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fiddler898 Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 5:39 PM EST
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A couple weeks ago, while herfing with Beemer & Will, the subject turned to breadfruit. It seems like every fifth (or so) cigar review I read detects the flavor of breadfruit. We had to google it to figure out what it is. Has anyone ever actually tasted a breadfruit? Why do so many smokes seem to possess that particular characteristic? I know, I know, reviewers like to be creative; Halfwheel's recent review of the Viaje Full Moon tasted "unfrosted coffee beans" in the pre-light. Heck, I don't even know what a frosted coffee bean tastes like! Maybe my palate is Neanderthal and you all have breadfruit for breakfast every morning. But it seems a rather odd reference to be employed so commonly. Your thoughts?
tonygraz Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 5:59 PM EST
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Wikip says:" ... Its name is derived from the texture of the cooked moderately ripe fruit, which has a potato-like flavor, similar to freshly baked bread...." Why anyone would use breadfruit as a flavor is beyond me, particularly since very few people in the USA are familiar with it.
Thunder.Gerbil Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 6:48 PM EST
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Reviewers like to use big terms to impress people and keep the free **** coming in.
ZRX1200 Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 6:52 PM EST
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^ exactly.

banderl Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 7:45 PM EST
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From Wiki:
Mutiny on the Bounty............

The Royal Navy bought the ship for a single mission in support of an experiment: she was to travel to Tahiti; pick up breadfruit plants; and transport them to the West Indies, in the hope that they would grow well there and become a cheap source of food for slaves. The experiment, promoted through a prize offered by the Royal Society, was proposed by Sir Joseph Banks, who recommended Bligh as commander, Banks at the time being the unofficial director of Kew Gardens.

In June 1787, Bounty was refitted at Deptford. The captain's great cabin was converted to house the potted breadfruit plants, and glazed windows were fitted to the upper deck, while a lead lining was installed on the floor to catch and re-use run-off water used to feed the plants. Bligh was quartered in a small cramped cabin next to crew and officers.
deadeyedick Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 8:57 PM EST
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I don't know about breadfruit but I often get a note of what we called Boston Baked Bread when I was a youngster. It came in a can and was kinda like dark gingerbread but with a molasses scent. Don't know if they still make that.

Many good maduros remind me of that on the cold draw.

DED
tonygraz Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Nov 7 2014, 9:34 PM EST
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Haven't seen that Baked Bread around in years. I think it was a B&M product---like the B&M Baked Beans.

Just looked it up and it was and still is made. Can be had at Walmart.
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