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Has anyone ever tried smoking bamboo? (No not in your hash pipe.) Does anyone know how to do this properly?
I gave it a try. See photo. The result was I pulled out the bamboo culm and it was covered in droplets of sticky brown tar. I washed the gunk off my bamboo. I guess I am supposed to let it absorb into the wood, thus it would darken it and give it that strong smoky smell. I just couldn't bare having all that gunky tar soaked into a future shakuhachi!
If anyone else tries this, let us know how it goes for you...
Note: without the aluminum foil on top, the wood chips at the base burn too hot and the bamboo starts to burn.
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Hello everyone, i want to ask the same question again, can anyone tell me how to smoke bamboo?
Thanks,james
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