To Open or Not to Open. That Is the Question. FMC

maxsmoke

Might Stick Around

Jan 30, 2019

63

1

• Mar 10, 2019

• #1

So I ordered a $90 tin of frog morton cellar and I am trying to decide if I should open the tin and give it a smoke? Or should I leave it unopened until the thing is aged and worth a crapload ? I have never tried FMC so at this point I “don’t know what I am missing “.

 

hawky454

Lifer

Feb 11, 2016

5,338

10,221

Austin, TX

• Mar 10, 2019

• #2

Open it. It’s a mellow blend to begin with, aging it will just make it that much weaker and you never know what life has in store, just like I ended a post in another thread just a second ago, smoke what you like now because you may not have the chance tomorrow. And I gotta say, wow! $90 for a tin of Frog Morton Cellar, I never thought I’d see the day. They were about $12 a tin when I was buying them. It’s amazing what obscurity can do for the price of a blend.

 

morgansteele

Can't Leave

Mar 23, 2018

313

427

• Mar 10, 2019

• #3

This is a question that may be posed to multiple interests: cars, scotch, pipe tobacco, etc.

1. If you consider yourself a caretaker for some rich person's pleasure in the future, then so be it.

2. For me: Drive it, drink it, smoke it. You can't take it with you.
Your mileage may vary.

 

mikethompson

Lifer

Jun 26, 2016

11,326

23,458

Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Mar 10, 2019

• #4

If you paid $90 for a tin, you should can't well smoke it. That's my take anyway.

 

redglow

Lifer

Jan 7, 2019

1,823

4,066

Michigan

• Mar 10, 2019

• #5

I concur. Savor the fruits of life while you can.

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

11,381

70,076

60

Vegas Baby!!!

• Mar 10, 2019

• #6

Looks like I sold my FMC too soon.
Smoke it.

 

hawky454

Lifer

Feb 11, 2016

5,338

10,221

Austin, TX

• Mar 10, 2019

• #7

I can relate, ashdigger, I sold off two 100 gram tins of Frog Morton Across the Pond for $8 a pop just days before it was announced that McClelland had run out of Syrian Latakia and of course the price for those tins sky rocketed. Oh well, never thought that the Syrian was well represented in that blend anyway, I think 3 Oaks Syrian did a much better job of that

 

hoosierpipeguy

Lifer

Jan 28, 2018

13,051

136,497

67

Sarasota, FL

• Mar 10, 2019

• #8

Go ahead and smoke it.

 

maxsmoke

Might Stick Around

Jan 30, 2019

63

1

• Mar 10, 2019

• #9

Well that settles it . Tomorrow night I will smoke a bowl.

 

npod

Lifer

Jun 11, 2017

2,942

1,024

• Mar 10, 2019

• #10

Well that settles it . Tomorrow night I will smoke a bowl.

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That’s the spirit. And please post pictures!

 

verporchting

Lifer

Dec 30, 2018

2,892

8,965

• Mar 11, 2019

• #11

Right choice. Enjoy!

 

jaytex1969

Lifer

Jun 6, 2017

9,520

50,597

Here

• Mar 11, 2019

• #12

As you smoke it, blow each puff into a jar, which you can then seal and sell on eBay for $10.
Just remember, you are selling the "collectable" Smucker's jelly jar for that amount, not the deadly second hand smoke that happens to be contained within.
You can also make a video showing yourself enjoying the rare treat, which you can then rent to lesser pipe smokers to watch while they smoke sawdust and pretend to have the goods.
Between those two income streams, you may accrue enough capital to score some Half & Half after the FDA deeming deadline is reached.
Seriously, though. I hope you enjoy it! :nana:

 

smokeyweb

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 29, 2013

540

780

• Mar 11, 2019

• #13

Nothing more depressing than clearing out a dead man’s cellar and seeing all those “special occasion” smokes that were never brought to fruition... Carpe Diem!

 

crashthegrey

Lifer

Dec 18, 2015

3,817

3,607

41

Cobleskill, NY

www.greywoodie.com

• Mar 11, 2019

• #14

Smoke it. I'll miss mine when it is gone.

 

litup

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 16, 2015

727

2,227

Sacramento, CA

• Mar 11, 2019

• #15

Nothing more depressing than clearing out a dead man’s cellar and seeing all those “special occasion” smokes that were never brought to fruition... Carpe Diem!"

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Amen to that. I've never actually done that, but it has the ring of truth to it.

 

spartacus

Lifer

Nov 7, 2018

1,024

796

Mesa, Arizona

• Mar 11, 2019

• #16

Please tell me that was for a 100 Gram tin and not a 50 Gram tin.

 

spartacus

Lifer

Nov 7, 2018

1,024

796

Mesa, Arizona

• Mar 11, 2019

• #17

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olkofri

Lifer

Sep 9, 2017

8,048

14,666

The Arm of Orion

• Mar 11, 2019

• #18

Tempus fugit. Memento mori.
Sic statim fuma!

 

ophiuchus

Lifer

Mar 25, 2016

1,558

2,055

• Mar 11, 2019

• #19

As you smoke it, blow each puff into a jar, which you can then seal and sell on eBay for $10.

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:rofl:

 

madox07

Lifer

Dec 12, 2016

1,823

1,690

• Mar 11, 2019

• #20

I am with these guys .. smoke it, drink it, eat it, whatever. A few years ago I had a car accident that was almost fatal, so I have decided that if I can afford to buy a delicacy, an expensive drink, a good blend of pipe tobacco or a good cigar, I might as well enjoy it. If I can't afford it, well such is life sometimes, but if I can why not? Life is too short to cheat yourself out of the little pleasures, and they don't necessarily have to be expensive.