#1
MrColdShower , Apr 28, 2012 11:51 am
Apr 20, 2024A few weeks ago, I was over at an acquaintance's house. It wasn't someone I knew well.
She brought a dessert out for the guests; it looked like normal chocolate mousse, but this stuff almost made me throw up. It burned my throat and had a terrible taste that I couldn't describe.
Trying my best to be polite, I asked, "This is interesting! Is there some special ingredient?" She explained that she had infused the dessert with some kind of tobacco. I was seriously ready to hurl.
Does anyone here do this? And if so, are your culinary creations well received? How in the world do you infuse a recipe with tobacco?
She brought a dessert out for the guests; it looked like normal chocolate mousse, but this stuff almost made me throw up. It burned my throat and had a terrible taste that I couldn't describe.
Trying my best to be polite, I asked, "This is interesting! Is there some special ingredient?" She explained that she had infused the dessert with some kind of tobacco. I was seriously ready to hurl.
Does anyone here do this? And if so, are your culinary creations well received? How in the world do you infuse a recipe with tobacco?
#2
Sprezzatura , Apr 28, 2012 12:05 pm
Molecular gastronomy, I expect. Not something I would try, but a quick Google turns up this:
http://www.molecularrecipes.com/flav...-pipe-tobacco/
Tony Bourdain was famously served a nicotine-infused dessert at the French Laundry back when Chef Thomas Keller was still manning the kitchen.
http://www.molecularrecipes.com/flav...-pipe-tobacco/
Tony Bourdain was famously served a nicotine-infused dessert at the French Laundry back when Chef Thomas Keller was still manning the kitchen.
#3
They have been playing around with this for a few years. Personally, I find it vile and would be pretty pissed if someone served me tobacco without first warning me. And if they did warn, I would politely decline. Much like horse spunk, there are things that I just dont need to eat.
#4
I've had such desserts and did not care for them at all. I haven't seen it on a menu in/around SF for a few years now, so hopefully it came and went, and now the rest of the country can choke on it for awhile, thinking they're eating something special. 
#5
SwissCircle , Apr 28, 2012 1:32 pm
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Well, there should not be Nicotine in it, should there.
Don`t know about the recipe quoted, looks like they didn`t try to us a rotary evaporator to just extract the flavours. Which is quite an adventure, but usually the results pay off.
Don`t know about the recipe quoted, looks like they didn`t try to us a rotary evaporator to just extract the flavours. Which is quite an adventure, but usually the results pay off.
#6
It's nice to hear that some chefs are exploring the flavor profile that tobacco can contribute. I have always considered tobacco to be a member of the gastronomic "family", not a drug or a stand-alone recreational activity. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority of tobacco users are unconcerned with the taste experience and are merely seeking a nicotine fix. If we can separate oenophilia from alcoholism, why is it so hard to legitimize gustatory tobaccophilia from chronic nicotinism?
#7
I don't know about pudding, but I have seen meats wrapped in a whole tobacco leaf (same idea of slightly steaming, like when you cook in a banana leaf I guess) but haven't tried it, as I don't eat meat. That was quite some years ago, so I don't think cooking with tobacco is a new fad.
#8
printingray , Apr 30, 2012 11:58 am
Once I experienced the Blackberry and Tobacco cream from a bakery nearby. It is meant to be a bridge between a savory entree course and a dessert. That was an interesting "one bite" dish, nobody could really put their finger on that extra taste till I told them it was the tobacco infused cream.
#10
MrColdShower , May 1, 2012 10:29 am
Ugh. I am getting sick all over again reading this thread.
Tobacco-infused wine? I'm pretty sure I'd prefer a hemlock-infused drink.
Tobacco-infused wine? I'm pretty sure I'd prefer a hemlock-infused drink.
#11
dchristiva , May 1, 2012 4:28 pm
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Agreed. I don't think it's appropriate to spring such a dish on friends (or enemies).Originally Posted by Darren
They have been playing around with this for a few years. Personally, I find it vile and would be pretty pissed if someone served me tobacco without first warning me. And if they did warn, I would politely decline. Much like horse spunk, there are things that I just dont need to eat.
#12
dchristiva , May 1, 2012 4:29 pm
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Aren't there plenty of wines that have a tobacco-like flavor without actually requiring tobacco infusion? I'm not sure I get the point, but have to imagine that your assessment is spot on.Originally Posted by Steph3n
I had tobacco infused wine a couple weeks ago, it was nasty.
#13
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Something like what is flavor without the real hit. But anyway, it was horrible, I don't smoke, chew etc, but the flavor and reflex, I learned what that wine spitting cup was used for quickly!Originally Posted by dchristiva
Aren't there plenty of wines that have a tobacco-like flavor without actually requiring tobacco infusion? I'm not sure I get the point, but have to imagine that your assessment is spot on.
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dchristiva , May 2, 2012 9:40 am
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I can imagine! ^Originally Posted by Steph3n
Something like what is flavor without the real hit. But anyway, it was horrible, I don't smoke, chew etc, but the flavor and reflex, I learned what that wine spitting cup was used for quickly!