Not a pyrotechnic indulgence. Save up some mid ribs stripped along the way. Infuse them into high octane beverage alcohol. Steam them to a fare-thee-well in a pressure/convection steamer at your friend’s restaurant. Toast the bejesus out of them in a rotary kiln. Mill to an ultra fine grind. Sieve through 50 µm screen. Drink the alcohol. Toast and sieve again. It looked like gunpowder and was a great snuff. I think I’ll do that one again.

Make a Gunpowder scented snuff ! Love the smell when Indoor target shooting. NRA

Toasted mid ribs are awesome! Stems work well too. Has any one worked with roots yet? Flowers are amazing for a snuff by the way but not for toasting. Oh… gunpowder can be used as an alkalizer too.

@Juxtaposer‌ I’ve heard of snuff blowing your head off, but usually in reference to Indian Whites. This brings that concept to an entirely different level. For the first time in recorded history a tobacco product will come with yet another warning: “Keep This Product Away From Open Flames”. I have made a small batch of snuff from some flowers and intend to do the same very soon. The local farmers are priming and topping the burley as I type this, and getting flowers should be easy. They keep most for seed, but I hope to get some of the finings from them in trade for freshly baked chocolate chip cookies Roots are a challenge around here. These guys cut the stalk at ground level with a wicked sharp curved linoleum knife as soon as the volado or bottom leaves have been primed…it looks like no more than two weeks away from full harvest, which can last until mid September and as late as early October depending on weather. If it rains, all bets are off. A few of the smaller farmers are getting ready to do the second priming, seco, in just a few more days. The big farmers don’t bother. The top leaves, ligero, will be hand primed at the last possible second. The dark fire crews don’t bother with any of that. They just grip it, rip it, hang it and smoke it. Remind me to tell the tale of my friends from California calling 9-1-1 because they thought my neighbors’ barns were on fire. =)) :))

Remind me to tell the tale of my friends from California calling 9-1-1 because they thought my neighbors’ barns were on fire. =)) :))

That’s happened around here too I guess from all the city folk moving down here. The few remaining barns around me now have large signs saying “SMOKE BARN” on them.