Once you know how to use a smoker, cookouts will never be the same again. If you have ever been tempted to toss your grill and try smoking your meat but didn't know how to use a smoker, fear not! Using a smoker is easier than lighting a barbeque and it produces tastier meat.
A smoker is a piece of equipment that cooks food over heat created by burning wood, rather than burning coals. Once you have the know-how to use a smoker you will be able to make terrific food with unbelievable flavor. The secret to knowing how to use a smoker is all in the wood. Each type of wood used in a smoker creates a different flavor to the food. Mesquite wood gives your steak or your salmon a robust flavor, while oak or hickory adds a completely diverse flavor.
The first thing to do is find a location where there will be as little traffic as possible. Usually cooking with a smoker will take some time and occasionally the smoker will be left unattended so it should be in an area where children and pets are not likely to go. Wind conditions should also be taken into consideration so that smoke is not entering the house or interfering with outdoor activities.
A typical smoker has two barrels at the bottom. Build a fire at the base of the barrels with whatever type of wood you choose to cook with. Heat the wood for at least an hour. Those who know how to use a smoker will tell you that the key to making the best meals is to know just how long to heat the wood, and how much wood should be added to the steamer once you start. You want the wood to burn at a nice even temperature. This takes some practice so don't despair if you don't get it right the first time. The more you use the smoker the better you will become at deciding when the temperature of the wood is correct.
Once the wood has been thoroughly heated, you can add your food. You will need to monitor the temperature on a regular basis while the food is being smoked. Cooks who know how to use a smoker will tell you to that it takes practice to know when to adjust your flues and your dampers but that keeping the right temperature is the key to turning out delicious smoked food.
You have tons of options when cooking with a smoker. Not only can you pick between lots of different types of wood to give your food flavor, you can also experiment on smoking lots of different types of foods. Cooks who know how to use a smoker to their advantage not only smoke more than one kind of meat at a time (try smoking a turkey and steak at the same time) they also try different foods. Wait till you try chili in your smoker!
Seriously, once you know how to use a smoker, there is a whole new world of cooking experiences waiting for you!
Showing posts with label Smoking. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Guide for Quitting Smoking Cigarettes
Most smokers are afraid that they can’t quit, that cigarettes are more powerful than they are. Actually this is fear from the fear, because if you are still smoking, how can you know that it’s hard without cigarettes? This is a result from your habit that is controlling you so much that it won’t allow you to imagine how life can look like without smoking.
This point brings another question or excuse of yours. I love smoking; I love the ritual, etc. This is partially true, you love the time spent with yourself in that moment. But the cigarette will burn after two minutes, so why light it in the first place? She’ll burn but the pleasure will only last for two minutes. It will last for two minutes and only two minutes. No more. This conditioning will continue until you are brave enough to interrupt this pattern.
First thing you have to do is to hate that you’re controlled. How can you be a free human being, when someone or something controls you? This should be the first milestone for you. The rest are simply techniques that will help you substitute the smoking habit.
You can’t stop smoking without thinking and trying to implement a non-smoker habit.
After you are sure that you understand this, and only after you’re sure, follow these instructions:
• If you can hold out without smoking for only one minute, don’t you think that you can do it in the next minute? Sure you can. You should battle the craving by the minute. It is a much shorter time period to fight your battle and win. This makes the war all that much easier.
• Your first trigger occurs at a point where the body is conditioned to enjoy a cigarette along with a drink or after a meal, etc. These triggers will last for a maximum of 5 minutes. During these 5 minutes your entire body will convince you that it is okay to light a cigarette, which you have reason and it will come up with so many excuses that it will be hard for you to say no.
• Second, as I mentioned in the secret for becoming a non-smoker, you should not involve yourself in your personal fight with the habit. You can’t win your habit in this way, because there will be a period when you’re feeling “down” and that will be a good enough reason for lighting a cigarette.
• You should also be aware that you’ll be very confused in the first 3 days and this is normal and you should accept it. This is the period where your brain is forcing you to light a cigarette and attempts to convince you with what may seem “reasonable” excuses. Since you programmed your brain to feel pleasure whenever you light a cigarette, it is now telling you that something might be wrong without a cigarette or that something might be missing from your life.
Your brain is like a big and mighty ship, but you’re the captain, and it will follow your navigation orders, but needs time to take the right course. There is also wind that is blowing your ship in different directions, and there is still a force that is pushing the ship towards the old navigation commands. Don’t forget the power that you as a captain posses, you can change the course of your ship in any direction you want.
By my experience you’ll need only 3 days to start feeling like a non-smoker.
• Another very helpful thing is to try to help some of your friends who are smokers. Try telling them about this techniques and theories and check their opinion. You can make some kind of pact, trying to work together to beat this habit. At the bottom of every post there is a link labeled “Tell a friend!”. Use this link to forward this message and at least remind your friends that they can quit. This can be very stimulating for you and your strength to quit smoking.
