Help - my cheap Vanilla Cavendish doesn't seem so Vanilla...

[dmrey]

or bacon

When I get a chance - I might infuse some liquid smoke (mesquite) flavor into a bland cheap tobacco and see if it tastes like bacon ...

[MacGuru]

or bacon

When I get a chance - I might infuse some liquid smoke (mesquite) flavor into a bland cheap tobacco and see if it tastes like bacon ...

You might want to add a pig, too.

[coco]

or bacon

When I get a chance - I might infuse some liquid smoke (mesquite) flavor into a bland cheap tobacco and see if it tastes like bacon ...

Please post your results

[Hauser]

or bacon

When I get a chance - I might infuse some liquid smoke (mesquite) flavor into a bland cheap tobacco and see if it tastes like bacon ...

Please post your results

Ohhh yeah!!!! Killer idea. You might want to roll the tobacco with paper thin slices of prosciutto after you liqiud smoke it.

[dmrey]

Besides blending with a stronger vanilla blend, how can I take a cheap CVS Vanilla Cavendish blend and make it more Vanilla tasting/smelling? I ask because I can't tell the difference in smell between it and the Black and Gold Cavendish, but the CVS Cherry Cavendish stands out nicely, and is detectable, albeit mild.

Is the problem that Admirals Choice Black and Gold Cavendish is also cased with some Vanilla? maybe I don't know what Vanilla is supposed to taste/smell like?

Anyhow - I'll post my findings here about Vanilla (& Mesquite) flavored Cavendish when I get a chance to.

Happy piping...

[JungleBiker]

I'm looking into this because last time I checked, PNG still wasn't receiving mail from the USPS (due to some stupid pandemic thing), and the 2 pounds I tried to have mailed through Australia were seized and destroyed, which did some pretty serious damage to my opinion of Australia. I can get locally grown tobacco, but it is pretty strong stuff--strong enough that when experimenting with it in the past I have actually cut it with tea leaves. Not terrifically satisfactory, as you can imagine.

Hmmmmmmm. What about just taking a fresh vanilla bean and putting it in the bag with a bland tobacco? Fresh vanilla beans have a strong vanilla smell to them that I imagine would get into the tobacco, though honestly I have no idea what flavours a bean might impart.

Living in PNG and having access to fresh vanilla beans from time to time, I may have to try this. A friend who used to work here suggested misting using a mix of whisky and honey, then sun drying, which he says worked pretty well for him. Perhaps a variation on his technique (I'd let the stuff sit "wet" for a few days in a sealed container, then dry it, for example) followed by storing in a container with vanilla beans...?

[JimVH]

or bacon

When I get a chance - I might infuse some liquid smoke (mesquite) flavor into a bland cheap tobacco and see if it tastes like bacon ...

Please post your results

Any update?

I miss dmrey.

[calvinistanglican]

Just posting a more 'live' link to the original link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100406003 ... apy_en.htm

Great read; I'm going to have to experiment some!!

[SlowToke]

The solution to getting a cheap tobacco to not taste cheap is to buy better quality tobacco instead of the cheap tobacco. Problem solved. Next question.

[Roadmaster]

The solution to getting a cheap tobacco to not taste cheap is to buy better quality tobacco instead of the cheap tobacco. Problem solved. Next question.

A novel idea.

[TheShepherd]

If it's dirt cheap, I wouldn't count on it tasting very authentic.

I did find this though, might be worth a try: