Because cold smoked foods are not actually cooked, many require refrigeration and relatively rapid use after curing.
Cold Smoked - Referring to foods which have been preserved by smoking in cool smoke rather than directly over burning sawdust, cold smoked meat or fish needs cooking before consumption ...
Speck (Austria): Cold smoked fairly lean cured ham. Spicy Salmon Sushi Roll: Salmon seasoned with curry, scallions, and cucumbers uncooked and rolled in rice and wrapped in seaweed.
When a herring is kippered it is first butterflies, cured in brine, and then cold smoked. It has a Smokey, salty flavor and is usually given an artificial golden color. When a salmon is kippered in the U.S.
When a food has undergone a specific smoking preservation process to prolong its shelf life and/or to add a distinctive smoky flavour it is referred to as smoked. Foods that are smoked included fish, cheese and meat. Food can be hot or cold smoked.
See also: Smoked, Smoke, Cooking, Smoking, Preserve
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