This point brings another question or excuse of yours. I love smoking; I love the ritual, etc. This is partially true, you love the time spent with yourself in that moment. But the cigarette will burn after two minutes, so why light it in the first place? She’ll burn but the pleasure will only last for two minutes. It will last for two minutes and only two minutes. No more. This conditioning will continue until you are brave enough to interrupt this pattern.
First thing you have to do is to hate that you’re controlled. How can you be a free human being, when someone or something controls you? This should be the first milestone for you. The rest are simply techniques that will help you substitute the smoking habit.
You can’t stop smoking without thinking and trying to implement a non-smoker habit.
After you are sure that you understand this, and only after you’re sure, follow these instructions:
• If you can hold out without smoking for only one minute, don’t you think that you can do it in the next minute? Sure you can. You should battle the craving by the minute. It is a much shorter time period to fight your battle and win. This makes the war all that much easier.
• Your first trigger occurs at a point where the body is conditioned to enjoy a cigarette along with a drink or after a meal, etc. These triggers will last for a maximum of 5 minutes. During these 5 minutes your entire body will convince you that it is okay to light a cigarette, which you have reason and it will come up with so many excuses that it will be hard for you to say no.
• Second, as I mentioned in the secret for becoming a non-smoker, you should not involve yourself in your personal fight with the habit. You can’t win your habit in this way, because there will be a period when you’re feeling “down” and that will be a good enough reason for lighting a cigarette.
• You should also be aware that you’ll be very confused in the first 3 days and this is normal and you should accept it. This is the period where your brain is forcing you to light a cigarette and attempts to convince you with what may seem “reasonable” excuses. Since you programmed your brain to feel pleasure whenever you light a cigarette, it is now telling you that something might be wrong without a cigarette or that something might be missing from your life.
Your brain is like a big and mighty ship, but you’re the captain, and it will follow your navigation orders, but needs time to take the right course. There is also wind that is blowing your ship in different directions, and there is still a force that is pushing the ship towards the old navigation commands. Don’t forget the power that you as a captain posses, you can change the course of your ship in any direction you want.
By my experience you’ll need only 3 days to start feeling like a non-smoker.
• Another very helpful thing is to try to help some of your friends who are smokers. Try telling them about this techniques and theories and check their opinion. You can make some kind of pact, trying to work together to beat this habit. At the bottom of every post there is a link labeled “Tell a friend!”. Use this link to forward this message and at least remind your friends that they can quit. This can be very stimulating for you and your strength to quit smoking.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Effects of Smoking - Another Alternative to Smoking Tobacco
Why Smoke E-Cigarettes?
I do not smoke nor have I ever smoked. I lost my mother to cigarettes recently. She was my best friend. I miss her every day. I tried desperately many times to get her to quit. She would try, but to no avail. She tried everything, from nicotine patches to hypnosis. Nothing worked. I wish that they would have come up with E-cigarettes earlier because I think if she would have had access to a product like this she might have been able to quit or at least lessen the devastating effects of smoking real cigarettes.
There are so many devastating effects of smoking. One of which is an addiction to smoking.
When people talk about addiction to smoking, the addiction most commonly discussed is the addiction to the nicotine. Nicotine is one of the most addictive chemicals in the country today. In fact, nicotine has been proven to be more addictive than heroine, cocaine, or alcohol. It is not more harmful, but it is definitely more addictive in nature than any other chemical.
However, the act of smoking itself is also an addiction of its own. No one wants to be controlled by another individual, but when you smoke you are letting an object (the object of smoking a cigarette) control you. Smoking becomes a habit. A habit is like an addiction and very hard to break.
When you smoke, your hands are used to holding something all the time and your mouth is used to being active holding a cigarette.
When you try to quit, you not only have to fight your addiction to nicotine, but also you need to fight the addiction to the act of smoking.
This was another very hard thing my mother could not give up. The E-cigarette looks and feels like a real tobacco cigarette. With the use of this product, I believe that it would have satisfied that part of the addiction and she would have had a better chance of succeeding in quitting.
If you have to smoke, try E-cigarettes. If you cannot quit altogether, which is the best thing to do. At least you will limit your exposure to all the devastating effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes and satisfy your craving for nicotine and the actual act of smoking. The benefits of smoking E-cigarettes far outweighs the devastating effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes.
I do not smoke nor have I ever smoked. I lost my mother to cigarettes recently. She was my best friend. I miss her every day. I tried desperately many times to get her to quit. She would try, but to no avail. She tried everything, from nicotine patches to hypnosis. Nothing worked. I wish that they would have come up with E-cigarettes earlier because I think if she would have had access to a product like this she might have been able to quit or at least lessen the devastating effects of smoking real cigarettes.
There are so many devastating effects of smoking. One of which is an addiction to smoking.
When people talk about addiction to smoking, the addiction most commonly discussed is the addiction to the nicotine. Nicotine is one of the most addictive chemicals in the country today. In fact, nicotine has been proven to be more addictive than heroine, cocaine, or alcohol. It is not more harmful, but it is definitely more addictive in nature than any other chemical.
