A trick I learnt sometime ago
John
This will bring out all the flavor of the tobacco especially when the
tobacco is getting dry.
Come one teaspoon of vinegar in a clean plastic bag and shake it well.
Add 50 gr tobacco and shake again. Fold the plastic bag and leave it for
3-4 days. Mix the tobacco once everyday.
Then have a bowl. If you like it then you can mix another 50 gr but if
you don't, there is no reason to mix more tobacco because then you will
be left with some tobacco that you don't like and you will also be short
of some tobacco that you actually like.
Regards, John
Briarroot
And it isn't even April 1st.
Regards,
Tim "no way, no how" Parker ... GLP Montgomery in a basket billiard
--
"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of
his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare others who have
not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the
first principle of association: the guarantee to everyone the free
exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it." - Thomas
Jefferson.
mingk...@aol.com
Also, if you don't like it you can leave it on your neighbor's
doorstep, light it, ring the doorbell, and run like hell ;-)
On a more serious note, you say that it will "bring out all of the
flavor". Does it just make the original flavor stronger, or add
flavors?
Art
John
Besides the flavor it improves the smokability (you know what I mean).
I treat any tobacco that I dislike but am unfortunately stuck with this
way and the result is a pleasure.
Regards, John
John
Good for the type of tobacco that is too strong and feels like chili
pepper in the throat when smoking.
Regards, John
GRC Pipes
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"John" <jo...@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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G. L. Pease
(in article <13orulv...@corp.supernews.com>):
> John wrote:
>> Hi fellow pipe smokers,
>>
>> This will bring out all the flavor of the tobacco especially when the
>> tobacco is getting dry.
>>
>> Come one teaspoon of vinegar in a clean plastic bag and shake it well.
>> Add 50 gr tobacco and shake again. Fold the plastic bag and leave it for
>> 3-4 days. Mix the tobacco once everyday.
>>
>> Then have a bowl. If you like it then you can mix another 50 gr but if
>> you don't, there is no reason to mix more tobacco because then you will
>> be left with some tobacco that you don't like and you will also be short
>> of some tobacco that you actually like.
>>
>
> And it isn't even April 1st.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim "no way, no how" Parker ... GLP Montgomery in a basket billiard
The idea may actually have some merit, as it can slightly acidify a
tobacco that's too alkaline. This will not only cause a perceived flavour
increase, but can "soften" a harsh blend, and decrease nicotine
absorption. Further, acetic acid will solvate some of the organic
compounds with in the leaf, possibly redistributing them and resulting in
a more consistent flavour. (I'm grasping at straws...)
My one concern is that 1T is about 5ml, which in 50g of tobacco will
increase the moisture content significantly - add about 10% (vinegar is a
3.5-5% solution of acetic acid in water, so it's density is pretty close
to 1g/ml) to the moisture content already present. If already moist
tobacco is treated this way, and then stored, the risk of mold increases.
(Contrary to some popular myths, though it will slow some bacterial
growth, vinegar will NOT prevent mold spores from germinating.)
I'm wondering how much of the vinegar taste will persist, but I'll find
out after a brief experiment. ;) Citrate was once used by some blenders
to "acid balance" some of their blends.
-glp
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John,
How did you come to know of this? I'm very curious. I'll give it a
whirl.
mingk...@aol.com
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks John, I think I'll give it a try!
Art
John
where and I might also have improvised a bit.
Regards, John
Paul Z
Thanks John, I'll certainly give it a try !
Paul Z
Luke Oberley
wrote:
Thanks for the expert's opinion on this one, Greg. I was having my
doubts too (much like our esteemed Mr. Parker). I was imagining
vinegar flavored tobacco, which quite possibly might be worse than
Mixture 79.
Please do report back the results of your "experiments."
Luke
Briarroot
I think I'll leave the experiments to you and your humpbacked
assistant Igor. ;-)
Regards,
Tim Parker ... 3 Star Blue in a Kaywoodie white-briar bulldog
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was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor. But
there's always something to envy: a smile; a friendship; something you
don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one,
there will always be rich and poor; rich in gifts - poor in gifts,
rich in love - poor in love." - Comrade Commissar Danilov in "Enemy at
the Gates"
Briarroot
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:33:34 -0800, G. L. Pease <nos...@nospam.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The idea may actually have some merit, as it can slightly acidify a
>> tobacco that's too alkaline. This will not only cause a perceived flavour
>> increase, but can "soften" a harsh blend, and decrease nicotine
>> absorption. Further, acetic acid will solvate some of the organic
>> compounds with in the leaf, possibly redistributing them and resulting in
>> a more consistent flavour. (I'm grasping at straws...)
