Oliver Twist - DIY

[danielan]

So, the other day I finally tried some Oliver Twist.

It isn't as good as snus, IMO. But the idea seems like something that would be very doable in a post-apocalyptic future when you have to grow and process all of your own tobacco.

After I realized that my Oliver Twist was like a year past its "Best By" date, I unrolled one. Sure enough, it's just a cut off a leaf that is coated in something and rolled up. Or rather maybe rolled up and then cut.

Have any of you ever considered how to make your own Oliver Twist?

What do you think you have to roll it in?

I've heard that it has sugar in it - I'd prefer to have no sugar.

It also seems to have VERY low TSNA's.

What sort of preparation do you have to do to the tobacco first?

I've found a couple threads in the archive about General "Tobacco Cuts"...

Any insight you can provide would be appreciated!

[wa3zrm]

So, the other day I finally tried some Oliver Twist.

It isn't as good as snus, IMO. But the idea seems like something that would be very doable in a post-apocalyptic future when you have to grow and process all of your own tobacco.

After I realized that my Oliver Twist was like a year past its "Best By" date, I unrolled one. Sure enough, it's just a cut off a leaf that is coated in something and rolled up. Or rather maybe rolled up and then cut.

Have any of you ever considered how to make your own Oliver Twist?

What do you think you have to roll it in?

I've heard that it has sugar in it - I'd prefer to have no sugar.

It also seems to have VERY low TSNA's.

What sort of preparation do you have to do to the tobacco first?

I've found a couple threads in the archive about General "Tobacco Cuts"...

Any insight you can provide would be appreciated!

My local tobacco shop sells individual leafs. Me, being the naive person that I am, asked the owner why the hell someone would purchase an individual leaf. The leafs come in various flavors BTW.

After a hearty laugh, he told me that kids use them to make reefer cigars! It didn't dawn on me at the time, but you could roll up one of these to make an Oliver Twist type bite.

Some of the leafs he was selling were coated in sugar... some were not. Think I'll swing by his shop sometime this week and review his offerings.

[ladysnus]

I rolled and cut some tobacco leaves and stuck them in my vacuum sealer....turned out pretty good

[PipenSnus]

I've heard that it has sugar in it - I'd prefer to have no sugar.

I don't know about Oliver Twist, but sugar is commonly added to a lot of pipe tobaccos. That's basically what Cavendish tobacco is -- tobacco that's been sprayed with sugar water during processing.

[danielan]

I rolled and cut some tobacco leaves and stuck them in my vacuum sealer....turned out pretty good

Like leaves out of the tobacco patch or some kind of leaves from the tobacco store?

[lxskllr]

You may be able to glean some information from this...

[danielan]

Thanks! Very cool.

Anyone speak German?

[GoVegan]

I have been tempted to try Olivers but am a bit afraid to after trying Picanells. I wasn't very impressed by the tiny bits of weird tasting tobacco.

[fedora]

I'm a huge fan of OT and Piccanell. Picannell is the closest to snus. Pop in two and you have a mini. One even gives me a nic hit for 20 minutes. Salty like snus, too. A bit expensive for the tobacco to cost ratio - but super discreet. And to me, using them is like getting the los experience without any threat of mud mouth. Make your own would probably be getting leaves and rolling them up I guess. But store bought leaves in the US aren't Swedish snus leaves, I don't think. I would guess they need some curring and salting or something. Anyhow - my 2cents.

[danielan]

Make your own would probably be getting leaves and rolling them up I guess.... I would guess they need some curring and salting or something. Anyhow - my 2cents.

Thanks. That's the part I'm trying to figure out. I can get leaves. I can dry them. I can roll them.

But do I need to do something to make them work? Do I need to manipulate the ph to free the nicotine? Is it really as easy as rolling up a leaf with something sticky?

I used to eat paste occasionally...

[Snusdog]

What.............were all the dudes at the Twist plant on lunch break....................or had they been hacked up into bite size pieces and stashed in the freezer

[Ansel]

Did anyone have any luck adding a solution to the leaf and then rolling it? I think i will try some Picanells in Sweden.

[Ansel]

:-)

On the American frontier, almost everyone chewed tobacco or tobacco twists and got their vitamin C from pork cracklins. David Campbell explains how these frontier necessities were made at the local general store. Part of the Suttons Corner Frontier Country Store exhibit in Fort Gaines, Georgia, the largest collection of frontier Americana available to the public. For more info, visit: http://suttonscorner.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhkJjXLRu7k