Do your pipes smell like pretzels?

[Kyle Weiss]

Hooray, I finally cracked and dove off the deep end. :cheers:

No, but really.

Pipes "at rest" after a day of smoking, usually overnight, end up having a salted pretzel-like scent in the bowl, and even shank if the stem is removed. Especially the Petersons. It isn't dank or bad-smelling, well, unless you hate pretzels. It's honestly how I can tell if the pipe is fully dry or not. No pretzels, good to go.

It's a good tip for the whole family.

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[Mozjo33]

Now I have to get off the couch and check.

Thanks Kyle!!

 

[Brewdude]

These pretzels are making me thirsty......






Cheers,

RR

 

[Anonymous]

It's that salt and alcohol thing you do to them, probably.

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[Jers]

What's a pretzel? Which of the 2 main food groups is it closest to - potatoes or Guinness?
:lol!:

Fraternally

Jers

 

[monbla256]

PRETZELS !!! ???? You need to come in out of that desert sun!! Or have you been smoking something you're not telling us about ?? :twisted:

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Or have you been smoking something you're not telling us about ?? :twisted:

Now if that isn't the Pot calling the Kettle Black... :mrgreen:

 

[Kyle Weiss]

It's that salt and alcohol thing you do to them, probably.

Nope! In fact, Dinky and Thurston have both never been treated. And a Ben Wade I received recently that I did salt treat this way doesn't smell like pretzels when drying. It's usually the Pete duo, my Harris morta poker, and my trusty/ugly Noymer leather-wrapped bulldog. Those which get pretzel-y all dry a little slower than the rest, but once they do, no trace of scent in the bowl, smoke or stem. :scratch:

I think it's faint briar resin of some kind mixing with other stuff on three, and leftover Latakia stinkiness on the morta.

 

[Sasquatch]

Maybe it's the shag-cut dough you smoke?

 

[J Soshae]

Maybe you have been hanging out with this guy. I bet his pipe smelled like pretzels also.

 

[Anonymous]

Now I'm baffled.

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[puros_bran]

I'm not... Latakia has a salty undertone in some blends. and the dry Virginias can be very bread like in their presentation. Thats what he's smelling and his brain is associating it with pretzels.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Crazy one, crazy all. :cheers:

8)

 

[gravel]

I'm not... Latakia has a salty undertone in some blends. and the dry Virginias can be very bread like in their presentation. Thats what he's smelling and his brain is associating it with pretzels.

Winner winner pretzel dinner

 

[KevinM]

Hmmmm. But is it bent pretzels or pretzel sticks?

 

[rothnh]

I'm not... Latakia has a salty undertone in some blends. and the dry Virginias can be very bread like in their presentation. Thats what he's smelling and his brain is associating it with pretzels.

Winner winner pretzel dinner

Sorta makes sense to me :lol:

But hey, if losing the pretzel scent is the way for you to ensure a rested pipe is ready to smoke works for you, nothing wrong with that!