Smoking Arbutus

Authored by Gerry Thomasen 5 years ago

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I like to peel the bark off of arbutus trees. No, not in a mean kinda way - it's my favourite species of tree. I only peel the parts that are rolled up, because they're ready-rolled for smoking!

I betcha you didn't know you can smoke the bark? (No, you don't get anything special from it.) You can just light the end of a rolled bit and puff away. It tastes like burnt marshmallows and cloves! Quite pleasant, actually.

Warning!: you might wanna devise a way to check for bugs inside the rolled up bark - I didn't notice the hazard until probably the twentieth occasion of smoking the stuff. It's a pain, though - cuz if you unroll it, it usually breaks.

Cautionary!: If Nanaimo's dry enough to smoke the bark you peeled off the trees, it's probably dry enough…