Generally I try to finish all of my tobaccos in accordance with my dislike for wasting stuff. Even when a tobacco doesn't strike me as good, I keep at it until it is gone or I just can't finish it. Usually by the time I near the end of it, I've come to appreciate it on its own merits. That's what happened with Half & Half; after smoking through a pouch of it, I came to appreciate it.

There have been a few tobaccos that I didn't care for, most of them aromatics. The first one I remember that sticks out in my mind is Mixture No. 76. In the early 70's when I tried it, the soap taste is all that I remember about it. Although I like a good cherry blend, I never much appreciated Paladin Black Cherry. A friend of mine's dad smoked it back when I was in high school so I tried to like it but I didn't take to it. The worst experience was with a pound of a tobacco from the E.A. Carey Company. I had been a member of their tobacco club and had been happy with the tobacco that I had gotten from them in the past. One month I received a pound of tobacco that had way too much flavoring added to it. It was some kind of aromatic glycol stuff that was okay in the proper amounts, but this bag was so moist out of the bag that it just wouldn't dry properly. After burning my tongue too many times, I had to throw it out.