Meerschaum Pipes & More

It’s time to delouse your grills, put on your shorts and flip flops and enjoy the day out bbqing and puffing countless hand made cigars. Together with my fave cigars, I really like to drink a drink of scotch and just relax. After such a long winter, which seemed to be longer than years past, last weekend was perfect BBQ weather. I was able to ultimately open all of my windows and air out the house. I don’t smoke within, it required displaying out anyhow. I tuned up my grass mower because yes, sadly it is that time of the year too. The snow is gone and the grass is growing. I don’t mind cutting my grass and keeping the turf up. There is basically a great satisfaction to a good looking grass and worth all the effort. This past weekend, I smoked my favorite cigar and BBQ’d up some ribs and pork steaks. I like to think of myself as the master cook, king of the grill. There is nothing like lighting those coals and going to the town on bounteous meats and vegetables. Naturally I think of myself as a charcoal man, I adore the flavor of the grill. If you use gas, it does not get the smokey flavor that I adore and is way overrated. I invited all of my buddies and naturally the wife and youngsters were there. It is a little to cold to swim yet, but once commemorative day comes around, I’ll open the pool for the season. My youngsters love swimming and splashing around, I am also known to take a dip with hand made cigars and scotch in hand. Summer is just such a great time to get together with family and friends and enjoying life they way you want to.

I have smoked Macanudo Cigars for years now, and read that they came from Jamaica. That looked unusual becauce I have not heard much about Jamaican tobacco. Allegedly, Cuban immigrants brought tobacco seeds to Jamaica, as they did each where else they moved to. But due to hurricanes, labor issues and war, it has been a difficult road for the Jamaican tobacco plant. Macanudo, which came from Jamaica is now home made by General Cigar Company, located in Connecticut. They create quality, high end, premium cigars, including Macanudo. They use their own Connecticut shade wrappers, and numerous tobaccos from the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Africa for the filler and binder. These are my favourite cigars for lots of reasons, I love the sweet but spicy flavor. They are strong, but not overpowering. I will smoke once per day and be satisfied. There are just a few known Jamaican cigars around nowadays, and they appear tough to come by. If the others taste as well as a Macanudo, I may switch, but for now I am sticking to what I love.