thomas james
Italian Stallion
Joined : 09 Dec 2007
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 |  Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas  Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:00 pm | |
| Fill mason jars with "green" stuff. Let them sit out in the sun a few days/weeks. Fully retains all of the moisture juices etc. My brother cures his peppers by hanging them in a closet that has his water heater in it.
The mason jar thing works even indoors if it is placed on a southern facing window sill; even during the winter time. They can get quite warm. Interesting to observe water forming on the glass then recycling into the tobacco overnight. Advantage over other methods is there is no drying out of the tobacco and no lids popping off. If you want to go scientific; wrap the jars in black construction paper. Even more high tech; wrap the jars in black emery paper, it increases the surface area and traps more sunlight.
I transfer all tobacco to mason jars after opening a tin. The jars are then placed on the end of my desk. During this time of the year they get southern window light all day. Sweetens everything up. I can see water condensing on the insides of the jars during the day and "going" back into the tobacco in late afternoon.
Another method is the "fireplace" method. Open a tub of Walnut and dump the contents into the fireplace. Replace the Walnut with something else.
Also, try the gas pressure method. Send your tins to pb and let him take them on the road with him. |
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docwatson
Age : 61
Joined : 21 Mar 2008
Posts : 152
Location : split between Massachusetts + Maine
| | Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:59 pm | |
| Way too funny. I've tried a couple of those methods also. I really enjoy watching the mold grow on the baccy after the sweating process.  |
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Neuromancer
Age : 62
Joined : 02 Nov 2008
Posts : 52
Location : Coral Springs, FL
Tobacco : C&D Kajun Kake
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| | Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:34 pm | |
| Try the 220 method...220 degrees for 2 hours and 20 minutes...you can even stove tinned tobaccos right in the original tin as long as there's no plastic or paper inside it...just take off the plastic lid and seal the tin with aluminum foil, several layers to get a good seal and stove away...
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Kapnismologist
Joined : 09 Nov 2008
Posts : 79
| | Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:41 pm | |
| | Slow Puffs wrote: | I posed the question in a Knox thread to GLP and he said he'd answer it... heating tins in the sunlight on the car dash... surprisingly it ended up on his Briar and Leaf Chronicles...
http://glpease.com/BriarAndLeaf/?p=39#more-39 |
Great. Thanks! And here is his comment on the exact matter which started this thread in the first place:
"This is not to say that heating tobacco is always a bad thing. Home stoving of straight virginias can, for instance, transform a monodimensional tobacco into something much more interesting."
Can't wait to give it a try. We'll see if that boring VA flake I have can be turned around... |
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JohnnyO
Age : 25
Joined : 30 Jan 2008
Posts : 198
Location : Rocklin, CA
| | Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:37 pm | |
| | Slow Puffs wrote: | I posed the question in a Knox thread to GLP and he said he'd answer it... heating tins in the sunlight on the car dash... surprisingly it ended up on his Briar and Leaf Chronicles...
http://glpease.com/BriarAndLeaf/?p=39#more-39 |
good article, I believe home stoving is alright for tobacco that will be smoked quite quickly...my only experience didn't leave me with better tasting tobacco, and as for Greg's article, I wouldn't look to any long term storage of home stoved tobaccos
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Wet Dottle
Joined : 27 Feb 2008
Posts : 212
Location : Littleton, CO
| | Subject: Re: Home Stoving Virginas Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:48 pm | |
| | Neuromancer wrote: | | Try the 220 method...220 degrees for 2 hours and 20 minutes...you can even stove tinned tobaccos right in the original tin as long as there's no plastic or paper inside it...just take off the plastic lid and seal the tin with aluminum foil, several layers to get a good seal and stove away... |
There were long threads about this on ASP, with several people experimenting different temperatures and stoving times. Google it, it's worth a read.
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