Snus Storage Questions

[lxskllr]

Who's your avatar? Mr Booth?

Edgar Allan Poe :^)

[Jimbob_Rebel]

If I'm not mistaken that's Edgar Allen Poe.

[Jimbob_Rebel]

Edgar Allan Poe :^)

beat me to the punch!

[Joe234]

Edgar Allan Poe :^)

Right. Silly me. that is Poe. I'm glad.

Do you think there's a slight resemblance?

[lxskllr]

Yea, there is a resemblance. Interestingly enough, the Booth family lived right down he road from me :^)

[ladysnus]

I've been vacuuming bagging my snus since day 1. I have snus over a year old and it's all been fine. My opened cans of things I don't use often are kept in freezer bags, they do tend to get a bit of freezer burn.

[LaZeR]

I have no idea about the temperature; it freezes stuff :^D

I use EZ zip bags, and what I do is leave a ~2" hole, suck out the air with my mouth, then zip the bag shut while sucking. It vacuum seals it to some extent, but not so great tbh. I doubt doing it that way accomplishes much, but it's easy enough, so I do it :^)

Are you people trying to make me....

But seriously, I'm curious about some "freezing" techniques myself. My biggest concern is opening my snus in a year or so and finding it all frost bitten.

[lxskllr]

:^D

You don't disappoint LaZ. I was fully expecting that as I was writing the above :^D

[myuserid]

I'm just going to put this question here, instead of making a new thread.

So I opened a can of Skruf Xtra Stark Portions the other day, and they were really dry. I put some water in a bowl and dumped the can in and mixed with a spoon. Then I returned them to the can and put it in the fridge for a couple days.

Only thing is, I think I used too much water. The portions are really leaky now.

Would leaving them out of the fridge for a day or so to dry them out be a good idea?

[MojoQuestor]

I'm just going to put this question here, instead of making a new thread.

So I opened a can of Skruf Xtra Stark Portions the other day, and they were really dry. I put some water in a bowl and dumped the can in and mixed with a spoon. Then I returned them to the can and put it in the fridge for a couple days.

Only thing is, I think I used too much water. The portions are really leaky now.

Would leaving them out of the fridge for a day or so to dry them out be a good idea?

Yeah, I think so. I've only done it a couple of times, and not with portions, but in general it seems that if you over-hydrate, then you just let the correct amount of extra moisture evaporate, and you're back to good snus.

I would say just be sure not to let it go too far, because you're back to square one, and I don't know how many hydrate-dry-hydrate cycles a can of snus could take before it's just not that good anymore.

I think tom502 has done a bit more lab work with this. I really can't remember for sure, but it seems like some of his snus got to the point where he didn't enjoy it as much. Then again, it's likely different for everyone. So much with taste, and certainly with snus, seems to be perceptual. If you go into it thinking "this is gonna suck"--it's likely going to suck.

[Curtisp]

I'm just going to put this question here, instead of making a new thread.

So I opened a can of Skruf Xtra Stark Portions the other day, and they were really dry. I put some water in a bowl and dumped the can in and mixed with a spoon. Then I returned them to the can and put it in the fridge for a couple days.

Only thing is, I think I used too much water. The portions are really leaky now.

Would leaving them out of the fridge for a day or so to dry them out be a good idea?

This thread is so on target, i was wondering the same thing. I have about ten cans open in my garage fridge. With the heat here some of my portions were feeling kinda dry. I am now keeping a small spray bottle with distilled water in the fridge near my snus.When i return a can, i just give it a spritz, close it up, and next day, just right moist. Seems to work pretty good, just my 2 cents..

[myuserid]

This thread is so on target, i was wondering the same thing. I have about ten cans open in my garage fridge. With the heat here some of my portions were feeling kinda dry. I am now keeping a small spray bottle with distilled water in the fridge near my snus.When i return a can, i just give it a spritz, close it up, and next day, just right moist. Seems to work pretty good, just my 2 cents..

That's a good idea.

I may have to try that.

What's the temp been like in South FL? It's been a terribly hot summer so far here in Alabama. I'm ready for winter.

[EbenezerScrews]

Leaving it open in the fridge will dry it out. I have no experience with snus, but I used to do this with moist rolling tobacco. Only if there is no food/smells in the fridge however, or it may pick up some taste. Very faint, but a lettuce and hard boiled egg snus? haha. Worked really well, need to check on it regularly though, and rotate to keep the process even. If you put em single layer on a plate I think they'd be dry in a couple hours, depending how wet they are. Or if you got the AC running, place em there, should do the trick.

If you are going to have an open can in the fridge for more than a few days, I would recommend bagging them.

I would think in Alabama/S.Florida just sticking a dry can of portions out your window for a second would moisten them right up, haha

[myuserid]

I would think in Alabama/S.Florida just sticking a dry can of portions out your window for a second would moisten them right up, haha

You're not far off there.

The humidity is a killer here.

[c.nash]

It's hot and humid in south Florida but I haven't had any drying out problems yet.