However, the act of smoking itself is also an addiction of its own. No one wants to be controlled by another individual, but when you smoke you are letting an object (the object of smoking a cigarette) control you. Smoking becomes a habit. A habit is like an addiction and very hard to break.
When you smoke, your hands are used to holding something all the time and your mouth is used to being active holding a cigarette.
When you try to quit, you not only have to fight your addiction to nicotine, but also you need to fight the addiction to the act of smoking.
This was another very hard thing my mother could not give up. The E-cigarette looks and feels like a real tobacco cigarette. With the use of this product, I believe that it would have satisfied that part of the addiction and she would have had a better chance of succeeding in quitting.
If you have to smoke, try E-cigarettes. If you cannot quit altogether, which is the best thing to do. At least you will limit your exposure to all the devastating effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes and satisfy your craving for nicotine and the actual act of smoking. The benefits of smoking E-cigarettes far outweighs the devastating effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes.
Effects of Smoking - You Are NOT Just Hurting Yourself
I am not a smoker. I have never smoked nor do I ever intend to smoke. However, I have been exposed to the effects of smoking most of my life.
Smoking can cause more than physical damage. My mother smoked, my husbands mother and father smoked. They are all dead.
My husbands mother died of throat and lung cancer and his father died of emphysema and lung cancer. My mother, well let me tell you a short story. My mother was so excited, she was going to be 60, the legal age to retire and receive social security. She came to visit and said the most peculiar thing. I use the word peculiar because that is a nice way of saying stupidest. We were talking and she says, "Honey, I never realized that smoking could damage your heart. I knew it could damage your lungs, but I never realized it could damage your heart."
I had tried to get my mother to quit smoking since I was old enough to know what smoking did to you. I was in grammar school and I was in health class and the teacher showed us a pink healthy lung and a lung of someone who had been smoking. I was so upset. The smoking lung was black and shrivelled and just, yuck. From that point on, I was terrified. I wanted my mother to quit and I was ready to do anything. So, I came home from school, took all my mother's cigarettes and matches, and hid them under my bed. Needless to say, she was not happy. However, the funniest thing happened. When I finally reluctantly told her where I hid them, she yelled at me (not what you think). She said, "Do you know how dangerous it is for you to have matches under your bed? What if you started a fire?" She said nothing about the cigarettes.
Many many times I tried later on in life to get her to quit. I cried, begged, and pleaded with her but she just would not or could not do it. Finally, when I was older and she had grandchildren, she tried to quit. She actually tried a few times. No use, she just could not do it.
I saw my mother in June and she was gone in September. She had so many plans for her retirement. She was going to spend more time with the family. She and my step-father had plans. She and I were going to go away together, mother/daughter trips. Now, those plans are gone, forever. I really miss her.
The reason I am sharing this story with you is because I am absolutely sure that there is someone in your life that you are hurting by smoking and exposing to the effects of smoking.
I do not mean second hand smoke. Yes, that is bad too, but I mean by smoking and shortening your life and the time you can spend with your loved ones. Smoking does not only hurt you. Think about it!! Quit !
Smoking can cause more than physical damage. My mother smoked, my husbands mother and father smoked. They are all dead.
My husbands mother died of throat and lung cancer and his father died of emphysema and lung cancer. My mother, well let me tell you a short story. My mother was so excited, she was going to be 60, the legal age to retire and receive social security. She came to visit and said the most peculiar thing. I use the word peculiar because that is a nice way of saying stupidest. We were talking and she says, "Honey, I never realized that smoking could damage your heart. I knew it could damage your lungs, but I never realized it could damage your heart."
I had tried to get my mother to quit smoking since I was old enough to know what smoking did to you. I was in grammar school and I was in health class and the teacher showed us a pink healthy lung and a lung of someone who had been smoking. I was so upset. The smoking lung was black and shrivelled and just, yuck. From that point on, I was terrified. I wanted my mother to quit and I was ready to do anything. So, I came home from school, took all my mother's cigarettes and matches, and hid them under my bed. Needless to say, she was not happy. However, the funniest thing happened. When I finally reluctantly told her where I hid them, she yelled at me (not what you think). She said, "Do you know how dangerous it is for you to have matches under your bed? What if you started a fire?" She said nothing about the cigarettes.
Many many times I tried later on in life to get her to quit. I cried, begged, and pleaded with her but she just would not or could not do it. Finally, when I was older and she had grandchildren, she tried to quit. She actually tried a few times. No use, she just could not do it.
I saw my mother in June and she was gone in September. She had so many plans for her retirement. She was going to spend more time with the family. She and my step-father had plans. She and I were going to go away together, mother/daughter trips. Now, those plans are gone, forever. I really miss her.
The reason I am sharing this story with you is because I am absolutely sure that there is someone in your life that you are hurting by smoking and exposing to the effects of smoking.
I do not mean second hand smoke. Yes, that is bad too, but I mean by smoking and shortening your life and the time you can spend with your loved ones. Smoking does not only hurt you. Think about it!! Quit !
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