Now that's smart!I saw this wooden spoon rest on sale for $3.05 it pulls double duty as a baci tray and pipe rest.
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Excellent choice! I may steal your idea because I have some similar pottery. Thanks for sharing.At a risk of derailing my own thread, I upgraded my pipe cleaner holder too.
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Definitely this...I have a nice leather catch all that I use as well, but I find myself grabbing the paper plate I have sitting on top of my printer more often than not.
I can respect this, probably because it’s totally my style, almost to a tee. But looking at some of those fancy wooden trays, I’m kind of envious.I have a tidy and attractive (to me) set up for my pipes, tobacco, cleaners, etc., but as for a preparation surface? I never felt the need for one.
I often pack over my dining room table, and simply brush the remains back into the jar.
If I'm cutting a plug, I just do it on the mason jar lid turned upside down.
On the rare occasion that it's a pricey/rare tobacco (Esoteria / McC / etc.) I'll do it on a paper plate, so that I can funnel it back into the jar without risk of missing a valuable speck.
This is an old picture, but the pipe cleaners are still in the same empty unlabeled tin. I really need an upgrade in pipe cleaners as well.
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Awesome! This one was my great grandfather's. The door on the right, doesn't have the upper section of the pipe holders. I need to make a new one for it.I have the same smoking stand as yours
Jeff, as an avid cook, I need to know more about that world's smallest meat cleaver. For hummingbird's tongues? I love it.
Ok not to completely derail this thread but what are your favorite dishes? I miss being able to get good yung chow fried rice and fried pork intestines.Jacques, growing up with Cantonese cooking, I feel most used to using a cleaver for food prep and thought I may as well do so with tobacco, too. I have a fondness for the look of Damascus steel and just thought it would be fun to have a neat looking mini cleaver dedicated to cutting my plug tobacco.
Ok not to completely derail this thread but what are your favorite dishes? I miss being able to get good yung chow fried rice and fried pork intestines.
I also love tripe, but rarely cook it because it lacks the wide appeal of other dishes; I will always order tripe soup for myself at a Polish restaurant if they have it.
Ever try menudo? Back in my Tucson days, we'd go down to South Tucson after gigs at 3:00 AM and have a bowl. Aside from its other merits, it makes for a good hangover preventative. Or cure, if you are unfortunate enough not to be able to get good Mexican food in the middle of the night.
I have, but I may prefer mondongo—I suppose it depends on how it’s made—each restaurant or cook is going to prepare it differently. Your mention of menudo reminds me of my years in art school, but not because of the food—there was a small store on 2nd Avenue in the 20s near the School of Visual Arts in New York that specialized in collectibles depicting the boy band, Menudo.
What do you use for drying/cutting/preparing your tobacco?
I have a magnetic tray, that folds in half for....transportation? I guess. But I'm looking for something different.
Mine has a spot for a jar, filters, pipe cleaners, etc. But It's by a company that's for "Discreet smoking".
Going to need something a little classier.
Let me see what you use!
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Always thought that was a good name for the band as the music was tripe.
My wife's an SVA alum. I lived near by on 21st between 2nd & 3rd.