All The Strong (Nic) Blends

[Chasing Embers]

I've found a couple of my favorites to be an acquired taste,

Mine too!

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Mine too!

Does this mean we like things that taste bad? ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Does this mean we like things that taste bad? ?

Taste is too subjective to say good or bad. Hell, I like peanut butter and horseradish on a bagel.

 

[trubka2]

Hell, I like peanut butter and horseradish on a bagel.

Shoot, man, who the hell doesn't?

I figure the strong stuff seems to be going away more quickly because it's such a small market share that it's harder to get the scale needed to make it work. That, and many of them probably rely on leaf that's getting harder and harder to source.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

That may be the reason they hold a smaller shelf space. I've found a couple of my favorites to be an acquired taste, something like a cold cup of strong coffee.

I've never understood the acquired taste thing. IfI don't like it,I don't feel the need to acquired it as there are way too manyI do like naturally.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I've never understood the acquired taste thing. IfI don't like it,I don't feel the need to acquired it as there are way too manyI do like naturally.

I don't understand it either, but I've had it happen to me. My first beer was the most disappointing thing.. when I was a kid I had built up an Idea that it must be the best tasting thing around, the way my old man drank em.. Eventually though, I learned how good that ice cold beer really tasted, especially after a long day at work.

 

[BROBS]

Does this mean we like things that taste bad? ?

Yes. Just like the vile tomato.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I don't understand it either, but I've had it happen to me. My first beer was the most disappointing thing.. when I was a kid I had built up an Idea that it must be the best tasting thing around, the way my old man drank em.. Eventually though, I learned how good that ice cold beer really tasted, especially after a long day at work.

I loved beer from the first drink, liquor took some time, then I found ❤rum❤.

 

[BROBS]

I don't understand it either, but I've had it happen to me. My first beer was the most disappointing thing.. when I was a kid I had built up an Idea that it must be the best tasting thing around, the way my old man drank em.. Eventually though, I learned how good that ice cold beer really tasted, especially after a long day at work.

Dude we used to plug our noses and chug beer so that we couldn’t taste it. We weren’t doing it for the taste at that point ?
But after many more.. now the taste of beer is refreshing and good to me.

Same with coffee... at first it tasted like shit and I had to put a bunch of creamer and sugar. Now I can only drink it black.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yes. Just like the vile tomato.

I could live on those.?

 

[BROBS]

I could live on those.?

I like em cooked in stuff. And raw in things. But by themselves they taste like a stuffy room and have the texture of an eyeball.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Thing with tomatoes is that they ruin them. They put them in trailers while theyre still green, and let them ripen. A homegrown tomato is 100 times better. That's the only kind I'll mess with.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I like em cooked in stuff. And raw in things. But by themselves they taste like a stuffy room and have the texture of an eyeball.

I like to eat the green ones just as they are forming on the vine. Tiny, but powerfu!

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's the only kind I'll mess with.

Yep, I let them grow wild and they're better for it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

the texture of an eyeball.

Those are much more rubbery, especially after being flame broiled.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Yep, I let them grow wild and they're better for it.

I stake them up.. I figured if you just let them grow vine style, they would go bad from touching the ground.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I stake them up.. I figured if you just let them grow vine style, they would go bad from touching the ground.

I spread hay under them.?

 

[BROBS]

A homegrown tomato is better, but still not good.

 

[Scottishgaucho]

I smoke Argentiine Criollo twist which has a reputation for being high in nicotine. Although strong in flavour I can't say I've noticed it as being any different nicotine wise from the likes of SG Irish twist. Then again I do tend to take my time when smoking 'strong' blends. To be honest I'm not sure if I know what the diffrence is between a strong blend and one that's high in nicotine.

 

[timt]

I smoke Argentiine Criollo twist which has a reputation for being high in nicotine. Although strong in flavour I can't say I've noticed it as being any different nicotine wise from the likes of SG Irish twist. Then again I do tend to take my time when smoking 'strong' blends. To be honest I'm not sure if I know what the diffrence is between a strong blend and one that's high in nicotine.

Same with me. Early on there was a time or two when I got the “urps” when I felt queasy but these days the only way I can tell is that my tinnitus will tick up a notch and a little reflux sensation in the back of my throat.

I’m fascinated at tobacco reviewers that can rate nicotine levels.