Favorite Smoked food?

I was just curious what everyone's favorite smoked food is?

As a chef I have smoked many things (ha ha) but there are some smoked foods that really stand out in my mind. Say for instance, I once prepared a smoked wild rice that was out of this world. There was also another dish I did that was a smoked porterhouse with a smoked red onion relish.

[Jim]

Chef,
Smoked food is wonderful; as popular as it may be, I still think its under rated! Anyhow, one of my favorite dishes comes from a little roadhouse I worked at in New Mexico. It consisted of pinon (Mexican pine) smoked jalapenos, tomatoes and trout served scrambled into eggs! It is a great summertime/Sunday morning-with-the-guys breakfast. For New Year's Eve (at 24 degrees) I was outside smoking a ham shoulder and turkey over pine. The ham gave off such an aroma, it actually quieted the dining room when it was brought to the table. Nodine's Smoke House makes some commercially available items that are pretty tasty; they make a smoked, boneless chicken breast that is rather good.
I have a 500-cubic inch smoker that gets fired up just about 2 or 3 times a week throughout the summer, as well as some select nights in the winter; you ought to see the smoke that fella can pump out at 5 below zero!

Smoked onion viniagrette is a great little dressing for just about anything, its great for grilled fish.Chilled smoked tomato soup with avocado sorbet is a winner as well, the sorbet is easy to make.One other thing is the whole smoked prime ribs of beef,cold smoked at first, then roasted, it really comes out great, thats a big pacific north west thing.I like to cold smoke just about everything, then sear, roast or grill it,I think thats the way to go.

[lynne]

I agree smoking can be a great thing--and anything that starts off with cold smoked salmon is a winner in my book. But, I think that some chefs and some restaurants have not learned to balance their menus. When 2/3 of the items on the menu have been smoked--it's too much!

[Pete]

My favorite smoked food is my sweet smoked stout that I make in the fall. It rocks! I smoke my grains for about 2 hours before I use them in my beer. Also another great smoked item is Smoked tomato grits.

GOAT CHEESE