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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 22:10:04 GMT -5
Okay now, it’s your fault!!! Yes I’m a BIG Billy Budd fan and have enough good tobacco to last the rest of my life! In the past 3 days I’ve read your threads on Billy Budd Blonde, guess what I just did....because you raved about this blend I didn’t order 4.oz or even 8.oz, I ordered a full pound. Just what I need is another blend too also fall in love with......”what’s a pipe and tobacco lover suppose to do “!!! Appreciate reading your threads 👍👍👍 Yep, he did it to me too. Great stuff.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 22:54:56 GMT -5
When I was young we didn't have umami. We had to walk three miles to school uphill in the snow. And that was summer school! They couldn't even afford rulers for the nuns to rap our knuckles with. They had to use 2x4s from the outhouse that had fallen down. We didn't even do what most kids did, shooting spitwads. Why, that moist ball of paper was our only meal that day. Umami! Pffff! You young whippersnappers don't know how good you've got it.
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Post by jeffd on Jun 22, 2018 8:41:11 GMT -5
When I was young we didn't have umami. ... I hear ya. And I feel like a hipster hobbyist to even say the word. |
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Post by jeffd on Jun 30, 2018 13:02:09 GMT -5
Since I posted i have done a little reading and I found, what I think, is the attraction of umami flavor for many people. Apparently most humans' first encounter umami in breast milk.
So I am thinking there may be a bit of hard wiring in our brains, developed through evolution, resulting in a craving for the taste.
The unforeseen side effect of such evolution is a barely rational craving for Billy Budd Blonde. (That, by the way, is not satiated by smoking it. At least when you have dnough chicken broth, or shiitake mushrooms, or undersalted french fries dipped in warm chicken gravy, you feel full and stop.)
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Post by Dramatwist on Jun 30, 2018 13:42:26 GMT -5
I think someone said somewhere that smoking tobacco was bad for you. That rumour didn't take off though.  |
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Post by william on Jun 30, 2018 16:33:05 GMT -5
MSG before MSG: I believe the original Adolph's was all MSG in the sixties. Says it has none now. Stuff gives me headaches  People actually put that on food? Everyone here keeps a big bottle of it around and take it to the beach when they go. It is excellent for jellyfish stings. Never tried it on food. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 16:48:19 GMT -5
Your thread brought back memories of when my Mom and I along with my siblings went to Jones Beach on Long Island, where jellyfish at times were plentiful. A combination of vinegar & Adolph’s would help alleviate the sting from the jellyfish. My Mom never used that crap for cooking, but it had it’s purpose in our first aid kit.
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Post by jeffd on Jun 30, 2018 18:19:27 GMT -5
Well we were sold a bill of goods. As it turns out MSG is not harmful, unless you have a specific allergic reaction to it of course. At the time I just remember it just made things taste great. I especially remember rice. Adding a little MSG is like adding a little salt, very much like now that they know we have taste receptors on the back of our tongues specifically for the taste generated by glutamates.
My only point is that I have identified that taste in my beloved Blonde, explaining, to me anyway, one of the reasons I like it.
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