Well, if you're anything like me you have to buy smoked salmon already smoked and already baked or grilled, etc. if you want it. But while I was at Costco last weekend browsing/buying more hamburger patties (Kirkland's Top Sirloin no less), I turned around from the freezer case and noticed these cedar planks shrink wrapped and labeled Grilling Planks. I thought to myself, what??? These just look like a bunch of nicely cut cedar fence boards decorated with two salmon silouhettes burned into the corners of them.
Then I thought, "What a waste? Even for just under 10 bucks!". Couldn't I just go to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick up a fence board and cut it into grilling size pieces? Well, my wife was still at her professional conference and I didn't know if she'd laugh at me or not so I brought 'em home! But if she thought it was silly or she had heard they didn't work very well or something, etc. then we could always take them back. Costco is known for their very generous return policy.
So Saturday, here we are a week later and I'm dying to try these things out.
"Hey, we still have some of that fresh Salmon in the freezer." I know, some of you purists out there are calling that last sentence an oxymoron! It's not fresh if it's in the freezer! The salmon was flash frozen but the bags lost their seal. I know big bummer, but believe me it didn't seem to affect the taste of the fish. Just finished the leftovers at lunch today and they were still good! Okay back to the lovely planks...
Basically, before I divulge more detailed information about the most wonderful taste that comes from using grilling planks while grilling salmon the whole point of this post is that if you even remotely like salmon and you even remotely don't mind grilling it once and a while... please give the grilling planks a try. They rock your taste buds socks right off! I'm serious! Hey if you don't like 'em, no loss really to you. They're not even 10 bucks, like I said. But good night nurse, it's least you could do to get the most "Oh my goodness!" out of your taste buds! Next time you're over visiting, remind me we'll try 'em! Absolute yumness!
Okay back to business... so all you need to do is soak one board in warm water for a minimum of 20 minutes. No problem. We can do that. And grill it on low! Okay that takes a little bit of patience but still no problemo! The idea is for you to smoke the plank on low while having it not catch fire and flame! The smoke adheres to the fish while cooking and is the most amazing thing you've ever grilled in your life... Okay so you're thinking, hey buddy, I've grilled some pretty mean burgers in my day... but no sorry you haven't! Okay maybe but this is nothing close to a really good burger! Grilled salmon when you're starving is even better! The patience you have to endure for this thing works up your appetite until you could eat a fence post and that might even taste good... Okay sorry got a little out of control but if you don't try it I can't help you. That's all there is to it!
Welp, let me know how it goes!
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