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Some of these have been posted, but some have not.
*EDIT*
I found them in a Home Grown Tobacco Yahoo group I'm a member of. -
The Manner of making the famous _Barcelona Snuff,_ as it was perform'd at
the _Lyon_ at _Barcelona;_ from the same. This is also call'd _Myrtle
Snuff._
Take _Seville_ Snuff, and prepare a dry Barrel, that has not had any Wine
in it, or of any Scent; then cut the fresh Tops of Myrtle, and lay a layer
of them at the bottom of the Cask, an Inch or two thick; then lay Snuff on
that as thick, and lay on more Myrtle, two Inches; then again, put on
snuff, and so fill the Barrel in the same Manner, _Stratum super Stratum_.
Then press it down with a Board, that will fit, and set three Weights upon
it of a quarter of an Hundred a-piece, and let it stand four and twenty
Hours; then turn it out, and sift it, flinging the Myrtle away; then put it
into the Cask, as before, with fresh Myrtle, and serve it so three times,
and sift it off. When this is done, add to every ten Pounds of Snuff, one
pound of Orangery Snuff, and mix the whole very well, and after three days,
put it into glaz'd Pots, well pressed into them, and stopt close; or else
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Snuff scented after the Spanish Manner: Take a lump of double-refined Sugar, rub it in a mortar with twenty grains of Musk; add little by little a pound of Snuff, and grind the whole with ten grains of Civet, rubbing it afterwards well between your hands. Seville Snuff is scented with twenty grains of Vanilloes only. Keep your Snuff in containers closely stopped,to prevent the scent from exhaling. As Spanish Snuff is very fine,and of a redish colour, to imitate it nicely, take the best Dutch Snuff, well cleansed, granulated, and coloured red; beat it fine, and sift it through a very fine lawn sieve. After it has been cleansed,according to the foregoing directions, it is fit to take any scent whatever. There is no risk in using a sieve that retains the scent of any Flower, to perfume your Snuff with the flavour of Musk, Ambergrise, or any other Perfume. On the contrary, the Snuff receives the Perfume the more readily,and preserves its flavour the longer on that account.
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Method of scenting Snuff
The Flowers that most readily communicate their flavour to Snuff are
Orange Flowers, Jasmine, Musk Roses, and Tuberoses. You must
procure a box lined with dry white paper; in this strow your Snuff
on the bottom about the thickness of an inch, over which place a
thin layer of Flowers, then another layer of Snuff, and continue to
lay your Flowers and Snuff alternately in this manner, until the box
is full. After they have lain together four and twenty hours, sift
your Snuff through a sieve to separate it from the Flowers, which
are to be thrown away, and fresh ones applied in their room in the
former method. Continue to do this till the Snuff is sufficiently
scented; then put it into a canister, which keep close stopped.
Or
Put your Flowers that are placed over each layer of Snuff, between
two pieces of white paper pricked full of holes with a large pin,
and sift through a sieve the Snuff that may happen to get between
the papers. To scent the snuff perfectly it is neccessary to renew
the Flowers four or five times. This method is the least
troublesome of the two.
Or
A very agreeable scented Snuff may be made with Roses, by taking
Rosebuds, stripping off the green cup, and pistil that rises in the
middle, and fixing in its place a Clove; being careful not to
separate the Leaves that are closed together. The Rosebuds thus
prepared are to be exposed to the heat of the sun for a whole month,
enclosed in a glass well stopped, and are then fit for use.
To make Snuff scented with a thousand Flowers, take a number of
different Flowers, and mix them together, proportioning the quantity
of each Flower, to the degree of its perfume, so that the Flavour of
no one particular Flower may be predominant. from "The Toilet of
Flora"
The"Thousand Flower" variety was probably better known by the French
name "mille-fleur".
To make _Orangery Snuff._ From the same.
Take _Seville_ Snuff and Orange-Flowers, fresh gather'd early in the
Morning. And in a glaz'd Earthen Vessel, lay a Layer of the Flowers, then a
Layer of Snuff, then a Layer of Flowers; and so on, till the Pot is full.
