SMOKE

(PRESERVE) [verb] [T] - to preserve and add a smoky flavour to (meat, fish or cheese) using smoke from burning woodPeople in the Middle East, India and Egypt were salting, drying and smoking fish and meat 6000 years ago.She had champagne and smoked salmon sandwiches at her birthday party.The soup is made to a traditional Corsican recipe with beans, cabbage, smoked ham and potatoes.