What Strange Things Have You Smoked?

FredPuli43 | 14:35 Sat 09th Feb 2013 | ChatterBank

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Ever smoked foreign cigarettes or 'tobacco' which seemed a little less than right (though legal)? Old soldiers used to talk of 'Camel' cigarettes which tasted as though they had more camel product than tobacco, but surely this type of smoke has not died out. Recently I've had Irish cigars, made in Ireland (Ah, the tobacco plantations of Tipperary, eh?) but am now smoking old cigars, bought in auction from some deceased Empire builder's estate, which are boldly labelled "Imperials. The Best Cigars in the World. Made in Burma"! Some slight misdescription! I think there is some tobacco in there, but the taste is hiding it!

French Translation

Oh Bugger!

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My late father grew his own nicotiana plants, threaded the leaves on wire and hung them in the greenhouse to dry out. As they turned brown they looked similar to kippers being smoked. He bought some tragacanth gum and perfected the art of rolling decent coronas, albeit a little wet. To dry them out he put them on a baking tray in a low even with the door slightly...

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