JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I notice a lot of people saying to add 1/2 a teaspoon of glycerine to a bowl of shisha, but why only that much? Why not add it till the shisha is drippin in the stuff, then pack it in the bowl? Is too much glycerine bad? Will someone get sick from it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 more glycerin = more smokehowever....too much glycerin = no flavour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 12:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>more glycerin = more smokehowever....too much glycerin = no flavourAh.. okay.I put just enough glycerine in my tub of Nak cherry to get it wet, but not dripping. Seems to smoke quite nicely and has good flavor too. Using Jap canary coals, which seem to work perfectly for nak 'cause nak doesn't like getting burnt. Cocos always burn the crap outta it if not used carefully. Edit: Holy shit, I got epic clouds going here with 3 canarys. You should see this shit. Edited March 27, 2009 by JDHarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should see this shit.im not in to the whole fecal thing. im chinese, not japanese. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo_Master Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 nah, too much glycerin = soapy flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should see this shit.im not in to the whole fecal thing. im chinese, not japanese. lol.haha.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Nakhla loves heat, but cocos are too large for nak, def cut the cocos in half use 1.5 pieces or or 2 (4 pieces) cocos for a phunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Where the hell do you find glycerine at??? I have looked at several different places and all I can find is just regular glycerine and I read on here that you are supposed to use vegetable glycerine, which I cannot find anywhere. Any help?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (delSol_si @ Mar 27 2009, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Where the hell do you find glycerine at??? I have looked at several different places and all I can find is just regular glycerine and I read on here that you are supposed to use vegetable glycerine, which I cannot find anywhere. Any help??apparently Michaels sells the vegetable glycerin that is used for baking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafunk5446 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 for me to much glycerin= weakened flavor and headaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) I got a bottle of glycerine off of amazon.com.It's NOW Vegetable Glycerine.. 100% Pure.. big 16 oz bottle of it that'll last me a long frikkin time. Does NOT taste soapy. Just put some on my finger and it actually tastes kinda sweet, which is weird. This is possibly the BEST glycerine to use.Huh.. on the bottle it says it can be used as a sweetener in food. Cool. But yeah, get THIS stuff. Don't get anything else. It's worth whatever price you pay for it. Edited March 27, 2009 by JDHarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 09:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Just put some on my finger and it actually tastes kinda sweet, which is weird.why would that be weird? glycerin is used as a sweetener.CODE[u]In foods and beverages, glycerol serves as a humectant, solvent and sweetener,[/u] and may help preserve foods. It is also used as filler in commercially prepared low-fat foods (e.g., cookies), and as a thickening agent in liqueurs. Glycerol also serves as a way, along with water, to preserve certain types of leaves. [u]Glycerol is also used as a sugar substitute.[/u] In this regard, it has approximately 27 calories per teaspoon and is 60% as sweet as sucrose. Although it has about the same food energy as table sugar, it does not raise blood sugar levels, nor does it feed the bacteria that form plaques and cause dental cavities. As a food additive, glycerol is also known as E number E422.source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Can also be used as a sex lubricant.. haha.. sweet tasting sex lube? Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should see this shit.im not in to the whole fecal thing. im chinese, not japanese. lol.oh no he ditin't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 QUOTE (ilikemyusername @ Mar 27 2009, 04:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 08:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You should see this shit.im not in to the whole fecal thing. im chinese, not japanese. lol.oh no he ditin'tYeah.. poor Japanese..Plus, I thought they were into vomitting, not shit? I think shit is German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Can also be used as a sex lubricant.. haha.. sweet tasting sex lube? Awesome. *while adding to shisha*--> "one for you, one for me, one for you, one for me" ...oh wait, you said sex not jerkin it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah.. poor Japanese..Plus, I thought they were into vomitting, not shit? I think shit is German.ive never seen german scat videos. they were all japanese people.the japanese have always been in to weird shit. no pun intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erufiku Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah.. poor Japanese..Plus, I thought they were into vomitting, not shit? I think shit is German.ive never seen german scat videos. they were all japanese people.the japanese have always been in to weird shit. no pun intended.Wow... this forum is beginning to sound disturbingly like /b/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyj316 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 QUOTE (erufiku @ Mar 27 2009, 08:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (chinamon @ Mar 27 2009, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (JDHarding @ Mar 27 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yeah.. poor Japanese..Plus, I thought they were into vomitting, not shit? I think shit is German.ive never seen german scat videos. they were all japanese people.the japanese have always been in to weird shit. no pun intended.Wow... this forum is beginning to sound disturbingly like /b/Rule number 1.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJW Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 When I pack a bowl, I always add three drops of glycerin. If I add 4 or more, I'll get cloud for about 5 minutes, and then it will taste like the bowl has been completely burned. It will tickle the back of my throat, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHarding Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 I do notice the shisha tasting kind of burnt while smoking, but that usually occurs when I use too much heat. Glycerine seems to make the shisha more heat sensitive. I get around this by using either 2-3 halves of cocos or 2-3 canarys. The canarys seem to heat it up just right, though when they're right off the burner they're pretty hot and I get the burnt taste then. But my Nakhlas almost require glycerine in them 'cause they're so dry. The strawberry was super dry when I got it. The cherry was a little wetter than usual, and tasted worlds better than the strawberry. Maybe it's just an old batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMoodz Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 There are a couple of brands of hookah tobacco and a specific herbal brand that has too much glycerin. Clouds are excellent but I don't like the taste of cooking oil in my shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Too much glycerine makes the flavor weaker, if you are an end user. Lets suppose you were a manufacturer, too much glycerine would increase the flavor flux (making the flavor die too quickly) and the excess of glycerine would make the tobacco very difficult to manage in terms of packing and heat management,Vegetable glycerine doesn't matter. Just use glycerine. Its alomst all vegetable glycerine anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilded777 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 (edited) I would think that glycerin would tend to take on the flavor, after sitting for a while. Since it is one of those mostly tasteles, odorless kinda ingredients...I might not be correct, but I think that it will.//edit that's what I get for posting before reading the whole thing, and seeing that Eric had already chimed in with his intimate knowledge. Edited March 28, 2009 by evilded777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSexyPanda Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Anyone try using other things besides glycerine? Like maybe honey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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