Drip

[justinp]

Do you occasionally get cans of Los that drip more than normal? I'm snusing a can of Goat Rape loose, and about 10 minutes in it starts to drip like mad... I have been spitting it out once it gets there, because it gave me a stomachache and made me feel generally gross. I've spat out the drip, and it's the same color as dip spit... a medium-brown color. I don't remember this being the case the last time I had a can of GR open, and it certainly hasn't been the case with other loose snus I've used. I'm still fairly new at this, so maybe I just didn't notice/this is the first time it's affected me, but I can't help but think that something funny is going on here.

I guess I should note that I had the prilla pretty much smack in the middle of my mouth, right above my front teeth.

Halp! I might just throw this can away or back into the freezer and start on something else...

[Monkey]

I have never had this happen to me.

Always feels good to help...

Ummm, did you freeze it and how was it defrosted if so? I remember somewhere someone said something about only defrosting los that comes in cardboard in the fridge or something happens to it. I always defrost all snus in the fridge upside down from the way it was frozen.

I'll look for it but hopefully someone sees this train wreck of a post and knows what I'm blathering about.

Mike

[Owens187]

I always thaw snus in the fridge, portion or los. I absolutely feel that snus needs time to "mature" for 3-4 days after being frozen, or it just doesn't taste exactly right.

Its the way freezer burn works - when any item, food or snus, is in the freezer, the water molecules attempt to migrate to the coldest place possible.

With say, a steak, this is why when freezer burn happens, you get a big glob of ice at one end of the meat, and the rest is all dried out and nasty.

With snus, the moisture ends up migrating to the sides of the can, taking some flavor with it. So the portions/los at the sides will have more moisture and flavor, while the portions/los in the middle will be dryer and more bland. (The old *better* style Thunder Frosted would actually have ice crystals all over the sides and bottom of the can when I'd open the lid while they were still frozen.)

Letting them thaw slowly for a few days lets the moisture/flavor even out between them/it all, making them/it taste exactly as the manufacturer intended.

Ive experimanted with using snus straight out of the freezer, thawed on the counter for an hour or so, and thawed in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Thawed in the fridge for 3-4 days FTW! Just tastes much better this way. 8)


.....Or maybe I'm just a rambling idiot that makes no sense. :roll:


EDIT: I should also say that once its done thawing, and I open it and start to use it, that can never sees the fridge/freezer again.