How Smoked Salmon Is Made

Here's how traditional London cure smoked salmon is made. H. Forman & Son has been smoking fish since 1905. Lance Forman, owner, discusses the history of smoked salmon.
For more from H. Forman & Son, visit: www.formans.co.uk/
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[@wparo]

They sell 4 tons of fish a day, and still costs me my life's saving to buy a packet with 2 paper-thin slices.

[@MrDandrix]

maher channel قناة ماهر Build your own smokehouse and do it yourself. It is not that hard as you might think. The only difference, I prefer alder wood chips instead of oak for fish smoking.

[@Davos-st8ok]

@@MrDandrix Who the fuck's gonna build their own smokehouse to get smoked salmon.

[@bojjold]

@@Davos-st8ok Me actually lol. And I'm not only smoking salmon with it. Alot of meat was made too this summer :)

[@rvoiello]

@@Davos-st8ok lol I agree. I live in England not Alaska lol.

[@Cd5ssmffan]

@@Davos-st8ok ur just mad cuz poor

[@kyojin_9526]

I was expecting to see how the salmon is smoked I didn’t

[@seededsoul]

Kyojin_9 IKR, wtf, didn’t expect this BBC crap to be clickbait.

[@alvincay100]

I saw it... except they left out details like how long they smoke it for

[@miZuTiERia]

yeah thats what i'm gonna say, too little of information go watch version of HowItsMade

[@heehead5600]

maybe it's their secret sauce

[@kyojin_9526]

Chalky White I didn’t ask for tricks, just the basics at least

[@alancao7464]

are we not gonna talk about how that guy removed the bones??

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

Well not sure it needs discussion - but wish I could do it that well

[@goldmikanik8274]

I think the footage is stolen from Gordon Ramsay vs another chef can't remember the name trying to get world genius record of fastest salmon cutting. Something like that 🤗. You can find it on KZbin

[@alancao7464]

@@goldmikanik8274 its not the same footage checked, both very impressive

[@clarkevander]

Me, nah. I've seen my local fishmongers debone a milkfish in seconds.

[@alancao7464]

@@clarkevander :O

[@fionnsomers4136]

Did it really tell us how smoked salmon is made or just the backstory of smoked salmon?

[@atlf3357]

Tbh every title on this channel is partially misleading at this point so I just stopped caring lmao

[@TWHowl]

Bro you cut the fish up then smoke it, what you wanna know?

[@BungieStudios]

You boil the water and pour the packet. Instant mashed potatoes. 🥔

[@quandaledingle6207]

yes

[@TsubomiKido_hoodie]

U watched it tho

[@philswift2342]

The bone picking was amazing

[@w4r7]

I'm wondering if that's where the idiom, "I've got a bone to pick with you" comes from?

[@Rain-iz3rx]

@@w4r7😂😂😂

[@MoxieBeast]

all of the handiwork is already super impressive but 0:26 got me 😳😱😍

[@Clown._.420]

Omg i was going to comment the same its soo fast and he was doing it soo smoothly

[@sheilagitaaditya9757]

Sooooo true I was like WoWoWoW

[@Clown._.420]

@@sheilagitaaditya9757 yess

[@michellegrover1067]

Ikr

[@OliKayTravels]

I work at a Sushi bar and pin boning Salmon is NOT easy 😩

[@2006glg]

This salmon is delicious. I used to work for an online fine food retailer and we got half off everything on the website. I always got this company's smoked salmon and real French hot chocolate powder from France. Memories....😍

[@Ch1naMorena]

Ok so what's the company's name

[@alexp15-]

​@@Ch1naMorena it's literally in the video are you illiterate

[@ThumbsUP-ThumbsDOWN]

Pay attention! It’s in the description and the video

[@takotako808]

​@@ThumbsUP-ThumbsDOWN you pay attention.... He was asking the op what company he worked for not the video ya knob gobbler

[@tentimesful]

the plastic packed salmon that got smoked are tasty but I tried salmon in a can and tuna in can tastes better and also smells less...

