For a details guide on cold smoking, check out this video I did: • Beginners Introduction... As mentioned in video, here is an article I wrote on smoking woods: eatcuredmeat.com/bbq-hot-smok...
If you get an opportunity, visit Serbia and it's food festivals.. it's a cold smoked meat lovers paradise. They even have an event dedicated to bacon only, called "slaninijada". Huge tradition of smoking meat, and meat in general in that country. Saluti.
Heya, I spent some time nearby in Montenegro/Croatia; they loved the heavy smoke! The National Prosciutto was very salty for my liking from one of the top producers. Definitely will check it out. I googled that, slaninijada - arm wrestling bacon festival - I'm in!