@snuffmiller Thanks for the clarification.
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@snuffmiller What about alkalizers?
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@Juxtaposer: The Bon Bon contains Sodium carbonate. The Mettaijer wine vinegar.
Jaap Bes.
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If you add some sodium carbonate to Mettaijer, will it start to bubble? 
Sounds funny but I have a 100g tub of this and last week I found a little mold on it and the snuff started to âcook togetherâ in some sort of snuff bread. I removed the mold and managed to break the bread into snuff again and air it a bit.
I keep my snuff in a wine cellar.
Would adding sodium carbonate prevent this from happening again?
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I remember reading about vinegar being given separately to add to snuff before use. Way back when.Â
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There was a mid 18th century snuff; Spanish Bran, which was sold with a small flask of scented vinegar called vinegrillo. Another oddity of the time was Spanish Sabilla which people used to clean their teeth with.
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Just a side comment regarding initial dryingâŚI live in a fairly low humidity environment. We can dry tobacco, fruit, vegetables, most anything simply by placing in a thin layer on a permeable surface, then placing in the car with the windows nearly rolled up. You know how hot it gets in there. a bit difficult to sustain given temperature, but very effective at drying things out. you can raise or lower temp to some degree by how open the window is. Very low tech and âhillbillyâ like but effective.
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I have a couple questions on the recipe at the start of this thread⌠Is the purpose of letting your snuff sit for one week to aid with moisture levels? Or is it whatever chemical reactions that need to take place take that long? Also, I assume that the container is meant to be airtight⌠but does it need to be left undisturbed, or should you let it air out once in a while? I canât seem to refrain from opening the jar and checking on the status of my snuff, I hope Iâm not mucking it upâŚÂ
Sorry if these are silly questions, but I didnât see the answers anywhere.
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Generally after about a week you will have a relatively stable mix. If you try it right away you will notice subtle changes after about a week or so. Disturbing it will not matter at all unless you are adding something to it. Airing out is recommended only before use as in putting some in a snuff box. While air tight storage is mainly for the purpose of keeping it pure if it is kept long enough in an anaerobic environment (at least 90 days) some changes will start to take place .Please donât wait and go ahead and fill a box. It may be you will enjoy it more when it is fresh.
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Great! Thanks for the info! Iâve got to say that Iâm very impressed by all the knowledgeable people on this forum.
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Thoroughly enjoyable threadâŚBut what was that about new Draguns?..perhaps a little more extreme? Was that the hint I was given earlier?
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Well, I am a long way off yet before actually being ready to brew some snuff upâŚÂ But⌠I have purchased some herbal seedsâŚ
White Yarrow, Sweet Majoram, Basil, Oregano, Cilantro, Parsley, Dill, Sage, Lavender, and Tarragon⌠A few more on the wayâŚ
All have various medicinal propertiesâŚ
I have a few different mints on the way as wellâŚ
Like I said⌠Quite a ways off yet, but thanks to Juxtaposer informative postings, it really did prompt me to at least give it a whirlâŚ
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Good stuff.
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Fascinating information. I will refer to this thread the next time i try to make my own snuff. Thanks Juxtaposer for such in depth, scholarly data.
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This is truly incredible!! I have made a few faulty attempts at making my own snuff. I cannot thank Juxtaposter enough for putting this information up on the site.
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I need a recipe to make a snuff with high ammonia concentrate, Iâm using raw tobacco leaves that I buy from local farmers. Here is my method. 100g of finely crushed and screened tobacco flour. 2g of slaked lime. 2g of salt. 100ml of distilled water. I mix the slaked lime and salt with water And ad the mixture to my tobacco powder. I get the ammonia smell with my method but it disappears almost instantly. What am I doing wrong, can anyone explain the procedure, the ratio of ingredients, how to cure the snuff and preserve the ammonia?
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@celsen dude, thats three posts you have now, two are resurrecting threads (i know its only a month or two, but still) and one is its own thread, all with copy/paste messages. theres no need to post all over the forum, if someone can help, they will help you on the first post.
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@lunecat You already have passed comment on my âstyleâ of -ve posting, twice now. The only previous i found in my recent history was on the necroâd thread⌠i just see spamming threads (bringing them to the top unnecessarily) as bad, i guess it shows. didnt realise my attempt to help prevent it would be seen as a problem. it would definitely help celsen and anyone in future to keep any replies to his query consolidated in one place. i will try to pay more attention to how my posts sound in future, though im not sure i can do much to stop the way i feel translating into my choice of words. we will see i guess- profuse apologies for letting my condition affect how i deal with other people here.
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@Firestarter0 sorry Iâm new here, I donât know how this site works, I started Today, thanks for the tip.
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So I read some procedures on the interweb today concerning snuff making, and according to most corporate snuff makers, after they get there tobacco leaf, they crush it and start the snuff fermentation immediately before adding chemicals, some ferment for 1 to 3 years before they play with the PH levels and scents. So my question is, is there a faster way to ferment my homemade snuff? I am willing to leave some to go for a year or 3 but I need to make some of my own snuff for me to use, I love Ntsu but I need more verity in my nasal diet. Please, I need some advice from someone who actually made some decent snuff before.
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