[@Tibbles11]

The ending when it said it was the last surviving smoke house in East London got me. I bet most companies just try to completely automate the process as much as they can.

[@markwallace1251]

There are no more smoke houses in London, because these guys put them out of business at 3 tons a day 🤭

[@anhduc0913]

​@@markwallace1251exactly. I doubt the demand for smoked salmon specifically is that big especially considering how overpriced they are, and 3 tons a day is probably enough to fulfill all of it.

[@enthusedtosing9655]

It's still as expensive as ever, if not more. A huge consolation. Familiar numbers at least..

[@sleepyjoe7843]

@@anhduc0913 That's more than 20.000 packages a day (140gr each).

[@Taikamuna]

This makes me hungry

[@jam-ex5kq]

Taikamuna yum dominos for dinner by the way my class watches you in their spare time when they get mad lol

[@misterman9523]

Taikamuna Domino boi

[@moreclick2304]

Forehead domino Remember jackfilmz no ok

[@FarrelRvno]

Taikamuna me too mate

[@kristin2104]

Taikamuna it’s the domino person that’s been in YIAY several times!!!

[@leftyla]

“How to”? This looks more like an advert for the company that makes the smoke salmon. We see what you did there Insider.

[@Jartisann]

Been there inside that factory watching how they do it. Lance walked me through. Fantastic. Was delicious. Gave me good knowledge.

[@arizexas]

Smoked salmon on a bagel with cream cheese 🤤

[@ethanrussell4742]

You know how to live, brother.

[@randybowen4675]

sadavocado Under a poached egg on an english muffin, drizzled with holandaise

[@yunginyungin7412]

Shitting for days you say

[@daifuku9320]

@@randybowen4675 my god stop

[@fulcrum2951]

@@randybowen4675 calm down

[@Krispe]

Salmon is the best fish on the planet, hands down

[@Yologuy-vv7vq]

Tuna is a good contender.

[@sakariasfjellstad6730]

I mean, trouts good

[@AhmedBristolskiy]

Say that to piranhna’s face...

[@paolopasaol9700]

Tilapia: OUR. BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDREE!!

[@derekreg9432]

@@Yologuy-vv7vq I prefer tuna. Growing up I always hated the taste of raw or smoked salmon but now I can sort of enjoy it but still prefer tuna.

[@krockettz3231]

When you ask your dealer for some of that good smoke and he brings you salmon

[@rzxv3]

even better

[@amsd1231]

I'd bee happy with that.

[@VeganV5912]

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[@TheChristmasWarrior]

It’s a food dealer

[@bestforyouall]

@Rohan Kishibae in USA, only 45 % of them are grown. Most of them are imported and is very difficult to determine the origin of any salmon imported bc there is no way to examine each salmon to make sure the seller is saying the truth. A seller can sell a salmon as grown when in fact the salmon was caught near a contaminated zone. Aquaculture has been growing in the USA but still have not reached the desirable level :-/

[@pulpyjambu3290]

*GRIZZLY BEAR HAS JOINED THE CHAT*

[@CookingDelight]

Thanks for sharing this! I love learning about how food products are made

[@BobMcCoy]

*I thought dragons just breathe on it*

[@Clown._.420]

😂😂😆😆😆

[@HannaH-ig2zj]

Wait- isnt it so?

[@JannaCify]

You mean, *scalies*

[@pedotrain5214]

@@HannaH-ig2zj yes it is

[@RyanRaimondi]

I thought you meant some hot cocky breathe. Lol

[@billwessels207]

I come from the Pacific Northwest. The Salmon runs were killed off by the dams up and down the Snake and Columbia Rivers. Prior to that it was the 3rd largest industry behind timber and agriculture in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. Salmon are Anadromous fish, this means they lay their eggs upstream and after hatching and maturing a bit they make their way downstream to the Ocean and grow to enormous proportions over 3-5 years and then make their way back to the same place they were hatched, lay their eggs and die. Their used to be canneries all around the mouth of the Columbia and every few miles apart all the way up the Columbia and Snake rivers. They are pretty much all gone now. One of the dams was built without a fish ladder (now way for the returning fish to move forward). Only one dam had screens in front of the power generating turbines to keep the fry from being killed as they journeyed to the sea.

