Opened up the tin of Peterson holiday blend 2011. I smoke outside, but apparently it did waft in the house (no wonder with 20 family members running in and out). They all loved the smell. Taste: dang it's sweet. Fruitcakey, candied fruit like. At the end a little bitter, but good.. Like a candied lemon rind. Just lit up another bowl in a different pipe. It's interesting that the taste is less sweet or prominent now. It's festive in any case
"The fact is, squire, the moment a man takes to a pipe, he becomes a philosopher. It's the poor man's friend; it calms the mind, soothes the temper, and makes a man patient under difficulties. It has made more good men, good husbands, kind masters, indulgent fathers, than any other blessed thing on this universal earth."
-"Sam Slick, the clockmaker" aka T.C.Haliburton