Cedar Plank Cooking - TOXIC

[weco]

Apparently there is a cooking fad going around that is deadly to companion birds.....cooking salmon on cedar planks.....in home ovens.

While I have never heard of this, the article about two companion birds dying from this epicurean feast is described on this website, under Safety Warnings Health - C & B Birds

I realize the moderators and owners may have an aversion to posting someone elses websites, but this is going around with attribution going hither-tither-and-yon and because of the nature of the information, attribution should go where it belongs and if that means my being ostracized from the forums, so be it.

While I need to do some more research, I was of the impression that ingestion of cedar was dangerous and the heating/burning of the phenols produced by the cedar are toxic to many, animals irritate asthma in those with the disease and may even cause asthma in humans.....

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Cooking salmon on cedar planks isn't new, and it is mouth watering good(seriously the BEST salmon ever).

but we GRILL our salmon on cedar, glad we never tried baking it. Thanks for the info

 

[weco]

OK Copper, you're right, and I stand partially corrected…and while I have never spent any amount of time in the Pacific Northwest, I had never heard of this apparent gastronomic delight (to some)…..

I've eaten a lot of things, but might hold using cedar for cooking, on a bottom rung of the same ladder that holds puffer fish at the top (tall ladder).....

 

[Echo]

Thank you Weco for sharing! I wasn't aware of it being deadly!

We always grill our fish outside, but only because I hate the smell of fish in the house! THANK YOU FOR THE WARNING!

 

[goalerjones]

Will the salmon then leech the toxins and be unfit for birdy consumption?