Rednekf350
Well-Known Member
Good day for cooking up a batch of chew here in South Jersey. Wind, rain and falling temps.
I just made up a batch of Little Yellow loose-leaf chew with 2021 homegrown tobacco. I am pleased with the outcome. It doesn't have the grassiness that the batch I made in the fall had. I also started paying more attention to the ingredients so I can get repeatability.
I cooked down a full quart of apple juice in a 12" stainless pan until it became a light syrup. Noticeably sweeter and slow to roll across the pan. I then added 4 overflowing tablespoons of dark molasses and stirred it in. I added the tobacco which I had already de-stemmed after air curing at the end of last summer. I kept folding in the tobacco with a spatula until all the liquid was absorbed by the tobacco. It was still a little wet looking and then I added about 2 oz. of Jim Beam Black over the pile and mixed that in. I put the whole pile in a strainer and pressed it until I got most of the liquid out. I then put it back in the pan at a low heat for about ten minutes trying to dry it a little more. I didn't want to cook it so I put it back in the strainer for an hour and called it quits. I will keep it in the freezer in Mason jars like I did with my other batches.
The flavor is good and as I said, no grassy flavor. The nicotine content seems pretty high and you can feel a little jolt after a few minutes.
I am going to try Stag Horn again after seeing these results. I have a 2 gallon bag full of that from last summer. I made a batch last fall and it tasted like flavored grass clippings. It was disappointing because it cured to a beautiful dark brown. My 2022 grow is all Burley because I had no issues with grassiness even after just a few months.
Good luck !
I just made up a batch of Little Yellow loose-leaf chew with 2021 homegrown tobacco. I am pleased with the outcome. It doesn't have the grassiness that the batch I made in the fall had. I also started paying more attention to the ingredients so I can get repeatability.
I cooked down a full quart of apple juice in a 12" stainless pan until it became a light syrup. Noticeably sweeter and slow to roll across the pan. I then added 4 overflowing tablespoons of dark molasses and stirred it in. I added the tobacco which I had already de-stemmed after air curing at the end of last summer. I kept folding in the tobacco with a spatula until all the liquid was absorbed by the tobacco. It was still a little wet looking and then I added about 2 oz. of Jim Beam Black over the pile and mixed that in. I put the whole pile in a strainer and pressed it until I got most of the liquid out. I then put it back in the pan at a low heat for about ten minutes trying to dry it a little more. I didn't want to cook it so I put it back in the strainer for an hour and called it quits. I will keep it in the freezer in Mason jars like I did with my other batches.
The flavor is good and as I said, no grassy flavor. The nicotine content seems pretty high and you can feel a little jolt after a few minutes.
I am going to try Stag Horn again after seeing these results. I have a 2 gallon bag full of that from last summer. I made a batch last fall and it tasted like flavored grass clippings. It was disappointing because it cured to a beautiful dark brown. My 2022 grow is all Burley because I had no issues with grassiness even after just a few months.
Good luck !
