Recent content by Lees

Four weeks off! That's great, Texas Outlaw. Enjoy! Just put the flag out on this fourth of July, poured me a coffee and am enjoying the last remains of a tin of Blackwoods broken Flake. This is some good stuff! I will be reordering this someday. The pipe is a very small delicate stingered...

Hi kilted1, I only found out about the word, spatchcock, yesterday after I did a search on it to make sure I did it right. The last time I tried dressing the bird in this manner I started at the breast, cutting out the breast bone and ribs, and it ended up looking like a horseshoe crab or some...

Just opened the windows and enjoying a bowl of Grousemoor in a Tsuge Tokyo. A milestone as I just finished my first tin of Grousemoor purchased back in '06. I spent the afternoon grilling a spatchcocked chicken. Turned out perfect on this perfect weather day (low humidity). Lisa Marie

I have a pay as you go tracfone that I use just for emergencies, mainly if my land line gets severed by the road grader, I have a quick way of calling up AT&T to put in a repair call. I don't have voice mail set up on my phone, as I don't want to pay for automated messages. Good thing too, for...

Thanks for the heads up, Joseph. I'll have to look into that as I'd like to get at least two more cobs. I have two, and one is a Wally Frank estate. Lisa Marie

Smoking the leftovers of Wessex Brigade series Sovereign VA/Per in a Oxford bent rusticated pipe. This is a nice blend. I like it better than MacBaren's Scottish Mix. The cut is very fine and stringy-spun cut. Lisa Marie

Hi Joseph and all, I stand corrected, No cake, but I do follow the rule of caramelizing the inside or charring with several quick burning tobaccos, as it helps seal the inside of the bowl against smelling that burning cob smell that I don't like. And why Yeko suggests charring the rim, I...

It's going to be another hot one here. The morning started out breezy from the updrafts, but it will soon turn calm. A coffee smoke of Peterson's Irish Oak in my lowly Poker Cob. The Cavendish goes well with black coffee. Lisa Marie

I seem to smoke this pipe a lot. Just a simple Cob I bought from Frenchy's a while back. I even like the yellow stem! My tip that I got from Yeko is before enjoying your new cob is that you want to break it in, otherwise it will smell like burning corn cobs. First char the rim gently over...

I'm reading Puddin'Head Wilson by Mark Twain and this writing was like going on a slight tangent from this. I enjoyed it, Herzl! I didn't grow up on a farm, but I often think I should have, as I like the seasons of change, the wonder of nature and plant life, including the insects, birds...

Welcome Mr. Seniak! Very beautiful pipes you have crafted! I also like how you display them, such as the Mushroom hanging from the branch of a tree. Nice designs that look like they are pleasing to hold in the hand. Well done! Warmest regards, Lisa Marie

And you can't go wrong with a Cob. ;) I find they smoke great after they are broken in. I char the top with an open flame from the gas stove, and then smoke easy burning blends in it, several times over, to char/caramelize/patina the inside, and this way it won't taste so much like you're...

Welcome Joshua! I think I understand what you mean by Bright. I have smoked some Virginia blends containing what is I believe is known as Bright type leaf, and it tends to be grassy and sharp, like stinging nettle effect in the mouth. I see chickens in your avatar. I have three Wyandott...

Greetings and welcome, crabhao, Wow, such a far away place. I had to look up Maiao in my atlas, but I do not see where it is on Taiwan Island. I have one pipe by Mr. Biagini, and it is one of my favourite smokers. Sadly, the shank cracked when it arrived in the post, and I hastily put the...

Hi Centurian 803, Glad you took the time to ask the library to remove the block. Most of the time blocks will stay put unless someone asks someone in charge to actually review them, and as the moderator mentioned, the automated blocks tend to flag too much. Gatlin Burley sounds interesting...