corn season is here again

[SmokesAhoy]

Who else uses the husk for rolling papers?

I find most people either love it or hate it, I guess if you notice the flavor in a bad way you're in the second camp. Imo they make for a great quick smoke, don't impart too much flavor that I notice it over the tobacco and hold together nicely with minimum fuss. Great dog walk cigarillos.

Just in case anyone here hasn't tried them, it's corn season, go get some chow and rolling papers!

 

[leverhead]

I'd have to try it to see if I'm a lover or a hater.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I'd have to try it to see if I'm a lover or a hater.

I am in on this, dry husk I suppose or green?

 

[deluxestogie]

The ancient Maya used to smoke cigarettes wrapped in dried corn husk.

Bob

 

[leverhead]

I am in on this, dry husk I suppose or green?

My guess would be dry from a thin edge. I don't think I'd use the ones that were holding a tamale together.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Dry, hold flat and scrape it with the grain with something flat and relatively sharp like a spatula so it gets flat, add tobacco, roll back up and enjoy.

there are probably YouTube videos detailing it but it's pretty straight forward.

 

[Ben Brand]

will give it a go, our corn are just planted, so I will have to wait. Just out of interest, what do you guys plant Yellow or White maize, here in SA it`s both.

 

[Rickey60]

Mostly yellow.

 

[leverhead]

I grew a yellow and white (Bi-color) sweet corn this year.

 

[deluxestogie]

Sometimes Oaxaca Green, sometimes Bloody Butcher red.

Bob

 

[squeezyjohn]

Never smoked the husks ... but this year was the very best for sweetcorn over here I can remember ... might have been my variety simply called "Special Swiss Corn" ... not only is it a short season variety, but it's also a supersweet one and a heritage variety, not an F1 (so I can save my own seeds for next year)

Great find!

 

[Brown Thumb]

I grew Delectable and had a bumper crop. I will grow it again next yr. It is bicolored.
Some Indian corn for the wife and something else for corncob pipes I forget what it is.
Got to go down to the garden and grab some rolling papers.

 

[BarG]

Who else uses the husk for rolling papers?

I find most people either love it or hate it, I guess if you notice the flavor in a bad way you're in the second camp. Imo they make for a great quick smoke, don't impart too much flavor that I notice it over the tobacco and hold together nicely with minimum fuss. Great dog walk cigarillos.

Just in case anyone here hasn't tried them, it's corn season, go get some chow and rolling papers!

I have never tried em, yet.Next summer I will, if you try smoking wild grapevine.

 

[Ben Brand]

Please look after your corn, hear on the news SA`s govement is going to import corn from USA, don`t know why SA`s got loads of corn farmers, but the goverm. will rather import than looking afetr our own farmers, CRAZY!!!!
ps. Please send some husks with the corn

 

[BarG]

They are cheaper than dime a dozen in the south. But we use them for fantastic hot tamales.

 

[Frozenthunderbolt]

I'm growing 'Painted Mountain' this year - i'll give it a try

 

[BarG]

I grow that yellow white sweet corn. I don't save the husks or the cobs. But with the economy the way it is I may start saving the cobs. You never know when to duck.

 

[indianjoe]

Cobs come in handy for a lot of uses, one is a top to my gas can right now, soaked in kerosine you can start a fire quick, as well as personal hygiene.

 

[squeezyjohn]

To be fair ... most things soaked in kerosine will start a quick fire!

 

[BarG]

To be fair ... most things soaked in kerosine will start a quick fire!

Yea but do you know to duck a cob. Lessons learned growing up. I was expert at it, znd learned how to hit my mark.
It's a matter of hygiene , learn how to duck.