The Magic Dragon Smokery

04/09/2026

My apologies for not posting anything recently, but the super hot spell of weather left me unable to cold smoke even through the night. Im not a commercial venture so it didn’t matter too much financially apart from a good few sides of really good fish being thrown away. Blocks of ice and all of that palaver were not enough to keep the ambient down below 80f (26c) when you consider hot smoke is coming into the smoke chamber and needs to be cooled down.
Now I’m making Yom Yum soup as a great lady friend of mine said “give it a try”
If you like Thai cuisine , look it up. Good for weight loss too😂

10/08/2026

31/05/2026

Hi fellow food lovers in the UK. What on earth has happened to Jersey Royal potatoes?
They were always something to look forward to every year, kidney shaped, with nutty flavours. Boiled in a little salted water and served with a k**b of butter!
Now, they have lost that lovely shape, the skins are no longer shiny and they totally are tasteless. Jersey, are you screwing these up the same way you screwed your once renowned tomatoes?? Money , money , money….

08/05/2026

From that to that - the mornings work is over! Nine pound rainbow trout. Now hot smoked over cherry.

16/04/2026

First batch out of hot smoke - Pheasant breasts and chicken thighs - they smell divine! Turkey drumsticks in smoke now low and slow.

15/04/2026

Nice big muscly rainbow trout fillet out of cold smoke over oak.

Hot smoking tomorrow - Gressingham Turkey legs- (they’re whoppers) plus chicken thigh boneless fillets, and of course locally shot Pheasant breasts over wild cherry. I only use local lads and ladies who go for the higher, harder shots, so they’re not blown to pieces!!
Photos to follow- all going well of course!🤗