Mr. Martin also runs a processing plant for the growing ranks of perique farmers. |
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A few bad seasons had knocked his production down to the point where perique was on the verge of extinction. |
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Most people in St. James have a story about someone who tried to smoke or chew perique straight. |
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Mr. Brown and Mr. Nichols resolved to do something to preserve perique. |
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In 2005, a North Carolina businessman named Mark Ryan bought an old processing facility in nearby Convent, La., with a lineage going back to Pierre Chenet, thought to be the first Westerner to produce perique. |
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Fans describe perique as spicy, earthy and rich. |
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