Hay, Stu90 I like G&H black Irish X better. I cut it into dime (1/16in., 2mm) size slices with a cigar cutter. Chew 1 or 2 a little then tuck it in the lip and spit as needed. They have several other flavors. Hope this helps.
There’s no real need to spit with these twists as they don’t create much juice. Its really up to you. They are made to be a discreet tobacco that you can use anywhere like the office, church, airplanes, court etc. So no spitting is required.
Pig tail was used by the old miners where I grew up in the North of England. They would chew it when they were down the hole and chop it up and put it in their pipes above ground. You just slice a bit off or bite a piece off. Never tried Oliver Twist but it sounds along the same lines. Gallaghers was the make, who also did a fine Irish snuff I’ve not seen in years.
I was first introduced to chewing baccy when i worked in the coal mines. The only type available in the pit canteen was “Condor pigtail” which i believe was produced by Gallaghers, In later days they dropped the pigtail format and made it in solid rectangular blocks. When i was an apprentice i can always remember almost passing out when i tried my first chew, the nicotine rush is incredible. It put me off chewing for a while but i ended up using it regularly, just don’t forget not to swollow the juice!.
Yep, that was strong stuff. I used to drink with the miners as most of the pubs with snooker tables were miners clubs, I remember my head being blown off by a mouthful of condor much to the amusement of the octagenarian that gave it to me!
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Had a couple more goes with the pig tail - spitting the juice helped some what but im still not to keep & the apple flavour is almost non existent to boot.
@Hydrahead - the days of work plug tobacco is excellent. I seldom use chewing tobacco anymore, but when I do it’s that or Redman Golden Blend. Yummy Yummy
Red man original for me, or cope. A great change now and then.
@ Snuffster - Have you tried the Redman Select? I can’t get it locally, but have recently found it online. I think I may have to give it a try.
i was at first gonna comment that i did not care for the days o work tobacco but dug it out of my small collection and reviseted it, i dont know if its because of how im storing it (in my makeshift tuperware humidor with moist papertowel for humidity) or just taste acclimation but it seems much better now with a sweet flavor i wanna say molases which is probably what it is but theres another flavor in there too it seems.
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All this talk of Redman, Days o Work, and Levi Garrett gives me an idea. I wonder how it would taste to dry some Redman out in the oven, and grind it up into snuff? I think I might give it a try when I get home tonight.
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Leman, not tried the select, I’ve only ever used the original but I will get round to trying their newer blends. My thoughts on it as a basis for a snuff would be its sounds completely viable. I know people have made snuff out of rolling tobacco and the like with some success, maybe worth a try. One thing I can tell you with certainty though is that Grizzly makes a dreadful cigarette. My wife and her friend came in the other night after a Christmas get together having sunk quite a few wines. Her friend ran out of cigs and was so desperate she got me to roll a cig using Grizzly that I microwaved to make it dry enough to light. That was one hellish smoke I can tell you!! The sort of dumb thing you do when you are about 18…
It works, scotty. Trout made up some snuff from Stokers Butternut. Very delicious as a dip or a snuff. Wouldn’t burn it though. On another forum I heard of po’ folk drying out their used chew and smoking it as pipe tobacco. I had to try this it’s surprisingly good, in a plain tobacco way. I smoked it in a corn-cob, of course.
Interesting.
Global change is a natural part of the earths cycle. Nothing you can do about it anyway.
There has been many global cooling & warming periods during the earths history. Glaciers have come and gone, the ocean has risen and receded many times. They are acting like this is something new. Its just a way for scientist to get funding by saying man is to blame. Who’s to say the earth isn’t supposed to be 5 degrees warmer than it is now. Back in the days that dinosaurs roamed around, the earth was a lot warmer than it currently is. Volcano’s & wildfires pump more crap into the atmosphere than man ever could. All the money in the world can’t stop the earth from doing what it wants to do.
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