Twigs, Stems, Veins & Whatnot

[mingc]

What do you do with the little twigs, stems, veins and whatnot that you find in your mix? Throw them out or stuff them in the pipe along with everything else? I'm wishy-washy about them. Sometimes I leave them in and sometimes I throw them out. It doesn't seem to make a difference.

 

[sandollars]

Twigs and stems get 86'd for me.

 

[BROBS]

Toss

 

[alaskanpiper]

No sticks no seeds...I mean stems.

 

[Magpiety]

I pitch them. Stems especially don't burn down at the same rate as everything else.

 

[docpierce]

When I come across a thick bit of stem, i usually look it over to make certain it's not a compressed bit of tobacco- then pitch it away.

 

[peregrinus]

Like the previous respondents I toss these.
It seem these show up more frequently for me in pressed tobaccos (flakes and plugs) and never to seldom in ribbons, twists or coins.

 

[bullet08]

Saving them to build a twig cabin.

 

[davek]

Birdseye

I smoke whole leaf and end up with tons of midribs. I cut some up finely and smoked them once. They were surprisingly mellow. Not like pot stems being very harsh. I've also chewed them.

Usually I still toss them, though.

 

[burleyboy]

No sticks no seeds...I mean stems.

Believe me or not, but I had a seed once in my Brown N° 4 and once in some Haunted Bookshop - I did toss those seeds, though.

Stems and veins find their way into my bowls. If they are too big, I break them.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

OTC Sir Walter Raleigh in the can would often have some small stems in it, and I would never take the time to sort them
out and they would just be part of what I smoked.

 

[Sonorisis]

I always pick 'em out of the tobacco and throw them away.

 

[trouttimes]

Toss out like a bad date.

 

[brian64]

I'm saving all of mine for the post-apocalypse world when people will pay high-dollar just for scraps.

 

[brian64]

No sticks no seeds...I mean stems.

 

[cigrmaster]

What a bunch of heathens. You are supposed to keep all stems and what not and then burn them in a ceremony praying to the pipe gods. You guys are in big trouble.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Never found a bit of a stem in any tobacco, but veins, yes. Sometimes remove, sometimes not. (Stems are huge. As in too big to not be noticed at the early stages of leaf processing.)

Based on what davek said, they have some flavoring of tobacco, so combing through the tobacco to remove veins is probably a waste of time. Always wondered about that.

 

[condorlover1]

Never find anything that interesting in a plug or twist for that matter when I think about it!

 

[weezell]

?

 

[snoopy311]

Yep, I toss them.