[@zimzimma5688]

I love me some smoked salmon, personally though I like a deep Oak taste, I find lightly smoked salmons like the one shown here can lack a bit of complexity for my tastes My favorite smoked salmon comes from Nicky's plaice, Howth, Co Dublin, Ireland. Their regular salmon is great, but they do a wild version when available that's just off the charts.

[@sirtanon1]

That guy with the big knife at 2:50 is a freaking artist! He does have quite the particular set of skills.

[@chrisbird9196]

Why is smoking so bad if it cures fish?

[@SigmaFish]

it preserve the death one

[@philipcoxhead8266]

Ever seen a smoked salmon that's alive?

[@stephanokid]

Chris Bird s

[@brianshim96]

Right over the goddamn head

[@izuanwahab2096]

Woooosshhhh

[@VaibhavShewale]

never seen or tasted smoked salmon but still watching this!

[@IOwnThisHandle]

Lance Forman - "Smoked Salmon is about taking salmon and applying smoke to it". GIVE THIS MAN AN OSCAR!

[@neverdiminished]

Based on the cost of raw and smoked salmon in the supermarket the mark up is around 150%-200% for something you can easily do at home (assuming you have space for a bbq)

[@umarr6221]

I need to learn...I love smoke salmon but it bankrupts me 😂

[@pamagee2011]

“Smoked” salmon is really salt cured salmon with (maybe) a touch of cold smoke. Gravlax (lox) isn’t smoked at all.

[@ProAxieGamers]

We have this in the Philippines. And were doing this long long time ago. It's delicious when you cooked it at the morning with a fried eggs and a tomotoes and a fried rice. We called it "Tinapa".

[@proudfoodism]

wow, great information. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. we will share this info in our social media, too. Absolutely with credit title. Appreciated that!

[@ansonhu5997]

Bears are salivating over this. And so am I. O god I’m an animal

[@algebruh_m8652]

Kids vape/do weed, Adults smoke cigarettes. Legends smoke fish

[@danielaguevara5668]

Kevin Montanez how do you do weed.

[@firefoxpie2]

No one "does" weed my guy

[@ESSBrew]

@Daniela Guevara You inject 1 or 2 of them

[@Silver-Freddy]

a whole weed?!

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

you take a hundred pounds of weed, compress it to a sex doll, there you go DOING WEED

[@garycook1376]

He says last surviving but im willing to bet its more like the monopolized the industry in that area and ran out the others hahaha just a guess

[@nuyt6]

facts

[@Verxx-sc2tl]

Definitely the case

[@ilebillybobjoe]

It’s been smoking salmon since 1905, can understand why it’s starting to die out.

[@brucewillis4604]

@@ilebillybobjoe doing 3 tonne a day? Definitely not dying out, just monopolised the industry.

[@ilebillybobjoe]

@@brucewillis4604 3 ton of smoked salmon a day vs millions of tons caught every year.

[@immortalfirefly0641]

i respect the worker from the process of making it, it takes skills

[@Avellar3000]

Stay alive and keep doing this great work. Looks amazing!

[@Screwsandrods]

Yum! On a bagel with a shmear of cream cheese!! Delish! 😋

[@Wabi-sabi8551]

Add to that some thin sliced red onion, and some capers. That's how the Hebrews have been doin it for quite a while.

[@plenkman]

whitest thing I've heard this month thank

[@amoulab1118]

And rucola!

[@Alex-mk3dw]

Dont forget capiers

[@huangpopupcam]

@@Wabi-sabi8551 And dill.

[@castertroyar5526]

This is 1 of the best smoked fish'meat, the pink salmon from Alaska I've ever tried to taste in my whole life, so healthy and nutritious for every human body's need and consumption.. This is when you already cooked and it's ready to served for A meal.. This is so good to dip with Soysauce combined with lemon juice added with a bit of cHilli .. You'll be tempted for a more additional cup of rice when this will be your meal for a day, you were do lucky enough.. I really miss this kind of hybrid fish/meat which is actually originated from the Northern part of America's, Europe, Canada and also here in Asia..

