Then for 23 years he worked for one firm, which cured and smoked meat.

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Then, swing by Asada Desert Grille to purchase a meal of delectable grilled fish or savoury smoked meat.

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Traditionally, smoked pork is the seasoning meat, but these days people are using smoked turkey or no meat at all.

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The anecdotal evidence, however, is there for all to see: even tiny village markets in central Africa often sell smoked ape meat, particularly in Congo and the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it is regarded as a delicacy.

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The plant, which produced smoked fish and meat, was sold by HIE to Summer Isles Food in 2010.

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The smokehouse was used to produce smoked fish and meat before Summer Isles Food closed it down and transferred its business to Alness, in Easter Ross, last summer.

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Those who drank no alcohol had the worst habits: they ate fewer fruits and vegetables and more red meat, and also smoked more.

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The most common is beef brisket -- with a combination of patience, experience and skill, a seasoned pit boss can transform this notoriously tough meat into a perfectly smoked, tender slab of heaven.

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Frank Silva, the general manager makes the meat just as the deli did in 1928, hand rubbed with herbs and spices, marinated, smoked steamed and hand sliced.

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