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Yes I've already read this, when they are preparing a barrel of perique, they put leaves together in hands (called here "torquette"), then they put the torquettes in the barrel, and put pressure on it.
Tobacco is very often stored in "hands" (more easy to handle than leaf by leaf).

Oui j'ai déjà lu ça, lorsqu'ils remplissent un tonneau de perique, il le font avec des feuilles tenues ensembles, des "mains" de tabac (qu'ils appellent pour l'occasion "torquettes").
Les tabacs sont très souvent mis sous formes de "mains", c'est beaucoup plus simple à manipuler que feuille par feuille).
 

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Have you read the first link ?... they speak no périque...


As-Tu lu le premier lien de l'encyclopédie... il n'est pas question de perique...
 

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Yes Bob but...from Diderot encyclopedie
Tabac, torquettes de, (Manuf. de tabac.)​​ ce sont des feuilles de tabac roulées & pliées extraordinairement ; elles se font à-peu-près comme les andouilles, à la reserve qu’on n’y met pas tant de feuilles dans le dedans. Lorsque les feuilles de tabac dont on veut composer la torquette, ont été arrangées les unes sur les autres, on les roule dans toute leur longueur, & l’on plie ensuite le rouleau en deux, en tortillant les deux moitiés ensemble, & en cordonnant les deux bouts pour les arrêter. Dans cet état, on les met dans des barriques vuides de vin, que l’on couvre de feuilles, lorsqu’on n’y veut pas remettre l’enfonçure ; elles y ressuent, & en achevant de fermenter, elles prennent une belle couleur, une odeur douce, & beaucoup de force. Savary. (D. J.) »
 

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Translation: Tobacco, torches of (tobacco manuf.) Are tobacco leaves rolled & folded extraordinarily; they are almost like the chitterlings, except that they do not put so many leaves inside. When the tobacco leaves of which we wish to compose the torquette, have been arranged one over the other, we roll them in all their length, and we then fold the roll in two, twisting the two halves together, and by coordinating both ends to stop them. In this state, they are placed in barrels barred with wine, which are covered with leaves, when they do not want to put back the crack; they spring to it, and when they finish to ferment, they take on a beautiful color, a sweet odor, and a great deal of strength.
 

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If that quote is from the Diderot writings of the mid-eighteenth century, that would explain the peculiar description. I don't know that Louisiana perique was in existence back then.

It was common at the time for ships at sea to add whiskey and other spirits to hogsheads of tobacco destined for Europe. The hogsheads might sit on deck, in the sun, for the lengthy voyage.

Bob
 

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I would love to sample tobacco stored in hogsheads with whiskey that were heated by the sun every day for months on end. Pressure, heat, mass quantity and spirits.

I'd take a guess that it was probably pretty good no matter how you used it.
 

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In Catherine's case, she invited him. Diderot was one of the towering intellects of his day, and she wanted to interact with him. She also tried to get Voltaire to come to Russia, but Voltaire begged off due to his advanced age. Russia was a backward place and Catherine tried to surround herself with the finest minds she could come up with. Unfortunately for Diderot, he showed up during the Pugachav rebellion, and Catherine was preoccupied. Eventually she sent Diderot away.

I have read extensively on Russian history. A fascinating subject.

Wes H.
 
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