I’m amazed by how many kinds of twist chewing tobacco appear to still be available. The only one I’ve tried is Cotton Boll, which is good but very, very plain. It blows my mind that there’s a big enough demand for 2 or 3 kinds of twist chewing tobacco, and according to this page at least there appear to be about 17 kinds of twist (18 counting Cotton Boll). I would love to try then all before they stop making them (which I would think would be soon, but I’m sure there must be a die-hard population of users–they’ve survived this long…). If you live in Kentucky and have a lot of extra money for experimenting with twist tobacco, here is your new favourite website: http://www.riverfrontgifts.com/StoreDetails.aspx/Tobacco/TwistTobacco/opt/store/16/category/371
that store is about 15 minutes away from me … maybe i will check em out. the question is - do you just pop inbetween the cheek an gum and spit? chew it?
With plug or twist I always had to chew it a little to get it to a comfortable fit. After that you can leave it alone, or chew it, as the mood hits you. I never was one to gut chew, except by accident…
I always gnawed on it a little to get it softened up and in place, after that just left it in my cheek unless the flavor was fading then give a quick chew and back in place. The one time I tried to gut chew, I didn’t keep it there for long.
The one time I tried to gut chew, I didn’t keep it there for long.
Reminds me of my first experience with Days Work right after I turned 18.
The one time I tried to gut chew, I didn’t keep it there for long.
Reminds me of my first experience with Days Work right after I turned 18.
Beech Nut Green…the package and the user. lol I was 16.
a 40-year mammoth cave chewer on youtube said you just park it and let it soften on its own–he doesn’t chew it for quite a while. twist is drier than red man/levi garrett etc.
Ive tried the cotton boll and a few from the gawiths. I really liked the ones from the gawiths.
I found a short old feature (prob.2008) about the last German chewing tobacco manufacture “Grimm & Triepel”, that might be of interest. The company is based at Witzenhausen, Hessen, Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgut-6d66zQ&feature=autoplay&list=PLVbFabx8y1PHeN211K7TKU7A4eY-uZLZC&playnext=1 It is in German language, so here is my very rough attempt at a transcription: Guy is telling that two days after the smoking ban for German bars p.off smokers might consider chew an alternative instead of suffer outside in the cold. Off speaker is telling that the tobaccos, matured in a fruit and spice sauce, spun into a thread of “Priem” (chew), by covering them with a tender top leave. Old lads telling how the boss used to dump the “Priem” if it had the wrong size, but after 55 years they had gone pro and now know how to do it right. Young lady dispensing the sauce using a secret 150 years old recipe tells that they now develop a new stronger one flavored with licorice and anise. Off speaker tells that stronger “Priem” is targeted at smokers to conquer smoking ban. Young lady tells that you can amp up the nic by “open” the tobacco leaves with steam instead of cold water. Off speaker tells that although they try to win ex smokers the company feels skeptic about the future. Business lady tells they will see end of the year, but had an good feedback and sales at their open house day. Off speaker telling that the company had several hundred employees until WW2 but are now down to only four, because chew came out of fashion and only was used by professionals in surroundings prone to explosion. The new “show room” manufacture has mainly a museum character, and the guy rolling cigars only doing it for educational purpose, but the “chew know how” could still proof to be useful. Business lady is telling that there are “folks” who ask them about know how, and that they have to think about how to handle that request. Off speaker is telling that a Danish pipe tobacco producer had already inquired and that the over 70 years old lads will than possibly replaced with robots*. THE END It seems they are still in business. Their website is only in German language, but you will find a couple of nice photos here, here and maybe soon there. Apart from some “Pan” when I had traveled India, I´d never tried or fancied chew, but now I´m tempted to do the trip and have a crack at their offerings… Hope that this post make any sense to an English speaking audience. Habe fertig. *(actually he´d said something like “probably won´t be on board”, and didn’t mention any robots at all.)
Hey cool, I live near the town where Grimm&Triepel is located. In fact this has been one of the main tobacco regions of Germany here. In the village where I live we’ve even got a now defunct cigar factory which really adds a lot to the general ambience here. Unfortunately tobacco is so unpopular nowadays that it’s mostly hushed up and ignored but not so very long ago half the people here were working in that trade. It’s really a shame, there’s so much traditional culture and history lost and ignored, its not that they should advertize smoking or chewing but a bit more awareness for their own history would do the people here some good, especially since this is an economically weak region with hardly anything left but tourism and lots of cherry trees. *Edit: Oh, and that building is for sale, I have heard. So if anybody has some spare money left and wants to start a business here…
Samuel Gawith still makes a rope tobacco that they place in a tin (brown rope #4 and its variants). It can be used for pipe tobacco, chew, just about anything. It is ridiculously strong though! I have a tin now