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fire-curing [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drying Techniques (Farming)
  • Tobacco Industry
CONT

Fire-curing is done in barns in which an open wood fire on the dirt floor gives off smoke which circulates among the hanging leaves, giving it a characteristic creosote aroma over 3 to 10 weeks treatment; burning aromatic wood, such as cedar in Syria gives the tobacco a distinctive fragrance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessiccation (Techniques agricoles)
  • Industrie du tabac
DEF

Système de séchage employé pour les tabacs à forte nervure médiane, comme le Kentucky. Le séchage se fait au feu direct et les feuilles sont imprégnées par la fumée du bois.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desecación (Técnicas agrícolas)
  • Industria tabacalera
CONT

En los diversos países productores de tabaco se usan varios métodos de curado que pueden clasificarse en cuatro grandes categorías: curado natural o al aire, curado al sol, curado a fuego directo, y curado a fuego indirecto o al aire caliente.

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