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THANK YOU FOR smoking

Mother and I once smoked a hole in her kitchen table. We wanted to make pea soup with smoky pork bits but only had a fresh ham hock on hand. We had to make do; dusted off my brotherʼs old science project – a cased smoker – and googled ʻhome smokingʼ. How difficult could it be?

Turns out, quite difficult.

Smoking food is similar to smoking cigarettes. It takes years of practice to get it right and look cool while

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