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(NYTimes) ... Fans describe perique as spicy, earthy and rich. It is a “condiment” tobacco, more akin to an intense habanero hot sauce than ketchup. It rarely makes up more than 15 percent of any given blend, and that is enough to make its presence known. Most people in St. James have a story about someone who tried to smoke or chew perique straight. It never ends well. Continued
Photo: Perique tobacco in process of ageing near Lutcher, Louisiana, 1938 (Russell Lee/FSA/LoC).
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