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With cigarettes, I wad a one trick pony and Marlboro Menthol was my poison.
The same hasn't taken hold with pipe tobacco. Even Latakia blends get the call on occasion.
However, I'd be perfectly happy with just Half and Half.
The same hasn't taken hold with pipe tobacco. Even Latakia blends get the call on occasion.
However, I'd be perfectly happy with just Half and Half.
Luuuuuuv bacon
But bacon, and only bacon every day
Fergeddit
But bacon, and only bacon every day
Fergeddit
I only eat cheeseburgers and potato wedges.Luuuuuuv bacon
But bacon, and only bacon every day
Fergeddit
I know someone who has potato chips as his vegetables everyday. No greens
Not me. I thrive on variety.
My wife gets upset with my bitching about eating leftovers
That would cause me too much stress and a calorie deficiency.
I'm a large American and would help you out if I could. Seriously, I smell cookies and gain 2 pounds.
That being said, I could live off of various hamburgers. For a few years, I designed the "hamburger of the day" at a tapas restaurant. I ate burgers 4 days a week and never got tired of them.
However, I don't envy someone who doesn't have a choice. Respect.
It's a bonus that I absolutely love cheeseburgers!
Bacon wrapped in bacon with a side of bacon? Complete meal by itself.Luuuuuuv bacon
But bacon, and only bacon every day
Fergeddit
I can't smoke one blend. I mean way things are going we might end up with only Velvet as the choice. But before that time comes, I'll enjoy every single different blends I have.
Luuuuuuv bacon
But bacon, and only bacon every day
Fergeddit
Sorry about making a joke of a typical 1st world problem "What ! Caviar AGAIN ?"I know someone who has potato chips as his vegetables everyday. No greens
Not me. I thrive on variety.
My wife gets upset with my bitching about eating leftovers
Which for countless worldwide is a question about survival
I tend to smoke only one blend, but I do have many others that I sometimes will be smoking from time to time. But, that said, yes, I have one primary blend that I smoke. And it is more than enough.
If I had to, I could probably make due with Sir John's Flake Virginia, CVP or MB HH Pure Virginia as the only blend I smoke. Fortunately, I don't have to, My need or desire for variety has diminished substantially over time but I don't see it becoming less than it now is.
For cigarettes and dip/chew I stick to the same, those arent as much about flavor.
For pipe tobacco and cigars it's about flavor, and you can only focus on one flavor for so long before you get bored.
If I had to I could smoke one blend, but If I only had one blend I'd reach for my pipe less and for a cigar more often.
For pipe tobacco and cigars it's about flavor, and you can only focus on one flavor for so long before you get bored.
If I had to I could smoke one blend, but If I only had one blend I'd reach for my pipe less and for a cigar more often.
I've tried to vary, using what I've learned here, but I always end up going back to my old favorite. It's called Black and Gold, and I get it in bulk from Jack Sceartz in Chicago
I smoked the same brand cigarettes when I smoked them, I vape the same sauce every day all day for the past five years, and drank the same beer or whiskey everyday all day when I was a drunk….
I thought I’d find the same with a pipe, but have found there’s zero chance of that happening.
I thought I’d find the same with a pipe, but have found there’s zero chance of that happening.
There was a time when I only smoked one blend and was happy, but Three Nuns became Two Nuns and those days are over.
Food? SPAM!
Food? SPAM!
I am amazed at the number of people who thrive on one blend, particularly farmers in the region. I smoke three blends regularly (Pease's Six Pence and Stonehenge as well as C&D's Mad Fiddler). I have three others that I smoke occasionally, Pease's Windjammer and Windjammer and Mac Baren's HH Rustica.
This is an interesting topic. If, 50 years ago, a forum such as this could have existed, most members would likely have little or no frame of reference to respond. My experience of over 40 years certainly began with a a sampling of the then available drug store blends, settling on Borkum Riff. It was only later that I discovered L.J Peretti and their great in house blends as well as Balkan Sobranie ( both black and white). I wish that I had saved some of those.
There is certainly nothing wrong with enjoying just one blend. How many of us smoked 1Q for years. But, there are so many great blends now available and, for me, sampling a variety, while hit or miss, adds to the pleasure of pipe smoking. I now mostly return to core group of my favorites (wessex original dark fragrant, old Gowrie, Devil's holiday, opening night and hal o the wynd) but look forward to trying new tobacco. Most recently I went on a long spree with Hogshead and I am now enjoying the most recent iteration of Eight State Burley which is a bit of a new experience for me.
There is certainly nothing wrong with enjoying just one blend. How many of us smoked 1Q for years. But, there are so many great blends now available and, for me, sampling a variety, while hit or miss, adds to the pleasure of pipe smoking. I now mostly return to core group of my favorites (wessex original dark fragrant, old Gowrie, Devil's holiday, opening night and hal o the wynd) but look forward to trying new tobacco. Most recently I went on a long spree with Hogshead and I am now enjoying the most recent iteration of Eight State Burley which is a bit of a new experience for me.