Somehow I made it out of bed this morning, what with the news of Corey Haim’s death and all. And I found myself mulling over a comment I overheard a stranger say the other day.
This person said, “I’ll have a plug of that.” This person was online at the convenience store. (This person was also wearing a pair of steel toed boots, dusty jeans and a trucker’s cap, unironically.)
What’s a plug? Is that like a morsel? Or as my friend Eric calls it, a grooble or snickle of something; a taste?
If so, does that mean I had a plug of ice cream last night? A plug of cookie for breakfast this morning?
Or does a plug refer to any masticated food item that can be conveniently deposited into one’s lower lip, like chewing tobacco or Big League chew-shredded bubble gum or even, in a pinch, chewed-up olives or raisins?
Just wondering. Does anyone know?
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This is what it was when I was growing up.
http://www.blaircandy.com/bigleaguechew.html?productid=bigleaguechew&channelid=NEXTA
You got me. But, like you, it’s got me pretty curious.
Plug tobacco is press formed into sheets, with the aid of a little syrup, mostly molasses, which helps maintain form as well as sweeten. The sheets are then cut into individual plugs, wrapped with fine tobacco and then packaged. Individual servings must be cut or bitten directly from the plug
My mom reads your blog and she is going to be SO excited that grooble and snickle rated! (She invented those words.) xo
Eric: Your mom reads my blog? SWEET!! And both Jake and I are regular users of her word grooble. (I haven’t heard him say snickle yet….though I am a frequent user.) -JK