What is liquid smoke and what do I want it for?
What is liquid smoke and what do I want it for? Liquid smoke or Asap Cair is smoke, from smoking... but liquid. Hey, that's it. End of article. Nope? Do you want us to tell you more? Okay come on. the smoked Well, you see, the smoking process is something very old that is mainly used to preserve food, especially meat. And by the way, it gives them that little flavor that we easily recognize in bacon, but also in other products such as smoked paprika, sausages (the packaged ones), smoked salmon, bacon, chorizo, some cheeses... To smoke, food is placed on (above but not touching) a source of smoke, which is usually wood with little resin (the very resinous ones smell a little like burning plastic) that smell very good. This aroma is impregnated in the food and in addition to giving it a little flavor, it also helps it dry out and preserve it better, due to certain compounds in this smoke. Now, don't think that everything that has a smoked flavor has been there curing for months,