Quick Question About Going From Color Cured to Dip

[fieldtester96]

So like the title says, I want to know how I can go from color cured tobbacco to dip. Right now I have my tobbacco hanging up and it's starting to brown. Now I know I need to ferment it to get the anomia out but is there a quicker way I can do it rather than fermenting for a few weeks?

I remember seeing that I could bake it but I can't seem to find a thread detailing how to do that. Also my tobbacco is starting to get a little brittle as it dries, I figured I could sprits it with some water to get the leaves to be workable. Any help or links to threads would be appreciated.

 

[deluxestogie]

What do you mean by dip?

Bob

 

[fieldtester96]

What do you mean by dip?

Bob

I guess wet snuff? I'm new to the lingo but basically the stuff you put in your lip like Copenhagen

 

[deluxestogie]

There are many, many recipes within the Smokeless Tobacco section. You can start with this one:

It'S Gold

My batch from thanksgiving day is all done breathing. I took it out of the jar, stirred it up and took a dip. They say crude oil is black gold- No No No! This dip is black gold:p. Worthy of lapping up any spills on the counter top. Some kick ass dip. A big THANK YOU to all who helped me make...

fairtradetobacco.com

Bob

 

[fieldtester96]

There are many, many recipes within the Smokeless Tobacco section. You can start with this one:

It'S Gold

My batch from thanksgiving day is all done breathing. I took it out of the jar, stirred it up and took a dip. They say crude oil is black gold- No No No! This dip is black gold:p. Worthy of lapping up any spills on the counter top. Some kick ass dip. A big THANK YOU to all who helped me make...

fairtradetobacco.com

Bob

Thank you for the link, my struggle is when you start is the leaf just color cured or is that fermented? I've seen the recipes and want to try out a few I just am struggling to understand how to get my tobbacco to the point I can start following them. Sorry for my ignorance It takes me a bit to get the hang of things like this.

 

[deluxestogie]

Some forum members have started with simply color-cured leaf, while others start with kilned and aged leaf. In either case, it needs to rest for a week or three after making it, before it is ready for use. [Tastes horrid immediately; tastes better after a week; tastes excellent after 3 weeks.] My sense of their reporting is that it does work with either starting point, but that prior kilning improves the end result.

If you are patient, perhaps some of those members who have made oral snus will chime in here. They are a small minority of forum members. [I've read each of the thousands of posts in the Smokeless forum over the past 11½ years, but have never made any myself. I'm currently working on organizing all of that Smokeless content.]

Bob

 

[wruk53]

You can definitely cook it up as soon as the tobacco is color cured and dry, but it will not be as flavorful as properly aged tobacco would be. It likely will also have a grassy taste for a while after cooking, this will dissipate after a few weeks in the fridge. It will probably be acceptable, but somewhat bland. Those were my findings when I cooked a batch from leaf that had only aged 2 months from color curing. With the addition of some flavorings, it might be okay.
I recommend you either age your leaf for several months at low/medium case or kiln it for several weeks. You could purchase some leaf from WLT while your home grown is aging and make some outstanding dip while you wait for yours to age properly.
Outside of kilning it, I don't know of any way to speed up the process.

Note that I'm no expert, but I have ruined a lot of tobacco simply from impatience and trying to speed thing up. I think a lot of people fall into that trap.

 

[fieldtester96]

Thanks for the advice, the tobbacco I grew isn't the best so I think I will just use it to test out some different recipes. Though since I have a bunch I might try some form of curing just to get a feel for it.