UnTreeHugger: Savu Smoker Bag
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 06.25.07
What with their cellphones and Aalto furniture, we usually like things that come from Finland. This might have stayed behind: For three bucks a pop you get a three ply aluminum bag filled with wood chips (alder or hickory), spices, hardwood syrup and sugar, that you toss on the barbeque to "add delicious smokiness to anything cooked inside them." We always thought that you put things on the barbeque in the first place to get that smokiness, why wrap it in foil?
Three bucks to get two cents worth of Finnish sawdust shipped to America, use once and throw away. But no chemicals! Boo to ::Savu
Thirsty for more? Check out these related articles:
- 6 Recycled Hats You've Got to See
- Alder
- DIY Trash-Powered Gasification Car (Video)
- Serve Alcohol-free Drinks this New Year's Eve
Care and Feeding of your Energy Pig, or Computers on a Diet
|
Up, Up, And Away With My Beautiful Green Balloons
|
Sorry why is this untreehugger? You don't use foil to cook?
Jilted Citizen, this is 'un-treehugger' because it promotes a disposable lifestyle - use things only once and then throw it away. besides, do you really need this? why not just stick with old-fashioned coal?
Replace the foil with a small cast iron pan. ($3 or less at a yard sale.) Replace the Finnish hardwood with hardwood chunks from a local woodworker or cabinet maker. (Free.) Then put the pan on top of the heating element (gas) or coals (charcoal) of your grill and let it do its voodoo. Alternatively, buy a terra cotta pot and use a hotplate generate the smoke. Or a cardboard box.
Alton Brown's done this a bunch of times on his show. That people need to buy stupid aluminum foil bags is ridiculous.
However, using aluminum foil to roast some veggies on the grill is great. Just be sure to recycle it afterwards.