18th century pipe tobacco
Fozzie
Apprentice
in Tobacco Talk
While at times I feel 250 years old I actually am not. I do however re-enact the part of an 18th century personage and as part of my talk and camp I smoke a lovely clay pipe. It has no fancy name and no ornamentation but to me it’s lovely in its simplicity. As I was puffing a bowl of 1Q the other day I began to wonder what was an 18th century pipe filled with? A pure Virginia? Had blends taken hold? Was tobacco being imported from other regions? Aromatics?
Are there any historians out there with insight? I will begin some research but it’s simething I’ve never thought of before.
Are there any historians out there with insight? I will begin some research but it’s simething I’ve never thought of before.
Comments
I'm no historian but you can bet a months wages that it wasn't an aromatic like 1Q. I'll bet the simplicity of the clay pipe matches the simplicity of the blend. But to be more helpful I decided I might have some luck by checking ... of all places ... a YouTube site dedicated to 18th Century cooking - and low and behold they had a video on pipe tobacco used back then.