[@lljl5310]

Wow. Very informative. Thank you!

[@stacyhackney6100]

The workers are so good. The product looks good. I'd buy it.

[@neilwagner524]

There is nothing tastier than Alaskan native smoked king salmon . Your fingers and mouth are covered with fish oil . A true world class delicacy. Perfection !!

[@danielthecake8617]

Use a cracker????

[@obianujuikeaka9947]

I’ve never seen salmon as an actual fish until today. Kudos to these hard workers. 🙌🏾

[@TheFever77]

..I’m curious, what did you see it as?

[@obianujuikeaka9947]

@@TheFever77 obviously i know it’s a fish lol but I’ve never seen it in it’s living form

[@Redorgreenful]

I would love to get my hands on this freshly made smoked salmon.

[@ayushda]

Informative as always

[@terrytytula]

Using a friction wheel to rub against the wood and product smoke is pure genius. I'd wager by speeding up or slowing down the disc, you can instantly adjust the amount of smoke generated.

[@bryeck4351]

Would seem to be a little energy inefficient to need to create smoke through friction vs just smoldering the wood. Wonder if the quality of the smoke is any different as well as reducing any heat output.

[@danielthecake8617]

Yeah. Fire burns up some of the wood, thus increasing the wood used for the same amount if smoke. It saves costs in total.

[@willap1267]

01.29 when your mom says your arch nemesis is coming over for lunch and eating the salmon

[@sethj6483]

hahaha

[@luwigi4630]

Time to buy some! Sounds delicious, and like jerky I can store it in my car for long days at work!

[@claire1617]

That slap on the fish at the end was what made this entire video

[@WhoamI-wn3vb]

Eh, atleast im not as salty as this salmon.

[@marcellabutay1090]

yeah ur saltier

[@Jie_Da197]

LittleArmyNut not as salty as you.

[@marcellabutay1090]

@@Jie_Da197 That was a really bad roast lmao

[@Jie_Da197]

LittleArmyNut true.

[@thexvault]

laser325 they rinse off the salt

[@misterfunnybones]

Wild smoked sockeye salmon sandwich - capers, cream cheese, dill, avocado, wild smoked sockeye, spinach, ciabatta bun.

[@Ricksta103]

misterfunnybones Now I'm hungry for that sandwich! Sounds delicious!

[@sterlingm9279]

Where do you get wild smoke at? Asking for a friend

[@luigi_border]

This music, omg, beautiful soundtrack...

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

At :10 they’re using a Bettcher Wizzard. I used to use those every day when I worked in a turkey plant. Now as an OTR trucker I go past their factory quite often

[@illimattic]

At this rate, we ain't gonna have enough fish in the sea left.

[@howcome3088]

I don't know the reason of disliking that video!! There's lots work and effort to respect and like.

[@slotmachineluv]

Amazing slide cut

[@TaeTheeSage]

Video relaxing dawg.

[@aaedrik8365]

Who needs to smoke weed when you can smoke salmon

[@whitenessmctennisballs4136]

Why not both

[@TheDerek5757]

@@whitenessmctennisballs4136 Exactly 2 of my favourite things

[@fioralaurent7059]

This what we call in Philippines "susyal na daing" 😂

[@Bobbygeetha]

Awesome video ... just made a similar recipe 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@knishknish66]

This is real smoked Salmon. Most of the Smoked Salmon we see in the stores is never smoked, just dipped in a solution of brine, sugar and spices. Most folks have never tasted real smoked Salmon. In NYC we would call this Nova Lox. Incredible taste and flavor.

[@xxbigballxxgaming8877]

Wow these damn Salmons are goin to be high

[@CCCFFHO]

I want some of what you are smoking.

[@ryanjohnson4565]

The music alone made me feel like I was taking a journey into the enchanted forest of light.

[@Mikeski1969]

Beautiful and love the Old-School Tradition!!

