Pressure Canner Cavendish v2.0
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ChinaVoodoo
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The Cavendish looks tempting.
Bob
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Levi Gross
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This is my presto #01750 17 Qt. Cooker/Canner I’m going to give it a go.
It will run up to 20 lb. @ 259 Fahrenheit
It will run up to 20 lb. @ 259 Fahrenheit
I have used the same thing. I place various metal kitchen items in there, beneath the tobacco, to keep loose tobacco out of the water. If you place the tobacco into proper canning jars, then you can add water to each jar, close them, and just run the canner. Once the cooled jars fully seal themselves, the tobacco inside is sterile, and will remain the same, regardless of their moisture content, until you eventually open the jars.
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Also, you likely will observe that the tobacco in the jar hasn't changed color. When you open the jar and spread the tobacco out, it will rapidly change color.
Levi Gross
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On July 10, 2018 I said that I was going to try cavendish according to ChinaVoodoo methodology. Here are the results currently drying. 
That all looks pretty.
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Wow. Nice. Have you smoked it yet?
Levi Gross
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I’ve tried the Davey Jones blend and the process has tamed it considerably. I think it could potentially be a new key blending component of future blends. The others are a bit wet yet.
Your effort is a wonderful illustration of the genuinely infinite possibilities in pipe blending.
Bob
Bob
CobGuy
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Very nice ... that Lemon really darkened up!
Let us know how the others smoke for you once you've tried them.
~Darin
Let us know how the others smoke for you once you've tried them.
~Darin
Levi Gross
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As for descriptive taste testing I must say that is an area I don’t shine in. However, I have sampled the Semois grown by me and kilned for 30 days before going through this process, it’s ok but still has its own unique taste that I am not sure about. The Samsun Maden also my own really came to life through this method and has gone from originally bland to a nice Turkish Tobacco. Bonner’s Fire Cured was tamed but still needs blended to show it’s compliments to a blend. Dons Lemon Va. changed dramatically and is going to make an excellent companion to my future blending efforts it almost caramelized. The other tobaccos are still drying up a little before I try them. The plus side to all of this is that I feel these results are easily replicated by any one of you attempting to make cavendish. Simply follow ChinaVoodoo instructions. Take notes experiment and learn about what’s taking place.
ChinaVoodoo
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I also find that flue cured/bright and oriental tobaccos benefit the most from the prices.
Levi Gross
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This is attemp #2
My first batch seemed to be almost burnt.
This is the Balkan Sobranidge blend from WLT in which I had added an ounce or more of Latakia and the tobacco from my first toasting test. It sat untouched for months so I figured pressure canner cavendish here we come.
3 Jars went in with 4 oz. each
I made up a casing with 3 ounces of apple cider vinegar 3 ounces of raw honey 2 ounces of molasses 4 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon anise 4bay leaves a handful of allspice and whole cloves one 12 ounce bottle of ale 8 soda and a half cup sugar 4 and a half ounces of that solution went into Jar number one .
Jar number to receive before ounces of apple cider vinegar
Jar number three received four else’s of water
I pressure canned them all at 16 pounds for two hours
Levi Gross
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Forgive the last two descriptions I was voice to texting.
Jar 2 received 4 ounces of apple cider vinegar
Jar 3 received 4 ounces water
Jar 2 received 4 ounces of apple cider vinegar
Jar 3 received 4 ounces water
ChinaVoodoo
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That's a lot of vinegar. I hope it turns out alright. Thank you for sharing your progress.
Levi Gross
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Fortunately for me most of my learning has come through failure.
There's always baking soda!
Bob
Bob
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