This is a 50/50 blend of burley and bright Virginia. The burley is cased with molasses/tonka bean and the Virginia is cased with plum casing. I made four 160g plugs in the 2’ stainless steel tube. I had some difficulty with fraying with the Chinese made meat slicer. I believe this way caused by some uneven pressing of the plugs. So switched to the antique plug cutter and made thicker flakes ...
After doing the Virginia tonka experiment I thought, “Man, I bet this will match perfect with Grateful Plug!” Well say no more! It is done! Tonka/molasses version of 200g Grateful Plug stoved for 7 hours at 200 F Tonka/Molasses Grateful Plug This is a blend of 100g Bright Virginia cased with Tonka bean casing and 100g burley cased with molassas casing. I will let the plug rest for a few days but I am smoking the burnt ends I trimmed off the plug and I have to say, this one is the winner. I will likely end up making all my Grateful Plugs this way! ...