[@frog3129]

Peta is quaking right now

[@trvlla_]

0:20 must be killing your lungs tee hee

[@yehudagoldberg7718]

Very very nice. I'd like to go to England one day and give that delicious looking salmon a try!!

[@muffinlovin]

that was very interesting and cool to watch

[@estelawellingsmartinez5413]

Sorry to all the vegetarians... but that shit is sooo goood

[@FittZone.]

AGREED

[@ad6ra]

Truth

[@zoeyjoziee8885]

*The Truth Right Here*_

[@sewiiiuuu9836]

Estela Wellings Martinez where do you get your shit. Mine dosent taste good 🤷‍♂️ do you season your shit or something? I eat my shit fresh from the bathroom. Is your frozen?

[@nexcentaurexx1653]

Vegetarians can eat fish tho...... vegan no.

[@CAP753]

No other fish has ever been treated with this much respect.

[@AhmedHan]

Do they reuse or recycle the salt, or do they use that amount of salt every time?

[@Valmtg]

Beautiful process.

[@JessPea]

2 things: 1. Everything’s just now in London? 2. I thought they just made by well smoking the salmon... Edit: Thx for the likes, and I’m having grammar hate so if u hate my grammar, join the conversation! Jk, please don’t get involved! 😐

[@johndevanwayne4272]

It’s called cold smoke

[@jamesjames601]

Read desc to answer your first question.

[@Stevepoku]

You should really add proper grammar and pronuciation to your second statement. It took me a while to realize what you were trying to say.

[@marcellabutay1090]

u have to fully cure it

[@JessPea]

Stevepok grammar? GRAMMAR? This is KZbin! U expect us to know good grammar? Come on, little kids use it so thanks for ur correction! 🙄

[@olivet8402]

Nothing fishy over here Bah dum tss Someone has got to make that joke

[@theepicmagikarp9621]

I was not prepared for this obvious pun. Good job!

[@rayjacobs221]

Are you 6?

[@melody-ec9ex]

Railey Jacobs are you 3?

[@toprod9493]

You really tipped the 'scales' with that joke....

[@willtv805]

Olive •T how old are you

[@mdelvalle2456]

My partner just offered me smoked salmon, left the room to the kitchen, I refreshed my YT and this video was on my recommendations

[@pamelahomeyer748]

Great video thank you.

[@hypnoeyes4454]

Ya know, I'm not vegan or anything but I hope when I die the salmons (other animals included) aren't endangered nor extinct... I know this is a legitimate industry but sometimes I think about the population of animals dwindling due to the excessive mass production of human.

[@Clown._.420]

Yeah 😞

[@Ellie-jr4zy]

I mean it’s not about completely ceasing production of fish products and food items but by fishing sustainably that would be the ultimate solution to this. Unfortunately most corporations choose money over the planet :(

[@melody-ec9ex]

Night Stalker true

[@hypnoeyes4454]

A human bean. I didn't mean that the salmon are endangered. What I mean was that excessive production can make the population of salmon dwindle little by little. Its like you're forcing Mother Nature for more than she can give.

[@ghoularchives2405]

Yeah here in AK it’s became a huge debate for some species, and the more the population is being run down, the more fishing restrictions,,,

[@fenfen730]

As an Alaskan native whose village is in the Cook Inlet, those fish look barely smoked compared to our smoked fish.

[@richardbale725]

You probably enjoy hunting cruel man

[@josephhower5806]

richard bale cruel men are especially fun to hunt.

[@DecafKauffee]

If I had to guess, the two types of smoke salmon were probably invented independent of each other

[@PhaseSkater]

David Standifer yeah I agree. Here in Oregon than chinook native Americans would smoke the heck out of salmon above a giant wooden fire pit for hours.

[@LV-426...]

Londoners (and Europeans in general) mostly like cold smoked fish. In the US it's mostly hot smoked and with a lot more spices added for curing. As a result, the two different styles of curing + smoking make for two very different flavors and textures.

[@epicmcdiver4910]

Omg this makes my heart skip 10 beats .......I love the process ..wait what.....

