On the next trip to the farm I am going to cut up a bunch of alder about an inch thick from some 2 to 4 inch rounds and bring them back for smoking. Just soak them for an hour and add to a lump hardwood charcoal in my Brinkman. Then I am going salmon fishing.
Strip the bark, alder bark is what gives a bitter mettalic taste.
Since you need to be a masters level gardener to raise fruit trees my smoking is done with alder and birch.
