Best Smoked Salmon Brine Ala Poppie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup pickling salt
1/2 cup sugar
apple cider or juice

Preparation

Dissolve the salt and sugar in apple cider or juice, then add more apple cider/juice to 'cover' the fish. Yes, they float, it's okay, just try to turn them if you can now and again.
Let them soak for about 6 hours. Drain and rinse them.
Here's the important part: Dry them off and leave them uncovered in the fridge for at least 4 hours, more hours the better.
This time allows the brined fish to form a \"pellicle\" on the brined part which takes the smoke flavor.
Now smoke the fish for whatever you usually do. YUM.