>>
>
> Thanks for the expert's opinion on this one, Greg. I was having my
> doubts too (much like our esteemed Mr. Parker). I was imagining
> vinegar flavored tobacco, which quite possibly might be worse than
> Mixture 79.
>
The first thought was that John's tobacco would end up smelling just
like a McClelland blend. <ducks>
... that and his wacky syntax! ;-)
G. L. Pease
(in article <13ottmo...@corp.supernews.com>):
> I think I'll leave the experiments to you and your humpbacked
> assistant Igor. ;-)
I'm sorry to say, I had to let Igor go. He had an unfortunate
predilection for smoking Pineapple Mango Mint Chip in my best pipes, and
failing to clean them afterwards. I had to autoclave the whole collection
to rid the pipes of the combined stench of that wretched tobacco, and the
accumulated drool that resulted from his unfortunate dentition.
John
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:13 -0800, Briarroot wrote
> (in article <13ottmo...@corp.supernews.com>):
>
>> I think I'll leave the experiments to you and your humpbacked
>> assistant Igor. ;-)
>
> I'm sorry to say, I had to let Igor go. He had an unfortunate
> predilection for smoking Pineapple Mango Mint Chip in my best pipes, and
> failing to clean them afterwards. I had to autoclave the whole collection
> to rid the pipes of the combined stench of that wretched tobacco, and the
> accumulated drool that resulted from his unfortunate dentition.
>
Yup, he is working for me now and is my best buddy.
JtN©
What kind of vinegar? White? Cider? Balsamic? Have you tried various
types of vinegar to see if they do different things with the
enhancement of the tobacco?
JtN ©2008
Briarroot
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:13 -0800, Briarroot wrote
> (in article <13ottmo...@corp.supernews.com>):
>
>> I think I'll leave the experiments to you and your humpbacked
>> assistant Igor. ;-)
>
> I'm sorry to say, I had to let Igor go.
>
Damn! A mad scientist just ain't a proper mad scientist without his
humpbacked assistant. 8-(
> He had an unfortunate
> predilection for smoking Pineapple Mango Mint Chip in my best pipes,
>
I think I got a pouch of that during the Great Altadis Give Away last
year. I keep it in my sock drawer. There's nothing quite like
pineapple-mango-mint-chip scented socks!
> and
> failing to clean them afterwards. I had to autoclave the whole collection
> to rid the pipes of the combined stench of that wretched tobacco, and the
> accumulated drool that resulted from his unfortunate dentition.
>
Quoth the Raven: "Erinmore!"
;-)
Regards,
Tim Parker ... Mac Baren HH Mature Virginia in a Barling billiard
Briarroot
Another mad scientist!
<runs away>
Regards,
Tim Parker ... Mac Baren HH Mature Virginia in a Barling billiard
mingk...@aol.com
>> assistant Igor. ;-)
> I'm sorry to say, I had to let Igor go.
Don't worry, he'll be back.
Art
John
notice any difference.
David
Great info. Thanks for the tip. I have some old Dunhill Standard FULL.
I don't really know how old it is, thirthy years old perhaps. I'm
worried it might have dried out a but after all thsoe years int he
tin, and I'll give your treatment a try with it tomorrow. Scroll
down....
Jerk!
David
Please allow me to qualify the preceding *Jerk* obserjaction. I'm
that jerk. Although I chose to NOYexperiment with my last two 100 gram
Dunhill Standard FULL Tallboys, I did with a two ouce tin of LP
Bohemain Scandal.
I would like to inform you that it was a bomb. It turned it into a
soupish mass more resembling a mass producer of aromatic kechup
tasting junk. The delicate taste of the Syrian Latakia wsa totally
destroyed and and the otehr blendings of aged orientals and Virginias,
were turned into an in distinguishable mass of less than medocrity.
Try again.
DavidN.