Thank you StoneCarver for that information. I really appreciate it. I still don't know anything about the pH modifiers or what it does. Is that a bad thing? I mean. Is it bad to smoke. See I don't understand it at all. I don't even know how to ask my question. You have your own bees! That is great. I buy all natural Honey from Kleene. It is the best honey I have had since I was a kid. Real honey!I keep forgetting about this:
4. Flavorings and Sauces
There are four general categories of casings for pipe tobacco: Some of these play multiple roles. For pipe tobacco made from an excellent quality whole leaf that has been properly blended…wholeleaftobacco.com
this ought to get us started in learning some basics to homemade casing.
I'm particularly interested in casing recipes as pH modifiers because I'm a geek like that, but I also want to develop a recipe that uses honey because I keep honey bees and have gallons of honey to mess with. I don't care about the sweetening aspect; I'm more interested in the chemical changes from using a reducing sugar- again geeky stuff.
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I would say pH modification is really a personal preference thing. Iirc, the pH of the smoke affects the absorbability of the nicotine but I don't remember much more. The pH of the leaf prior to smoking has something else to do but again I don't remember much. Probably about the only universally important ingredient in a casing is water for the simple reason that tobacco that's "up to case" smokes better than bone dry, crispy tobacco. I've known American Indians who use their own spit as the casing. Put a little spit in the palm of your hand, add the tobacco and stir it around a bit to hydrate the tobacco, then put it in the pipe. It works in a pinch but we can do this so much nicer. I'm thinking of posting a thread to ask for advice on developing a casing recipe. I'm having a tough time finding specific casing recipes. I'm getting tired of looking. I still have the 2 casings from WLT that came with the sampler pack I bought from them; so I'm not in a rush. And those 2 casings are really nice. They have one for flue cured tobaccos and the other is for air cured tobaccos.
The following link is for pipe blends with casings.
fairtradetobacco.com
Bob
EDIT: There is also a section in our Index of Key Forum Threads titled, Casings and Flavorings.
Cased Tobacco Pipe Blend Recipes
Latest blend ... pulled from the press yesterday: Burley Legal: 1 pound Natural Burley, cased in a light molasses / cocoa and toasted 1 pound Red FCV 1 pound Prilep 1/2 pound Light Fire Cured Virginia 1/4 pound Red Tips Burley (added after the press) All selected leaves were equally divided...
Bob
EDIT: There is also a section in our Index of Key Forum Threads titled, Casings and Flavorings.