How To Home Stove Tobacco - Informational Only

[SunriseBoy]

Brendan, you're not going to believe this. Here I am thinking I'm doing just great stoving some PS LNF, and I've followed the poster's instruction to do it at 190 degrees. Uh huh. Yeah...F, not C.
Dear God, I've just done 350g of that PS LNF at 190 degrees C.
Hell, don't I feel stupid?!

 

[SunriseBoy]

Well, I did the jar of PSLNF.
190 degrees.....centigrade.
Absolutely toast !
Dumb arses come in all shapes and sizes, don't they?!

 

[SunriseBoy]

Hi Robin.
I wrapped the top with al-foil before screwing the lid back on, as you say not too tight. I did 2 hours at 80deg Celsius fan forced I'm pretty sure.

Hell, I wish I had remembered your 80deg C. here.
I went and reread the original post at 190deg. Problem is my autism stuff makes the dyslexia happen at the worst of times.

 

[Brendan]

Crap, so sorry to hear that! - I came close to it myself. I wonder if it could be saved, after a long, long time rehydrating?

 

[Brendan]

Laughing with you on the above, not at your misfortune ; hopefully you haven't put too big a dent in your stash

 

[SunriseBoy]

Nah, no worries mate. Certainly didn't take the slightest bit of offence. Not a bit.
I nearly started to pull it out of the jar, then I remembered that rehydrating it with potato peel. So, I put a half a dozen slices in, and will monitor it each week and see if I can make do a Lazarus.
Time will tell!

 

[SunriseBoy]

Laughing with you on the above, not at your misfortune ; hopefully you haven't put too big a dent in your stash

It was about four ounces or so. But I've still got a bit left in the box. All good.
I've got a relatively decent stash in my main box, so I'm good for a year or so.
Next order I've got Moes Confetti, SWR, and Carter Hall on the list.
Why is it that the popular OTC's are so good?
I really like PA, CH, and SWR. And there very inexpensive.

 

[Brendan]

Ahh that's good to hear!
Will look forward to seeing if it can come back - the potato peel does the trick for me. Sometimes nothing can beat a simple burely blend

 

[SunriseBoy]

Just a half hour ago I just had to have a look at the situation. To my complete surprise, the potato peel is having a dramatic effect on the leaf. So a couple of weeks down the track it might be good.
I'll keep and eye on the p/peel and replace it if required. So, it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was going to be; because when I first saw it, it was "toast" !
Cheers...R.

 

[UB 40]

Nah, no worries mate. Certainly didn't take the slightest bit of offence. Not a bit.
I nearly started to pull it out of the jar, then I remembered that rehydrating it with potato peel. So, I put a half a dozen slices in, and will monitor it each week and see if I can make do a Lazarus.
Time will tell!

Visited a friend a week ago. He showed me an amazing original Dunhill 965 mixture. As he opened the tin we saw a good amount of mould and we had to to throw the tin in the garbage. He tried to rehydrate the tobacco with apple slices. Potatoe peels may have the same effect. Just try a few drops of water on clay stones or something similar.

 

[SunriseBoy]

Visited a friend a week ago. He showed me an amazing original Dunhill 965 mixture. As he opened the tin we saw a good amount of mould and we had to to throw the tin in the garbage. He tried to rehydrate the tobacco with apple slices. Potatoe peels may have the same effect. Just try a few drops of water on clay stones or something similar.

Thanks for that, brother. But the p/peel is working well.

 

[SunriseBoy]

Guys, you won't believe this. Just checked the 'toasted' LNF, and it looks just brilliant. Has nearly all of the original texture and is not crumbling, or breaking down at all. And the aroma is wonderful.
I put some more p/peel in and will leave it for say 48 hours and then check it to see how its travelling.
But so far, it's a miracle. "Toast" to champagne. No worries!

 

[SunriseBoy]

Just checked the second insertion of the p/peel. It was really quite hydrated. Probably about 15% too much so pulled out the peel.
The flake is just fine. I'll have to let it dry a bit longer than usual, but, boy, that was a very close shave.
I weighed the amount, and it was seven and half ounces worth; so I'm glad I didn't just chuck in the bin!
The really big surprise for me, was, that it only took three days for it to come good.

 

[gamzultovah]

Just checked the second insertion of the p/peel. It was really quite hydrated. Probably about 15% too much so pulled out the peel.
The flake is just fine. I'll have to let it dry a bit longer than usual, but, boy, that was a very close shave.
I weighed the amount, and it was seven and half ounces worth; so I'm glad I didn't just chuck in the bin!
The really big surprise for me, was, that it only took three days for it to come good.

But the big test is how it tastes. Be sure to let us know.

 

[SunriseBoy]

But the big test is how it tastes. Be sure to let us know.

Well, if the aroma is anything to go by, it's going to be a good smoke!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

But the big test is how it tastes. Be sure to let us know.

Well, if the aroma is anything to go by, it's going to be a good smoke!

Regarding the potato peel: better to taste like crisps than be crisp.

 

[SunriseBoy]

Regarding the potato peel: better to taste like crisps than be crisp.

OK, the PS LNF is smoking very nicely. Flavour has deepened considerably. Tongue bite has diminished a lot. Not that there was a lot there before, but it's way smoother.
I've relabelled it "Lazarus"!

 

[Brendan]

I've relabelled it "Lazarus"!

After the big fella?

 

[SunriseBoy]

I'm glad you liked that!

 

[Auxsender]

Just put this in a 195° oven. We’ll see what happens after 2.5 hours.


Pulled out a bowl’s worth before I put the jar in the oven I mean stove. Gonna compare the two next week in my 2 nearly identical MM Washingtons.