I rarely run into one that isn't small enough to smoke. When I do it is easy enough to remove it from the tobacco.
How Do You Feel About Stems In Your Tobacco?
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I’ve gotta say that the smash and smoke crowd in this thread is tempting me over to their side. I feel like I’ve been missing out.
At least one of what I found would have definitely been part of a stem. It was noticeably thicker than any vein I've ever seen, though admittedly I haven't seen them all. I dried the stem to a crisp and broke it apart to be smoked with the rest of the bowl here this morning.
This would make sense, as I found this within the plug of Spark Plug.
I find most prevalent stems (or thicker veins) within plugs, which seems logical being pressed whole leaf.
After I harvest and cure m y tobaccos, I will cut the stems into little chunks, and I will pop one in my mouth if I am somewhere I can't smoke, like a movie theater or church. You can get a nic buzz off of them for sure.
I like to cut them into little bird’s eyes and add them back to the mixture, if it’s a flake I just toss them.
It depends on the size. If it's taller than the bowl I toss them, otherwise they get smoked.
Acrylic flares in little fireballs, and vulcanite tastes horrible. So thumbs-down to both.
Haven't tried amber yet, though.
Haven't tried amber yet, though.
You can simulate amber by drizzling a little turpentine on your tobacco and you can simulate bakelite with formaldehyde.
They're tobacco too, I just smoke them.
No feelings at all. I expect to find them. Comes with the territory.
Craig Tarler commented that stems are just part of tobacco.
I throw them out if they are large enough. The skinny light colored ones I just leave in and smoke. C&D seems to have the most stems of any blend I smoke, although I really enjoy them. Not really that big of a deal.
Anything that looks like dried, tiny wood chip along with anything that looks like 1/4 thickness of a toothpick gets removed. Actually, any lump that I can't separate into leaves gets tossed. I have ton of time, and I prefer my tobacco to burn evenly as possible.
I pull them when I find them, but I don't go looking. If it's a problem it goes out. I will say the more I pay for the tobacco the less I expect to see.
I enjoy fully rubbing out all types of tobacco. For me it's part of the ritual.
I simply remove the stems and dry out tobacco if needed.
I simply remove the stems and dry out tobacco if needed.
I'm in.
there are plenty in Five Brothers and in some of my C&D
No big deal. Just pinch them out an proceed. Cigars are another matter. Stems in cigars really torque my bacon!
Given the strength of Five Brothers and the reported concentration of nicotine in stems, I bet that’s going to be one STOUT smoke.I'm in.
I'll start collecting.. for science
Probably won't take a year lol