Hubby wants me to ask....

[vegascowgirl]

My hubby is an avid user of chewing tobacco .
He wanted me to ask if anyone grows their own tobacco? He especially wanted me to ask if anybody makes their own chew, and how? He of course is thinking of a cut like Skoal/Copenhagen. I told him that if it was made at home it was probably in "plug" form or like the pouch chews such as Red Man. He's hoping of course that there is a way to make it like the stuff he gets in the can .

[westbrook]

he will never be able to grow a blend like he is used to. They mix so much into it so that the flavor is constant.

Chewing his nails may not only be easier, cheaper but will provide a constant flavor... and a lot more healthy too! silly husband!

[plowhand]

I live in tobacco country. Some of the older men in the family used to make there own chewing 'baccer. They would crop of the best leaves, and hang them under a shed , where they wouldn't get rained on, and shade cure their chewing tobacco. When it was just right, they'd take it down and strip the leaf from the stem. Then some would spread on a clean sheet and add sweetening if they wanted it. My Uncle used cane syrup thinned with water. Then they'd take a few leaves and twist'em up in a roll. Then they'd pack the twists in a keg or a gum and weight it down, sorta like people do cheese, only they didn't let the juices escape. Some folks would leave there tobacco in the press for up to a year. They said it'd be packed in so hard that they had to prise it out the gum. One Uncle had some that was firteen years old, and a chew of that mess would curl your toes and your hair. Nobody in that period used stuff like this snuff in these little pill boxes. Their snuff was ground tobacco, looked sorta like fine brown flour. They liked it and they seemed for the most part to thrive on it. I'm not totally convinced that tobacco is such a great evil, and I've often wondered just how many people die from the effects of liquor, junk food, and prescribed medicine compared to tobacco.

[Ole Man Legrand]

If you grow your own chewing tobacco,dont spray the plants with chemicals. Also sucker the plants by hand like we did in the 1940s. Jay