A bake-ability continuum

[Dead Rabbit]

Do you think that’s the first time the phrase “bake-ability continuum” as ever been used? Will a chimp type out War Peace if he randomly pounces on a key board for infinity?

Uh…I need to stop drinking in the morning…anyways….my questions is, if its agreed that Roda Lacket is the easiest to bake, using RL as a starting point, what’s the second easiest brand to bake, some brands with average bake-ability and then some of the worst?

Baking ease is important to me. Buying the ice tool would piss my pregnant wife off and be hard to argue as evidence of fiscal responsibility (no doubt, the ice tool does seem to have legit utility)….she has been cool about buying snus despite some tough economic times here in old Michigan, if you know what mean….

[Erik327]

I agree about the hard economic times here in SE Michigan, therefore i've adapted a few tricks for making my own Icetool; i've utilized a medicine syringe that you can get at any drugstore in the cold and flu aisle. With a sharp knife, cut the end off, and you have a basic Icetool. Otherwise, i've been working on hand-baking, and find that it's getting quite rewarding being able to put together a firm pris in a reasonable amount of time.

I would start with RL or Ettan, as both bake very well for me. I've heard that General can be tricky to work with, ditto some of the lesser priced brands. Best of luck!!

Cheers,

Erik

[Jason]

I ordered General and Ettan on my last order; both had the same expiration dates and were both opened at roughly the same time. I've noticed that the General is gradually getting harder and harder to bake as the days go by, but the Ettan still bakes like a champ no problem. 8)

[Asquar]

I agree about the hard economic times here in SE Michigan, therefore i've adapted a few tricks for making my own Icetool; i've utilized a medicine syringe that you can get at any drugstore in the cold and flu aisle. With a sharp knife, cut the end off, and you have a basic Icetool.

That's an excellent idea, thanks. I think I'll give it a try.

[Zero]

As the snus dries out it will get harder to bake - just add a few drops of water, shake, and let it sit for a bit to bring it back to life. As for ease of baking, the hardest would have to be Gellivare and Landströms - they really need a careful hand and lots of patience. The rest are pretty much similar, really - Prima Fint and Röda Lacket stand out as exceptionally fine and easy to bake, then maybe Ettan, General, Grov in increasing coarseness (and baking trickiness), but not a broad spread, really. Most other snuses are quite similar and only a few are really difficult or really easy to bake.