[@henrymccomments]

I love it and choose support my local deli even if my doctor advises against eating overly salty meat

[@arnelandboe6553]

Too bad we’ve wiped out Scottish salmon runs, there would probably be more smoke houses left if we hadn’t.

[@tommydoez]

You do realise the more smoke houses there are, the less fish there would be? Because all those smoke houses need salmon, there would be more fishing on salmon and thus reducing the population of salmon and ending salmon runs?

[@arnelandboe6553]

Tommy DoeZ!!! Oh absolutely, but smoked salmon is just a portion of the larger commercial fishing issue. I’m just saying that with proper regulation in the past it could’ve been possible to have both. We surely wouldn’t have hundreds of such places, but could definitely have more than only one remaining.

[@tommydoez]

Ah I understand you. Too bad about the missing salmon runs then... Thanks for explaining.

[@frrogg1]

I know how it's made tsk tsk. The salmon fairy comes to cook it.

[@georgi6722]

i worked in a salmon processing factory this summer in Alaska, it's a hard work getting a piece of salmon to the supermarket shelf.

[@Aiidannnn]

“it starts with a lot of fresh salmon” MIND BLOWN

[@milv2416]

Hi

[@bryanbertos5046]

0:06 is that salt? Just thinking of it makes my mouth salty.

[@jem2869]

yes

[@RaffyMaBoi]

They wash it off, its there so there is no moisture that would turn into mold

[@brandon3872]

Lol yes but the finished product doesn't taste too salty 😊

[@Zzues]

Smoked salmon is so addictive, I wish I could afford to eat it every day!

[@lildankmemes1789]

Tried their salmon and it was better than I expected

[@chirag_]

Wtf even fish are addicted to smoking now

[@jasonfajerman8106]

You see... When a mommy salmon and a daddy salmon love each other very much...

[@malacki6554]

Man that looks so nice i love fish

[@loveunlimited777]

Informative and delicious. Thanks for the great content. 🙌🙌

[@joycefigueroa7117]

Can we have the group of people that feel sad for the dead Salmons 💭 😭😭😭😭

[@Marvelous404]

Idiot vegan

[@starhusky797]

If smoking is bad, why does it cure salmon? 🤔

[@xXUnoChipzXx]

What's the name of song in the background? Makes this video extremely enjoyable!! Someone help!! Lol

[@FrostyBud777]

watching this as i eat smocked salmon , Ackme since 1906. yum!!

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

Does the salt kill the worms in the freshest of fish? 🤔 - Zach Van Harris JR

[@anyoneofus9948]

Certain fish don't get worms.

[@FirstLast-us1kp]

@@anyoneofus9948 they do

[@FirstLast-us1kp]

I think so

[@RozzanaRose]

If you saw, the insides already had the intestines removed. Proper cleaning/sanitation and proper removal of organs will prevent the worry for parasites. If the fish was diseased to begin with tho, they wouldn't have used it in the first place(esp if they make high grade smoked salmon).

[@ZachVanHarrisJR]

@RozzanaRose thank you, peace and one love friend - Zach

[@vuph21]

is that cocaine or ice

[@Jie_Da197]

Vuph 2 cocaine fam

[@amoulab1118]

Heroine

[@sandmanjono1239]

Shame video so short - looks a very interesting process ...... & I’m sure very tasty !

[@issy_b_onair]

I LOVE this stuff!

[@sarinammilano6171]

Gordon should learn properly how to do this

[@shawndarling5855]

I know right they are the last one left but they have a long ways to go to get it right

[@wobuharu7190]

I thought it was actually smoked

[@mannimaiya3050]

Meee tuu

[@wobuharu7190]

@MyGun4hire oh ok thanks

[@tjsutton05]

it is smoked its a dry smoke they mentioned it in the video they created the smoke by friction

[@tjsutton05]

@MyGun4hireI think its cured by 24hrs of salt and flavoured by smoke? Not cooked at all .smoked salmon

[@user-po6sk2ih9t]

one of my favourite ways of eating a salmon :D

[@blue7lvn245]

They killed all the competition