hickory and
mesquite.
Second -- I highly recommend the Weber chimney starter -- I tried 2 or 3
other brands before "splurging" ($13?) on the Weber, and it is much, much
better than any of the others I have used.
Lastly, I've seen quite a few posts here about smoking chiles -- are you
able to smoke them until dry (e.g., chipotle or chile pasilla de Oaxaca) or
do they still have some liquid left to them? I've smoked chiles before (not
seeds & stems, though) but I always pulled them out when they were the
consistency of, say, a roasted chile -- i.e., I had to use them within about
a week or so.
Matt
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T. Matthew Evans
Graduate Research Assistant
Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
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