Twigs and Stems: Do You All Care?

[Sig]

If it fits, it gets smoked.
I ain't breaking up no stems!!

 

[Sig]

I always discard stem pieces regardless of size or rigidity.
Sure, I paid for it but I don’t mind tossing the $0.005 that tiny piece of stem cost me.

Wow, that could be nearly 25 cents wasted after a few decades!!
You must be made of money!!

 

[Briarcutter]

I usually toss them. I feel it hinders packing and burning.

 

[Boko_Fittleworth]

I toss them out.

 

[Brad H]

Found a stem in a tin of Margate….. had to toss the whole tin away since it was contaminated

 

[mmmpeace]

I just tear it up, no need to waste!

 

[irishearl]

It's a natural product. You find strings in a can of beans and sometimes silk in a can of corn. I just break up the tobacco veins and smoke them.

If I can break them up with my fingers, they get smoked. If I can't, they get tossed.

 

[skydog]

I discard, also these are the veins of the leaf not the stem. Tobacco leaf stem is big.

This is correct, and I also discard any veins that I find. If there is still leaf attached to it then I will pull that off before discarding the vein but I don't think the veins improve the flavor and they definitely don't help with an even burn so no matter how cheap I am in most facets of life, veins get tossed and not smoked.

 

[Hutch Piper]

I toss them.

 

[Sgetz]

I toss them.

I've never found one but on the other hand I've never looked

 

[anotherbob]

I consider it a bonus like the french fries in your order of onion rings. If it's too big to smoke I just chew on the thing which is better then it sounds in every single way.

 

[NookersTheCat]

Surprised nobody here yet has mentioned my personal OCD strategy... I see it as best of both worlds. I specifically search for stems and chunkier, drier bits for my first pinch (since they tend to congregate at the top of the bag/tin/jar since they are less heavy, it works out). I then load the regular tobacco on top of that.

The result? The last ~1/4 of the bowl that I don't smoke is mostly the lower quality leaf/stem bits anyway and gets tossed in the compost bin with the rest of the tar/ash. This way.. I'm not smoking my crappy bits, nor am I wasting my tasty bits...

Elementary, my Dear Watson...

 

[Scrapyard Ape]

I just break them into smaller pieces and toss them into the "Frankenmixture" jar with all the tobacco leftovers.

 

[shanez]

Occasionally there's not a stem but a certified twig which I'll throw away but the rest is fair game.

 

[BrightDarkEyes]

If it’s big enough, I will use it as a tamper. Otherwise, I smoke it.

 

[BenMN]

I consider it a bonus like the french fries in your order of onion rings. If it's too big to smoke I just chew on the thing which is better then it sounds in every single way.

I came here to say this in case no one else had yet.

It's probably not for everyone, but chewing "stems" can be great every once in a while