manstrom
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As I posted in my intro, I'm a Defense Contractor working in the Middle East. In recent times, the local customs has taken a liking to acquiring my smokeless tobacco when I travel into country. Last trip was a lost of 50 cans of Siberia and 20 cans of Copenhagen snuff.
Current location I work has no access to an AAFES (military store) so I'm limited to cigarette tobacco. Surprisingly enough I've made some pretty good progress with limited resources.
Having a preference for fine cut I do a 25/75 mix of cigar tobacco and camel cigarette tobacco ($10 a carton each local market) and pulse in my extra coffee grinder.
I sourced a few resealable jars from a local honey business that I pack moderately tight.
The sauce mix I've been using is soy sauce with salt added to taste (very scientific, I know).
With my handy dandy water boiler I keep it at a strong simmer for 6-7 hours. About midway, I've also started adding my Sodium Carbonate at this stage.
After I pull the bottle, I go outside to avoid killing everyone with the freshly opened ammonia smell... my neighbors weren't happy the first time... and transfer it for a 4-5 day stint before canning.
Once the smell doesn't knock me over anymore I add in my vegetable glycerin (or high VG 0 nicotine vape juice for flavoring) and call it a finished product.
The results have certainly surprised me since Siberia was my go to snus and the nic hit with this seems on par.
Current location I work has no access to an AAFES (military store) so I'm limited to cigarette tobacco. Surprisingly enough I've made some pretty good progress with limited resources.
Having a preference for fine cut I do a 25/75 mix of cigar tobacco and camel cigarette tobacco ($10 a carton each local market) and pulse in my extra coffee grinder.
I sourced a few resealable jars from a local honey business that I pack moderately tight.
The sauce mix I've been using is soy sauce with salt added to taste (very scientific, I know).
With my handy dandy water boiler I keep it at a strong simmer for 6-7 hours. About midway, I've also started adding my Sodium Carbonate at this stage.
After I pull the bottle, I go outside to avoid killing everyone with the freshly opened ammonia smell... my neighbors weren't happy the first time... and transfer it for a 4-5 day stint before canning.
Once the smell doesn't knock me over anymore I add in my vegetable glycerin (or high VG 0 nicotine vape juice for flavoring) and call it a finished product.
The results have certainly surprised me since Siberia was my go to snus and the nic hit with this seems on par.
