Does anyone have a foolproof method of keeping tobacco moist in a tin? | Notes and Queries

Does anyone have a foolproof method of keeping tobacco moist in a tin?

Tom Blackshaw, Lytham St.Anne's Lancs

• I've heard that adding a slice of lemon peel will do the trick.

  Kate, Brighton UK

• Wrap a piece of apple in tinfoil, fill it full of pinholes and drop it in your tin.

  j owens, london uk

• soak your apple piece in rum overnight to give your tobacco a nice flavour.

  j owens, london uk

• A small, square centimetre in size, piece of fruit peel (it's up to individual taste whether lemon is preferred over, say, apple) will keep your tobacco moist in a tin. It will even revive desiccated tobacco. Beware, however: the peel will continue its work after optimum moistness has been achieved, and will create the opposite, yet equally undesirable problem of rendering the tobacco too moist. The peel therefore has to be introduced, and removed, at judicious intervals.

  Eric Wilson, Bath, UK

• This is one of those mysteries that smokers the world over have been trying to solve. I tried everything going - A tot of whiskey, slices of potato, bits of apple, you name it. Cherry leaves are quite nice, as they flavour your tobacco a bit as well as keeping it moist for a while. It never really works, though, and your tobacco invariably dries out before it can be smoked. The only solution I discovered that is truly foolproof, is to put the lid firmly on the tin, and never open it again.

  Mary Hinge, Bewdley UK

• I just tried this to dried tobacco and it worked great. I placed the tobacco on a damp paper towel and folded it over the towel over the tobacco for a few mins before rolling and it revived the tobacco just fine.

  Linda, Grass Valley USA

• lettuce leaf

  debra, fort wayne usa

• I fine a chlothespin works just soak it first and then add it to your jar of tobacco. I buy three sails... It is the best tobacco ever!

  Cathy, Cocoa Beach USA