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Now that we've got the obligatory 'how can you live doing things that will kill you' conversation out of the way for the twenty-eighth thread in a row, I just received my first Schmalzer. I've only mentioned snuff a few times in these threads since there's usually a pipe focus. As a quick introduction, snuff is ground tobacco that you place in the front of your nose by lightly sniffing (snuffing). Leave it there and blow your nose when you feel like it. It is smokeless, has no duty in the UK, and is apparently kept on tap in the House of Commons and Lords.
I bought it as part of my usual purchase, mostly out of curiosity. Roderick over at Toque intends to introduce his own Shmalzers this year, so I wanted to try one made by the masters at Bernard. Unlike English snuff, Bavarian Shmalzers are made specifically from Brazilian tobacco, are dark, most, coarse, and scented with oils. And Klostermischung really is scented to hell and back. It smells like someone reduced a pot of rum and brown sugar, and it really lasts in the nose. The only downside for me is that it drips (think runny nose down the back of the throat) like a motherfucker, but that's not a problem for everyone.
The artwork on Bernard's boxes are great too. Cheeky monk looks like he's just nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of his local Church.
