Smoked food

[Lorcan]

What is burnt to put the 'smoke flavour' in foods such as cheese?

[delboy3]

Wood, basically - different types for different tastes

[brachiopod]

Though unfortunately these days, much 'smoking' is done by the addition of a chemical additive with a 'smoked' taste.(Cheap kippers and 'smoked' processed cheeses)

[woofgang]

don't know if you still can, but I have purchased bottles of liquid smoke made from hickory wood to add that smokey flavour to food

[woofgang]

....and it still exists

http://www.uniqueingredients.co.uk/ra_smokes.htm

[dmsjps]

True: they don't actually smoke it these days; just add the smoky flavouring, unfortunately. I think there are some very small fish farms, etc, who have reverted to traditional ways of smoking, but their stuff costs an arm and a leg, so unless you've got loads of spare cash around with nothing else to spend it on ...