I wish to build a temporary smoke0house for C10th events.
I think I want to cold-smoke (takes longer, but the food lasts longer), but would be happy to hot-smoke.
I really don't know what to do.
Any one help me here with ideas etc?
Yours
Dan Ezra
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I don't know of any period images but I have had success with a smoke tripod (aka tipee
). The cooking tripod I have when wrapped in a canvas works well for smoking however you have to have a hole dug in the ground for the fire, just a foot or so to limit the oxygen... but you will already know that! 


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Start from first principles. What is the-
evidence for smokedfish in the C10th? Recipes? Household orders?
evidence for cold smoking fish? Pictures of houses? Building remains?
evidence for temporary structures for smoking fish on camp (unlikely- more likely to be done in a specialist structure and shipped to site, after all it is a preserving method, not necessarily done simply for the taste)
Just cos Ray Mears does it ain't a provenance
evidence for smokedfish in the C10th? Recipes? Household orders?
evidence for cold smoking fish? Pictures of houses? Building remains?
evidence for temporary structures for smoking fish on camp (unlikely- more likely to be done in a specialist structure and shipped to site, after all it is a preserving method, not necessarily done simply for the taste)
Just cos Ray Mears does it ain't a provenance

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If it was done on site the simplest way would be to hang it in a chimney or under the firepit cover and wait for a long while.
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These people seem to have tried it
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