Simple loose leaf chew recipe

[RyanM22]

Ingredients needed: Fruit juice of choice (100% juice works best), molasses, glycerine, salt

Prepping the leaf (I used BigBonner's dark air.. good stuff!):

1. Lay out some paper towels and spray the dry leaf with some water on both sides. Get it good and wet and let them sit out and absorb the water. Takes about an hour. 5-7 good size leaves is plenty.
2. Once wet, strip from the midrib
3. Roll up the leaves and use scissors to cut into strips. I like thin strips about an inch and a half long.
4. Toss strips into a plastic bag and spray with a little more water. Shake up the bag to make sure all the leaf is wet.

Making the sauce:

1. Boil 100% juice. Enough to fill the bottom of an average pan is plenty. After it's bubbling for about a minute, turn the heat down to medium. You want to make it into syrup. In total this takes less than 10 minutes. Keep an eye on it because on high temps it'll burn easily (learned that the hard way). With 100% juice there's no need to drain off water.
2. Once it starts to get thick, turn the heat off and add a tablespoon of molasses. I use Wholesome Sweetener's Organic. Mix it up with a wooden spoon.
3. Add leaf and keep mixing. Make sure the heat's off at this point, but keep it on the burner to keep everything warm.
4. Add tablespoon of glycerine and mix in.
5. Add a healthy amount of salt (sea salt works best)
6. Mix until all the syrup is soaked up and leave it on the burner for 1-2 hours tops.

Finish:

1. Transfer to plastic bag and let it sit for a week so all the flavor is absorbed
2. Enjoy

For the juice, I've used a mix of 75% prune and 25% grape for a Redman-like flavor, and pure apple. Cherry is next. Tried the apple because I'm impatient and while it packs a damn good punch, you're better off letting it sit for a week

 

[DGBAMA]

Interesting.

 

[Knucklehead]

I agree, nice post. Thanks for sharing. I hit the rep button earlier and then forgot to leave a comment.

 

[Mad Oshea]

Thank You Ryan. I just printed that one out to try. Hope You don't mind that I just put it in My arsenal of good baccy? LOL How ever our baccy is different on the tast as Yours. Interesting to try. ( The area of the grow)

 

[RyanM22]

Thanks Knuck, and sure thing Oshea. This basic recipe has actually been posted before, but wanted to simplify it a bit and post since it worked for me.

Also, make sure you remove as many of the smaller stems on the lamina as you can. They can get pretty annoying during a chew

 

[RyanM22]

Also, with the juice - less is more. The leaf will soak up a ton of flavor

 

[bighoss]

Can't wait to give this a try! I am a huge dip guy but chew will always be cherished to me!

 

[RyanM22]

Another tip:

Once you find a flavor you like, make the syrup beforehand. Boiling small amounts of juice burns easily. Boil off a lot of juice (however much you can fit in a pan), and once it gets thick take it off the burner, let it cool and put it in the fridge. It'll thicken even more, and you can take as much as you like and warm it up slightly with the rest of the ingredients.

 

[ArizonaDave]

I use a recipe for Cigar oval cuts. Acacia fiber, sold an health food stores (also known as gum arabic, same as used in Opus X). I mix in a small amount of water, not much, a few drops will do, to get the paste thick. Then I add nutmeg, cinnamon, and stevia liquid into the paste. I'll take a cigar I rolled and cut it into circular cuts, lay them out on wax paper, put the glue on top of each circle, then let it dry for 2 hours. Excellent flavor!

 

[quo155]

Awesome info here...I love how you wrote out this recipe...thanks for sharing!

I may have to try some actual "dip" some day. I've dipped Copenhagen forever...have a pinch in my lip ATM. However, it's snuff really...not dip/chew. My late great-grandfather, one of several that I adored always...and I mean nearly 24/7, chewed Levi Garret, period! He did this his entire life and lived a long 90 years with never a health issue (other than hip problems). So, I've always wanted to really try it...

