Unfortunately, there weren't just Graycliffs in that box. I guess I have to decide which to smoke right away and which to freeze. How can I minimize the damage of freezing them? I've read to put them in the fridge for 24 hrs after the freezer, but don't they still suffer from the experience?
Unfortunately, there weren't just Graycliffs in that box. I guess I have to decide which to smoke right away and which to freeze. How can I minimize the damage of freezing them? I've read to put them in the fridge for 24 hrs after the freezer, but don't they still suffer from the experience?
Actually ease them into it by putting them in the fridge first, then freezer, then back to the fridge.
Definately looks like beetle hole. Though I've only read about them I've done a lot of investigating. The dry ice trick is a new one but sounds good. Everything else I've read says 3 days in a freezer followed by 2 days in a fridge, or vacum seal them, they can't survive in a vacum and it supposedly destroys the eggs.
Surprisingly, the only beetle stick I ever had was one that was "forgotten" in my car in a Zip-lock bag. I was cleaning out the vehicle and came acrosss a stick that was all chewed up. Maybe the heat woke them up, but good thing it was away from the rest. I had taken the label off so I don't remember what it was.
What you can do to check the rest is shake them with the foot of the cigar by your hand. If stuff starts to come out (like a fine dust) then they have been eaten! I know from experience.
The cigar with the hole had a tunnel running through it. I cut it back a bit to see. It smoked ok, but there were some bad moments...maybe that's what worms taste like. I've smoked 5 cigars, working on number 6, from that humi and none of these others have had any problems. There's not any dust in the humi either. To be on the safe side I packaged the cigars up and put them in the fridge for 24 hours and then moved them to the freezer. I'll move them back to the fridge for a 24 hour rest on Friday. I've read to clean the humi with an ammonia/water solution...has anyone done this before? How strong do you mix it? and, does it affect the smell of the humi for long?
I don't know, if beetles started crawling out of one of my cigars, that would be the end of the stick for me.
Lol, I'm pretty hard core about smoking anything I lite up as long as I can stand it no matter how bad it is but I think I'd have to draw the line when them critters started crawling out of my punch hole. Yucky!
I don't know, if beetles started crawling out of one of my cigars, that would be the end of the stick for me.
Lol, I'm pretty hard core about smoking anything I lite up as long as I can stand it no matter how bad it is but I think I'd have to draw the line when them critters started crawling out of my punch hole. Yucky!
I don't know, if beetles started crawling out of one of my cigars, that would be the end of the stick for me.
Lol, I'm pretty hard core about smoking anything I lite up as long as I can stand it no matter how bad it is but I think I'd have to draw the line when them critters started crawling out of my punch hole. Yucky!
NO SHITE !!!!!!
lol..just like The Kid said here a while back..."I love the smell of roasting beetles in the morning!!!!. Ever hear a pop when your smoking a cigar I always imagine thats the beetles head exploding...hmmmm beetlejuice" 9/29/2011. I know that was a joke, but gotta say my cigars haven't popped yet, and nothing has ever crawled out alive...I don't know what I'd do if either were to happen...
Well, come on, guys. They're only bugs (and tiny, at that). I mean, it's not like they were poisonous snakes or something.
Lol , I really needed a good chuckle. This has been one of the worst days of my life. I'm at a loss as to what to do or who I can trust now. I may wind up going home and loading my 357. My wife is already loaded up.Ain't gonna play when it comes to the protection of my family.
Oh it's f'd up , I wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't happening to us. No threats but a twisted a$$ phone call to my wife by someone that obviously knows me or us. Phone company won't give out the number yet where the call came from and it takes 3 before we can get a subpoena so 1 more and I can force them to give us the #. Then the law better get to him before I do.
Wow! That sucks. Be thankful, though, that it's only phone calls and not personal contact. I'm assuming you've clued-in the police on the matter. I'll hold good thoughts for you and your wife, my friend. Wish I could do more.
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