No. The word "poison" is indelibly linked in my mind to "Sumac".
Anyone Ever Smoked Sumac?
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Also I typed silica but meant cilia ... the leaves of mullein have little hairs on them 'cilia' ... I hadn't had all my daily doe of coffee yet !!
you may want to brew another pot ?
Sumac is a terrific herb to add to your favorite steak or chicken rub.
I order it on line in 8oz bags.
The few encounters I have had with poison sumac have been horrible. Much much worse than poison ivy and poison oak. If the plant you are talking about is even kin to the one I am familiar with, I would avoid it at all cost.
I did however smoke rabbit tobacco when I was young with no adverse effects. Generally in a homemade corn cob pipe.
I did however smoke rabbit tobacco when I was young with no adverse effects. Generally in a homemade corn cob pipe.
yeah and you're not missing out. Had the kind of blend talked about and. It's to tobacco like a teasan is to real tea. Kind of interesting taste seemed mildly medicinal.
last time I got poison oak people thought I had gotten this serious burn. It was horrible looking.
My daughter got into some poison sumac once and it lasted almost 3 month. She had to get shots for it.
You can buy the berries in the ethnic spice section. I think they would be a good tobacco flavouring. ?
Someone is going to smoke it and if they smoke the poison sumac variety, I hope they have an ambulance waiting on call. The fumes are deadly to the lungs. My dining room table is covered in shellac from sumac. The operators who put the shellac on the table were covered in hazmat suits and had breathing filters. It took 60 days to complete the 30 coats. It is scary stuff to be around.
Quite a few varieties are edible. In the spring time, you boil the shoots twice (changing water in between) and it's like an artichoke with a never-ending heart. Good stuff! (Still won't grow it at my place because it's so damned invasive. I just get spring shoots from friends who are overrun with the stuff).
Midyett Premium Rub is one of the best pre-mixed spice combinations I've ever used. Every person that has tried ribs, brisket, tenderloins, or steaks when I've used it have asked me where to get it.
That's what turned me on to using sumac.
when I was really little like before I could remember I got into some poison ivy and had to have medical intervention. I saw the pictures and I was basically a cross between a ripe tomato and a toddler.
I think that's something else. Something also called gak. Also a very sad thing when someone calls it daddies sleepy vitamin powder.
When i saw much younger me and a friend decided to mix pepper with tobacco. Bad idea.
I feel like sumac isn't going to be a substitute for pipes. Maybe for smoking but lots of things could do the same. It might be worth a try if you can find a good supply. But my experience says it's a step above smoking tea.
The only Killikinnick I have ever heard of was a tobacco, described by Mark Twain around about 1865, in his "Answers to Correspondents:"
"INQUIRER" wishes to know which is the best brand of smoking tobacco, and how it is manufactured. The most popular – mind, I do not feel at liberty to give an opinion as to the best, and so I simply say the most popular – smoking tobacco is the miraculous conglomerate they call "Killikinick." It is composed of equal parts of tobacco stems, chopped straw, "old soldiers," fine shavings, oak leaves, dog-fennel, corn-shucks, sunflower petals, outside leaves of the cabbage plant, and any refuse of any description whatever that costs nothing and will burn. After the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together, they are run through a chopping-machine and soaked in a spittoon. The mass is then sprinkled with fragrant Scotch snuff, packed into various seductive shapes, labeled "Genuine Killikinick, from the old original manufactory at Richmond," and sold to consumers at a dollar a pound. The choicest brands contain a double portion of "old soldiers," and sell at a dollar and a half. "Genuine Turkish" tobacco contains a treble quantity of "old soldiers," and is worth two or three dollars, according to the amount of service the said "old soldiers" have previously seen. N. B. – This article is preferred by the Sultan of Turkey; his picture and autograph are on the label. Take a handful of "Killikinick," crush it as fine as you can, and examine it closely, and you will find that you can make as good an analysis of it as I have done; you must not expect to discover any particles of genuine tobacco by this rough method, however – to do that, it will be necessary to take your specimen to the mint and subject it to a fire-assay. A good article of cheap tobacco is now made of chopped pine-straw and Spanish moss; it contains one "old soldier" to the ton, and is called "Fine Old German Tobacco."
"INQUIRER" wishes to know which is the best brand of smoking tobacco, and how it is manufactured. The most popular – mind, I do not feel at liberty to give an opinion as to the best, and so I simply say the most popular – smoking tobacco is the miraculous conglomerate they call "Killikinick." It is composed of equal parts of tobacco stems, chopped straw, "old soldiers," fine shavings, oak leaves, dog-fennel, corn-shucks, sunflower petals, outside leaves of the cabbage plant, and any refuse of any description whatever that costs nothing and will burn. After the ingredients are thoroughly mixed together, they are run through a chopping-machine and soaked in a spittoon. The mass is then sprinkled with fragrant Scotch snuff, packed into various seductive shapes, labeled "Genuine Killikinick, from the old original manufactory at Richmond," and sold to consumers at a dollar a pound. The choicest brands contain a double portion of "old soldiers," and sell at a dollar and a half. "Genuine Turkish" tobacco contains a treble quantity of "old soldiers," and is worth two or three dollars, according to the amount of service the said "old soldiers" have previously seen. N. B. – This article is preferred by the Sultan of Turkey; his picture and autograph are on the label. Take a handful of "Killikinick," crush it as fine as you can, and examine it closely, and you will find that you can make as good an analysis of it as I have done; you must not expect to discover any particles of genuine tobacco by this rough method, however – to do that, it will be necessary to take your specimen to the mint and subject it to a fire-assay. A good article of cheap tobacco is now made of chopped pine-straw and Spanish moss; it contains one "old soldier" to the ton, and is called "Fine Old German Tobacco."
The red berried Staghorn Sumac is not poisonous and has many uses. I am smoking some right now in fact. On its own it can be harsh and burn hot, but a pinch of crushed dried red LEAVES added to any tobacco lends a mild citrus/berry flavour. The BERRIES of the staghorn cones can be used to make a "Lemonade" as noted above by soaking in water or boiling for tea. They have a tart citrus/rasperry flavour that is refreshing on its own but ideally needs a bit of sugar. The BRANCHES can even be hollowed to make a pipe stem. You should avoid any other variety - fortunately only Staghorn seems to grow where I live in Ontario.