Several open cans and dried out portions

[RPatrick]

On second thought, how about puting a small clump of damp paper towel in the can when it is about 75% gone ? That would keep the contents moist without affecting the flavor.

[skruf_mcgruff]

This all seems like too much work to me, the only time I have noticed my snus losing freshness was before I stored them in the fridge.

Now I can keep a can on my desk and open it a few times, but as long as they all go back in the fridge if I'm not going to snus for a few hours then I don't notice any difference.

[Scott64a]

I suggested unused film cannisters so that flavor would not be added/muddied by another product that was originally stored in the can being used.
Again, UNUSED fim cans; who wants to taste Kodak's chemicals?!?

Ah, I should have known you were a mathemetician by the way you were doing your division. Ah, well, at any rate, let us know how it works out.

[Asquar]

Actually, I'm a mathematician, to be more precise.

And I'll tell you one more thing to illustrate my obsessive style about these kinds of things. I told you I will be removing 6 portions at a time from the main can. How did I decide on 6? I calculated the average number of exposed days per portion, if I were to remove n portions at a time, and then minimized that over all n that divide evenly into 24. It was a tie between n=4 and n=6. Since 6 at a time involves fewer transfers from the main can, I went with that one.

Though realistically it's highly unlikely that I will ever have a snus regimen organized via mathematical principle, I find this really interesting. Thanks.

[ace]

I just wanted to follow-up by reporting that my experiment was a success. Of course, I didn't measure the moistness of the portions in any clinical way, so my declaration of "success" is purely subjective. But I am much happier with the freshness of the last few portions in my one-a-day cans now, and I see MUCH less difference between the last portion of one can and the first portion of the next.

[snusfather]

:shock: I'm noding along and chewing my lower lip with intrest!
I am what pop psycology calls a "type A" (Highstrung, anal-retentive and prone to strokes) and this thread is not helping my desperate quest to become a "type B" without the use of "medication". :lol:

[sagedil]

Just use the medication, it's a heck of a lot easier.

I made the transition from type A to type B only when I decided to smoke pot every day when I was 25. Wanting to make that transition, and becoming aware of how pot helped me make that jump was the strongest reason that I had when I decided to smoke regularly. Now, 18 years later, I am most grateful for that decision. I am far happier with my self as a B then I ever was when I was an A.

But I did almost choke up with laughter when I read this thread. Way too much work for me know, I just take them as they come.

[snusfather]

[quote="sagedil"]Just use the medication, it's a heck of a lot easier./quote]

Thanx for the advice (I am making progress...)

[ace]

Well, I just reread the thread and realized something. I made a change to my method and never posted about it. I didn't actually do what I said in the thread. Instead, I did something simpler.

I'll explain with the example of Skruf Stark, which is my one-a-day, in the morning, snus. I took a new can of Skruf, opened it, took a portion, and then placed 3 portions in the "ash tray." So for the next 3 days, I only had to open the ash tray. The main can stayed sealed and fresh. When the 3 in the ash tray were gone, I opened the main can again, took a portion, and placed another 3 in the ash tray. And so on. In the end, the main can was only opened 6 times, instead of 24. I noticed a major difference in how fresh the last few portions looked near the end of the 24 days.