Press it down very gently, and let the Mouth of the Pot be open for
twenty-four Hours; then turn all out, and sift your Snuff, and lay in fresh
Flowers, with Snuff, in the same manner as before; and at the end of four
and twenty Hours sift it off again, and repeat the same the third time:
being sure that the Flowers do not remain longer than twenty-four Hours,
else they will sour the Snuff. In making this Snuff, you ought to allow at
least a pound for Waste, for the Flowers will gather a great deal of it. -
To Make Scots-Snuff or Pure Tobacco Snuff. From Mr. Hyslop
Take the Leaves of good Tobacco,and spread them open: then dry them
gently in the Sun, or before the Fire, and strip them from the
Stalks, when the leafy part will crumble between the fingers, then put it
Into a Mill, and with a Pestle rolling about it, the Tobacco will presently
be ground ,as fine as Snuff, or else if you have never a Mill, when
your Tobacco will break between the Fingers, lay it on an oaken Table,
and pass the flat side of Knife over it, backwards and forwards,
as if you was whetting it, pressing it hard, and you will make fine Snuff.
This I mention here, because, sometimes, the Snufftakers are without
Snuff, and remote from any place where it may be had, and would give
any Money for it, which was my case when I learn'd this Receipt, and
by the last Means was presently supplied: We may make it likewise of
cut Tobacco, dried before the Fire.
Or if we raise Tobacco in our Gardens, pick the Leaves from the
Stalks, towards the roots, when they are full grown; tie six in a
bunch together,and hang them up to dry in the Shade; then dip them in
some water, or some Beer or Ale, and hang them up again to dry, and
then press the Leaves one upon another, in their Bunches, in a Box or
Tub, as hard as possible, and in a few Months time, they will make
good Snuff, being ordered as above directed.
From "The Country Lady's Director" (1732) reprinted in "The Scented
Garden" by Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. -
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CommentAuthorsnuffgrinder
- CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
Did you get those from the files at my Yahoo group or from my old posts at the Snuffbox? -
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I got them from Home Grown Tobacco Yahoo group... Is that your group?
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CommentAuthorsnuffgrinder
- CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
Yes, I'm one of the co-owners there. -
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Ahh, great group... I hadn't seen all of these recipes posted here yet, so when I came across them I thought they'd be great to share.
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Just an off-topic thought. Think you could stop placing an empty line between every line of text? I don't know about others, but I think it's harder to read.
Not trying to be an asshole, just a suggestion. =) -
Honestly, I just cut and pasted the text from a text file, it was like that in the text file.
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CommentAuthorsnuffgrinder
- CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
For someone who's not trying; you're succeeding awful well. -
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Ok, I removed the extra lines, that should make it easier to read.
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Thanks merdock and snuffgrinder for helping to share these recipes. I have never attempted to make my own snuff, I guess I'm just a bit intimidated by it and all. Maybe once I've finished my quest of stuffing as many different comercial snuffs up my nose as possible I will give making my own a shot.
I imagine it would be a very rewarding hobby. Can't imagine anything better as far as snuff goes than taking the time to create your very own great smelling snuff. -
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CommentAuthorTroutstroker
- CommentTimeJan 15th 2008
I have used the third method pretty often during the spring/summer months when the flowers are blooming. I don't make big piles of it, just small amounts. Works good with things other than flowers as well.
Good little collection. -
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Something that would be nice to see from one of our experienced snuff makers would be a list of tools and items one would need to start making there own snuff.
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Inspired by the Acid Snuff thread I gave it a whirl this past weekend and made two different snuffs from a couple of premium cigars that got damaged in my golf bag with good results. One was a nice maduro and the other an EMS, both from the Nestor Placencia factory in Honduras.
What I want to know now is where I can find for purchase some bulk tobacco leaves... I think called "hands". something organic would be my first choice. -
Thanks!
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