re: "The best tobacco you never heard of comes from St. James Parish"

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Perique Tobacco is far from the best. It's used to "cut" better more expensive tobaccos.

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I've smoked Perique in blends for decades. one part in twenty is about right. It is used as flavoring - like you'd use Worcester sauce, or your favorite steak sauce. It also cuts the "bite" of some other tobaccos.

Not surprising that one poster mentioned that there are fake Periques out there. The last stuff I bought (at a high price) was not good - likely fake or heavily cut.

And thanks to the many posters with great comments - much more great info than I hoped for when I posted this.