 

[ArizonaDave]

There are many things you can do with tobaccos. I have a PDF book here, if you turn to page at bottom of page 52, then to 53, it lists essential oils that I might want to try someday. Free download, it's called Tobacco Flavor for smoking book, look it up. Look at pg. 52 on.......essential oils

Personally, I chew on cigar tobaccos, I like them better.


Here it is http://www.leffingwell.com/download/TobaccoFlavorBook.pdf

 

[quo155]

There are many things you can do with tobaccos. I have a PDF book here, if you turn to page at bottom of page 52, then to 53, it lists essential oils that I might want to try someday. Free download, it's called Tobacco Flavor for smoking book, look it up. Look at pg. 52 on.......essential oils

Personally, I chew on cigar tobaccos, I like them better.


Here it is http://www.leffingwell.com/download/TobaccoFlavorBook.pdf

Cool find! Thanks for sharing!!!

 

[RyanM22]

Dip is my next project. I've got some dark fire cure in the basement that smells a lot like Cope. I wanna mix that with some whiskey, and maybe a pinch of honey. Problems are - how to shred it, and how to cook it (if necessary)

 

[Bruck]

What kind of tobacco do you start with?
& would cigar tobacco work? I always have a lot of scraps from rolling on hand, always looking for interesting ways to use it.

 

[ArizonaDave]

What kind of tobacco do you start with?
& would cigar tobacco work? I always have a lot of scraps from rolling on hand, always looking for interesting ways to use it.

Bruck, I've got one for ya'. I give the Cigar tobacco a rinse or two. Then I let it dry, which is easy to do in Arizona. I have used the microwave to heat it up to steam dry with no problem, but I'm sure there's other ways. While it's still damp, I cut it down using Scissors, it helps it dry quicker. Add Rum, Vanilla extract sweetener of choice, and RO water is optional, then dry to 63% +/- humidity.
Don't know, but it works for me?
Maybe your favorite adult beverage and some kitchen spices might work too?

 

[ArizonaDave]

Dip is my next project. I've got some dark fire cure in the basement that smells a lot like Cope. I wanna mix that with some whiskey, and maybe a pinch of honey. Problems are - how to shred it, and how to cook it (if necessary)

Scissors and slow bake your flavors in? Heck, if you try it and like it, then you'll have a winner!

 

[RyanM22]

What kind of tobacco do you start with?
& would cigar tobacco work? I always have a lot of scraps from rolling on hand, always looking for interesting ways to use it.

I've been using Dark Air, and next to try is some One Sucker. I don't see why cigar tobacco wouldn't work - just gotta mix and match with flavors like anything else.

Dave - scissors wouldn't work.. I need a real fine cut.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I've tried about a dozen different tobaccos from Turkish to Brightleaf, Burley, Dark Air and Maryland. They all tasted good except the Turkish. They also varied in their nicotine content so I usually settle for air cured Virginia Brightleaf or Monte Calme Brun.

 

[Bruck]

Bruck, I've got one for ya'. I give the Cigar tobacco a rinse or two. Then I let it dry, which is easy to do in Arizona. I have used the microwave to heat it up to steam dry with no problem, but I'm sure there's other ways. While it's still damp, I cut it down using Scissors, it helps it dry quicker. Add Rum, Vanilla extract sweetener of choice, and RO water is optional, then dry to 63% +/- humidity.
Don't know, but it works for me?
Maybe your favorite adult beverage and some kitchen spices might work too?

Tnx, I'll have to give that a try. I did a similar thing w/ cigar scraps - steamed for abt 7 hrs till it was almost black, then dried it out to just damp, pressed it under light pressure for a day, then sliced it up. I mixed abt half w/ Irish whiskey, vanilla, and cherry juice, and left the other half untopped. Both are very good - I usually mix them with flake for some extra flavor and kick.

 

[ArizonaDave]

Tnx, I'll have to give that a try. I did a similar thing w/ cigar scraps - steamed for abt 7 hrs till it was almost black, then dried it out to just damp, pressed it under light pressure for a day, then sliced it up. I mixed abt half w/ Irish whiskey, vanilla, and cherry juice, and left the other half untopped. Both are very good - I usually mix them with flake for some extra flavor and kick.

Very interesting Bruck! Sounds good!