Animal Products in Tobacco?

[cosmicfolklore]

Oddly enough, Drew Estate's Meat Pie counts as vegan.

 

[warren]

I'd love a blend with some essence of bacon or sirloin in it. Maybe C&D's "God Bless the Pig?" Or, Gawith and Hoggarth's "Sir Loin?" Dunhill's "Beefeater?"

 

[fishingandpipes]

Guinness has fish bladder in it. Happy St. Pat's!

 

[deathmetal]

Not to mention all the random microbes we're incinerating...

 

[warren]

Ahhhh, Guinness! A never ending gift to the Irish from an Englishman. I'll be drinking a pint to the old guy tonight.

 

[jessicac]

Actually, it is a vegetarian enquiry. One thing I love about pipe tobacco is its purity in comparison to my previous vices.

 

[warren]

jessica: Now you've derailed my mind for the day, cataloging a list of your previous possible vices. Please do not fill in the blanks, too much fun doing it myself. :puffpipe:

 

[jessicac]

<p>Warren, I plead the 5th.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Hmmm... You used to juggle chickens, right?

 

[ericthered]

Hmmm... You used to juggle chickens, right?

That's not a vice, that's a marketable skill!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

That's not a vice, that's a marketable skill!

That depends on marketing and your ability to stop. :wink:

 

[jessicac]

Juggle chickens? That's fowl behaviour!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

:wink: ha ha!! poultry in motion.

 

[nemrod]

I don't see what they could possibly add to the pipe tobacco except honey and perhaps some other casings for aromatics. I'm not as sure about pipes though. With meerschaums there's the beeswax of course, and with briars I guess there's a variety of possibilities (stain, lacquer, possibly some freak pre-carbonisations, perhaps buffing/polishing compounds?)... From what I remember leather dye or something similar is quite common, is that right? I think they're aniline/azo dyes, which I think are okay. No idea about the rest, but scarface's comment about shellac is worrying.
I've only smoked occasionally since I became vegan three years ago and haven't bought any new pipes so haven't needed to worry about it. Thanks for this thread though, and perfect timing since I just started coming back to pipe smoking more actively

 

[pipestud]

Yes Jessica, there is one pipe tobacco on the market that contains a lot of animal product and it is absolutely delicious!
It has been reviewed many times on tobaccoreviews.com. Here's the link - http://www.tobaccoreviews.com/blend/2950/kanes-of-new-zealand-lamb-cake-slices

 

[jpmcwjr]

I say, "Baaaaaaaaa"......

 

[cigrmaster]

I would love to see some Yak penis in my tobacco. Word on the street is, besides the great taste, it is an aphrodisiac.

 

[aldecaker]

Yeah, people bag on Chinese traditional medicine, but when it comes to aphrodisiacs, they seem to have knocked it out of the park.

 

[username]

What do think "natural" flavors comes from? It usually means bugs.

 

[brian64]

What do think "natural" flavors comes from? It usually means bugs.

It can mean a lot of things.
How Cells from an Aborted Fetus are Used to Create Novel Flavor Enhancers
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/17/senomyx-flavor-enhancers.aspx