COMMUNITY SMOKEHOUSE
Come and smoke your fish at the Up There The Last Community Smokehouse.
Inspired by the traditional communal ovens of northern Italy and how fish would have been preserved all over coastal Ireland until not so long ago, this fortnightly event is designed to bring together those interested in preserving their own fish with salt and smoke.
If you are out on the boat with your own catch, or simply wish to support the local boats by buying from the local fishmonger, you can bring your fish to be cold-smoked.
The traditional barrel smoker will be lit in the morning and tended to until late afternoon, while it smokes away steadily. Bring your fish which will be brined, labelled, then put in to smoke until you are sent a message to come and collect it when it is done.
Before industrialisation we would not have the option to target fish so accurately or use machines to haul multiple kilometers of net. Fishers would throw their nets to the briny depths, and what would surface tended to be whatever was in abundance. After eating and trading this fresh wild catch, what was left would be preserved with salt and smoke.
Whole fish can be filleted, but fillets are preferred.
The smoker will be running on Castletownshend Pier, unless stated otherwise on Instagram.
Drinks can be enjoyed round a communal table by the smokehouse, but you absolutely do not need to stay for the whole day!
This is a community project that runs on donations.
Come and smoke your fish at the Up There The Last Community Smokehouse.
Inspired by the traditional communal ovens of northern Italy and how fish would have been preserved all over coastal Ireland until not so long ago, this fortnightly event is designed to bring together those interested in preserving their own fish with salt and smoke.
If you are out on the boat with your own catch, or simply wish to support the local boats by buying from the local fishmonger, you can bring your fish to be cold-smoked.
The traditional barrel smoker will be lit in the morning and tended to until late afternoon, while it smokes away steadily. Bring your fish which will be brined, labelled, then put in to smoke until you are sent a message to come and collect it when it is done.
Before industrialisation we would not have the option to target fish so accurately or use machines to haul multiple kilometers of net. Fishers would throw their nets to the briny depths, and what would surface tended to be whatever was in abundance. After eating and trading this fresh wild catch, what was left would be preserved with salt and smoke.
Whole fish can be filleted, but fillets are preferred.
The smoker will be running on Castletownshend Pier, unless stated otherwise on Instagram.
Drinks can be enjoyed round a communal table by the smokehouse, but you absolutely do not need to stay for the whole day!
This is a community project that runs on donations.
Come and smoke your fish at the Up There The Last Community Smokehouse.
Inspired by the traditional communal ovens of northern Italy and how fish would have been preserved all over coastal Ireland until not so long ago, this fortnightly event is designed to bring together those interested in preserving their own fish with salt and smoke.
If you are out on the boat with your own catch, or simply wish to support the local boats by buying from the local fishmonger, you can bring your fish to be cold-smoked.
The traditional barrel smoker will be lit in the morning and tended to until late afternoon, while it smokes away steadily. Bring your fish which will be brined, labelled, then put in to smoke until you are sent a message to come and collect it when it is done.
Before industrialisation we would not have the option to target fish so accurately or use machines to haul multiple kilometers of net. Fishers would throw their nets to the briny depths, and what would surface tended to be whatever was in abundance. After eating and trading this fresh wild catch, what was left would be preserved with salt and smoke.
Whole fish can be filleted, but fillets are preferred.
The smoker will be running on Castletownshend Pier, unless stated otherwise on Instagram.
Drinks can be enjoyed round a communal table by the smokehouse, but you absolutely do not need to stay for the whole day!
This is a community project that runs on donations.