What type of tobacco do you consider to be endangered?

[sounds7]

Well I didnt know this about the fake perique. If any of my puff brothers would like the real deal just shoot me a PM. I'll make a special trip up the road to see Mr. Percy.

I just mixed some perique i had been aging the last 3 years with McCranies red ribbon and the stuff is absolutely delicious.

[dillonmcmurphy]

Originally Posted by dmkerr

Possibly - or they could still have a stash of Louisiana perique on hand. I have no real idea who does and who doesn't but I've been told that McClellands Blending Perique is really the Green River Burley. I do know that the American Spirit company has pre-purchased a huge percentage of the Louisiana perique for use in their cigarettes. If you can smoke a cigarette without inhaling, these cigs are pretty good. They don't take the place of a pipe, of course, but at least they don't taste like Marlboro reds!

I've tried those perique American Spirits. They are indeed tasty. I agree that they don't take the place of a pipe (duh) but if you like cigs and you wanna try some genuine perique those are the ones.

[uvacom]

My understanding is that there is actually plenty of genuine perique on the market due to D&R's investment in the industry, and that they have stabilized the supply of perique for some time and created greater incentive for the farmers by ensuring high prices for their crops. Sante Fe is a large buyer and they purchase perique from Percy's farm (it is not entirely clear whether any of his perique goes anywhere else), but there are other farmers as well, and due to the small scale of the pipe tobacco industry and the small amount of perique in most blends, there is no problem getting the real thing.

More to the point, if few (if any) amongst us can actually discern the difference between St. James Parish Perique and green river burley (if any is actually being used in any of the popular perique blends), then why do we care? I've never read anything to suggest that green river burley is inferior somehow, so as long as what I'm smoking tastes good and provides a sensory experience that I associate with perique, I'm pretty much okay with wherever it comes from.

[sounds7]

Originally Posted by uvacom

My understanding is that there is actually plenty of genuine perique on the market due to D&R's investment in the industry, and that they have stabilized the supply of perique for some time and created greater incentive for the farmers by ensuring high prices for their crops. Sante Fe is a large buyer and they purchase perique from Percy's farm (it is not entirely clear whether any of his perique goes anywhere else), but there are other farmers as well, and due to the small scale of the pipe tobacco industry and the small amount of perique in most blends, there is no problem getting the real thing.

More to the point, if few (if any) amongst us can actually discern the difference between St. James Parish Perique and green river burley (if any is actually being used in any of the popular perique blends), then why do we care? I've never read anything to suggest that green river burley is inferior somehow, so as long as what I'm smoking tastes good and provides a sensory experience that I associate with perique, I'm pretty much okay with wherever it comes from.

Well for starters tradition, secondly, I live in Louisiana and want to support the local industry. Beyond that I can really give no reasons because as I said below, I have taste compared and can really not taste a difference.

[Mister Moo]

I'd put 1972 on the endangered species list. Tonquin, as an additive, just can't last.

[sounds7]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

I'd put 1972 on the endangered species list. Tonquin, as an additive, just can't last.

Either that or it will put me on the endangered species list.

[Joshcertain]

is it wierd that I had a "bad" dream that perique was banned?

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by sounds7

Either that or it will put me on the endangered species list.

You're not the first who felt that way after a bowlful of 1792.