Chilis, Applebee's, Carrows, Denny's, they all use it. Is there really any difference or is it just a ploy to make you think the bacon tastes of apples?
2007-07-08 18:07:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Apple Wood Chips are soaked, and then seem to give off a better flavor for certain meats - like bacon.
Distinctive wood smoke. Distinctive taste.
Slightly sweet but denser, fruity smoke flavor.
Beef, poultry, game birds, pork (particularly ham).
2007-07-08 18:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its for flavor to impart a certain taste. If it is only briefly smoked, there may not be much flavor. Apple wood is a little milder than mesquite or hickory smoked.
My taste buds might not be the best so I usually couldn't tell you a ham tasted like apples unless there were apple rings on top of it when it baked. I can definitely tell the difference between mesquite smoke and hickory but many people don't like a strong smoke flavor anyhow.
Supposed to impart and apple tree( apple) flavor.
2007-07-09 19:01:28 · answer #2 · answered by Ret. Sgt. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just the latest thing. Actually, not that impressive. Hickory is still the best wood for smoking bacon. Applewood is probably easier and cheaper to use.
2007-07-08 18:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is mostly a marketing ploy. Any fruit-wood is excellent for smoking meat, especially pork and most especially bacon but apple-wood just sounds sexy. It does NOT make it taste of apples, just of apple-wood.
2007-07-08 18:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by Bert C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