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Developing Your Palate

Last post 01-20-2010, 12:23 PM by nightmaremike31. 119 replies.
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 3:17 PM

    Can't say that I have, happily. OTOH, butyric acid is also a prominent component of butter (hence the name), and I have had cigars that tasted buttery.
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 4:11 PM

    urbino:
    Can't say that I have, happily. OTOH, butyric acid is also a prominent component of butter (hence the name), and I have had cigars that tasted buttery.
    THis is why we love you urbs. Your knowledge always makes us go bleeehhh
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 5:23 PM

    It's my ministry.
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 5:58 PM

    Anyone hear from sirious?
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 7:48 PM

    Maybe he is just on Vacation or something, I'd hate to add his name to the list of " Lost Boys ". Other guys we are missing.. Lasabar, Pilot, and the Captain.. You too Duty Joe !! Your lurking but not adding your three cents..
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     12-31-2008, 8:53 PM

  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     12-31-2008, 9:34 PM

    kuzi16:
    Capt is still hunting im sure.
    As long as he wasn't hunting with *** Cheney all should be fine...unless he got mauled by a grouse, I hear they can be quite vicious. :)

    When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     01-02-2009, 11:31 AM

    j0z3r:
    kuzi16:
    Capt is still hunting im sure.
    As long as he wasn't hunting with *** Cheney all should be fine...unless he got mauled by a grouse, I hear they can be quite vicious. :)
    LMAO you can't even say D1ck Cheney!
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     01-09-2009, 1:29 PM

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    This is an amaizing concept! Being a cook also, I enjoy a variety of flavors and things that will stimulate my taste and smell senses. Awesome!
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     04-11-2009, 8:20 PM

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    Better yet chew on your wifes leather shoes, this may led to somthing hehe!
    Robert J

    "Happiness is a long ash".
  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     04-11-2009, 8:23 PM

    robert69165:
    Better yet chew on your wifes leather shoes, this may led to somthing hehe!
    then shell have to buy more...

    id rather spend the money on cigars.
    Kuzi's cigar catalog blending 101 developing your palate
  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     05-28-2009, 8:12 PM

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    Does this mean I have to smell my fart before I can fairly say a bad cigar tastes like crap? Or will smelling a fart while smoking then make my good cigar taste like crap? Smile [:)]

  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     05-29-2009, 1:05 AM

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    divemtt:

    Does this mean I have to smell my fart before I can fairly say a bad cigar tastes like crap? Or will smelling a fart while smoking then make my good cigar taste like crap? Smile [:)]

    Yes, and maybe. Honestly, I really don't want to find out if either of those are true.
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  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     08-04-2009, 8:13 PM

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    Kuzi, the second I started reading this thread it really peaked my interest, because I have personal experience with the innerworkings of the nasal passasge, the olfactory sensors, and the chemistry of smell itself. Why you ask? Well a little over a year ago, I was ran over by a car and I came out of it with a fractured skull and a severe concussion (along with some nerve damage in my leg and an aching spine). Anyway, it took me almost a week to realize that I couldn't smell anything, anything at all. You name it, I couldn't smell it. My doctor told me that my olfactory nerves had been completely severed by the severity (lol) of my concussion and he honestly couldn't tell me if they were going to reattach to the point where I could ever smell again. Here's the kicker, I couldn't notice a single difference in the way I taste food. It was since then the day that I began smoking cigars (bought a Punch from the local smoke shop and said "damn this is good!") But as I have been getting more and more into the hobby of collecting and smoking cigars it has really begun to make me think about my affliction in new and different ways. When I hear you and other more seasoned cigar smokers talking about developing your palate and cycling smoke through your nose I begin to wonder: 1) Is this why I prefer stronger cigars even though I am a novice smoker? 2) Is there something I am missing from each and every cigar I have? 3)Perhaps my olfactory sensors work when I am blowing out and not when I am sucking in? Because I have tried the retrohale (as I have heard it called) with results that brought tears to my eyes. You seem to be a very knowledgeable chap and I was wondering if you had an opinion on this, anything I could benefit from knowing, or maybe even some suggestions.

    Thanks,

    Tyler Gervais


    "Last night I went to a fight, and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield

  • Re: Developing Your Palate

     08-05-2009, 3:22 AM

    wow. run over by a car? damn.

    im not really sure if i can even comprehend how bad that sucks.
    i hope the recovery is going well. i hope you can have many cigars in your future.
    T. Gervais:
    1) Is this why I prefer stronger cigars even though I am a novice smoker?
    Maybe.
    though many stronger bodied cigars are full flavor not all full flavor cigars are full body. Flavor is something you taste. body is something you feel.

    maybe you just like stronger cigars. I know when i started i liked the fuller end right off the bat.

    also, i knew i liked cigars before i was pushing some smoke out through the nose.

    are you able to smell anything now?
    the brain and nervous system seem to work in ways that still baffle science. maybe there are a few things that you can pick up, and some things that you cant. maybe taste is your trigger for smell, not the usual other way around.

    iduno. im not a neurologist...

    but i did stay at a holiday inn...
    T. Gervais:
    2) Is there something I am missing from each and every cigar I have?
    Maybe. but at some point, does it matter?

    though developing your palate is a fun way to explore cigars, it is not essential to the hobby. the point is enjoyment and relaxation.
    as long as those two things are brought to your life by cigars, who cares how developed your palate is.
    T. Gervais:
    3)Perhaps my olfactory sensors work when I am blowing out and not when I am sucking in? Because I have tried the retrohale (as I have heard it called) with results that brought tears to my eyes.
    that could be. maybe the crazy amount of smoke through the nose makes the very weak connection work.

    they tears may be because the smoke is way more harsh than what you are uset to pushing out. the burn may be just that.
    T. Gervais:
    You seem to be a very knowledgeable chap and I was wondering if you had an opinion on this, anything I could benefit from knowing, or maybe even some suggestions.
    me? knowledgeable? i got you fooled....

    i have an opinion on just about everything.

    any more questions and you know where to find me.
    Kuzi's cigar catalog blending 101 developing your palate
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