From: ????????????????? (DoctorRay)
Newsgroups: alt.smokers.pipes
Subject: Re: "Rabbit tobacco" and other smokeable plants (was: Youngest PS)

Coffee actually works pretty well as a tobacco substitute (grind whole
beans, but leave them MUCH coarser than you would to make the beverage).

_The Pipe_ by Georges Herment (1957) lists the following tobacco
substitutes:
Magnolia flowers, clover blossoms, lavener petals, rose petals, walnut
leaves, chestnut leaves, birch leaves, pear leaves, cherry leaves, fig
leaves (also suitable for wearing :)), rose leaves, tomato leaves,
artichoke leaves, sage, verbena, wormwood, burdock, and borage (among
others).
For all of these, remove all stems. Soak for 24 hours in water containing
a pinch of carbonate of potash.  Then let dry slowly in a dark place.
    He highly recommends coltsfoot, and describes the preparation for
smoking:
Remove veins from leaves.  Soak for two days in salt water. Cut up and
replace in salt water for two more days. Dry in the sun.
  During the German Occupation of France, French smokers reportedly used
coltsfoot almost exclusively.
  Of course, they smoke tobacco now, which should tell you something.
-Ray [:-?    
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[ Keep this handy, just in case the antis win... -S. ]


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