exposing food to the smoke to flavour or preserve it
Smoking is a cooking method where food is exposed to smoke, which adds flavor and helps preserve it. It matters because it's a traditional technique used to make food taste better and last longer without refrigeration.
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Smoking is the process of flavoring, browning, cooking, or preserving food, particularly meat, fish and tea, by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood.
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