@volunge and MisterPaul: It is nice to see that something I started: reviving historical snuff recipes, is reviving after I had to stop the production!
@ MisterPaul: You are one of the lucky ones! I consider St. Omer #1 the best snuff I made in the windmills in Rotterdam. But that is history! Nowadays I am helping to revive the historical art of canvas making. We are using windmill "De Paauw" in N…
@volunge: thanks for our answer.
As I said I am no more in the position to do some microbiological research, But maybe some interested microbiological institution or reseacher could pick up this challenge.
Greetings,
Jaap Bes.
Interesting discusion. I never got so far to make some microbiological observations on the "fermentation" proces. I think however that addition of alkali can promote the growth of specific micoorganisms which might be responsible for the "manure" s…
The best way is to disolve potassium carbonate and ammonium chloride seperately and not one after another in the same volume of water, cause that gives a lot of foaming!
@mr manos; @volunge: You can use ambroxan as an artificial subsitute for amber gris. You can use very little of it because it has a very powerful scent;
@ volunge: ;)
@tobaccobob: No Sir! This picture was made after I left the windmills. I don't know what the result was of this "exercise" but I doubt it resulted in any special snuff at all.
Jaap Bes.