Smoking with hay

[Coffee118]

I have seen a few cooking shows with the chefs smoking various meats and fish with hay. I was wondering if anyone has tried using hay and how it turned out. I've smelled burning hay and I'm just not sure about it on my food.  Also worried about fertilizers or insecticides used on the hay or someone selling you the hay that the cows bedded down on for the night.

[Rebel SS]

Smoking with hay??!  NOT!!!   That's nuts!!!! 

[glenn57]

Maybe it's hemp hay???

[Reinhard]

There are chef's that use certain type's of hay's for smoking.  Fresh cut is the best they say.  For me I'll stick to my cherry wood or apple, or maple or hickory wood chips.  Not even going down that road.  good luck.

[delcecchi]

Chinese use tea for smoking.

[Rebel SS]

Chinese use tea for smoking.

That's why ya can't get good hickory smoked anything over there. 

[Boar]

i use to.smoke alot of hay....... wait what was the question again??

[HD]

i use to.smoke alot of hay....... wait what was the question again??

used too? 

[dew2]

Never heard a smokin wit hay??I have tried green and back tea cold smokes on salmon. Its OK for a little extra  flavor.Saw it on a cooking show with Ming sigh??sigh is probable misspelled??Maybe Glenn or boar can help me?? spell it correctly
 boar was that alfalfa or grass or straw you smoked?Maybe corn silk?

[delcecchi]

That be Ming Tsai, I believe. 

[dew2]

That be Ming Tsai, I believe.

Dat be da one EH!