The Word Puro w/Poll

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Bill86

I voted twice, on that note...not many people here like cake. I find that strange.

Hmm. That is a little odd, now that you mentioned it.

Cake > Pie

[BlkDrew]

Originally Posted by Bad Finger

Cake > Pie

Pumpkin Pie > Cake

[JenksAnejo]

Agree with the majority!

[ApexAZ]

I like Puro cake

[cigarmonkel]

Puro pie cake? mmm the crust of the cake is pie and the filling of the pie is cake!

[Pat1075]

Originally Posted by jledou

I like cookies better than I like cake.

As a rule I have to agree with you although cake does have its place.
And BTW my donkey's name is cake.

[smitty81]

someone say cake?

[Zeuceone]

The rule of 3's

[smitty81]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

The rule of 3's

Three different kinds of cake?

[Zeuceone]

O

Originally Posted by smitty81

Three different kinds of cake?

One cake three layers.

[smitty81]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

O

One cake three layers.

[BlkDrew]

Originally Posted by cigarmonkel

Puro pie cake? mmm the crust of the cake is pie and the filling of the pie is cake!

I think you are on to something.... I will have to make said dessert..

[akumushi]

I like my cakes to have ingredients from only one nation of origin. Does that mean I'm eating a puro?

[Mattso3000]

Yup, cake was the only option I saw.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by akumushi

I like my cakes to have ingredients from only one nation of origin. Does that mean I'm eating a puro?

Depends who bakes it.

[GreekGodX]

This makes a lot of sense that the word puro means cigar because in Greek the word for cigar is πούρο, pronounced poúro.

I can't go further than that because it is a Spanish word. I believe that it means from a single origin.

[Blak Smyth]

Mmmm cake!

[shilala]

LOL.

[akumushi]

I've heard the word used both ways, and as most people have mentioned, I've noticed that in Spanish, the word is more closely aligned with being slang for any premium cigar, (if it ever had anything to do with the composition of the cigar, it probably became generic because until very recently the majority of quality cigars available in Latin America were puros), whereas in American English, since most cigars on the U.S. market have been blends ever since the embargo, manufacturers have recently started using the word in a more specialized sense in order to sell the relatively new concept of high quality pure Nicaraguan or Dominican cigars. It would be interesting to see just when exactly this use of the word started showing up, but I'd venture a guess and say during the 90's boom.
While Drew Estate was using the word correctly in the traditional Spanish sense of the word, in the current U.S. market it is a bit duplicitous to use it that way, because while the rest of the world still thinks a puro is just a cigar, the American market they're selling it in has a much more specialized definition of the term. Just as you'd get two different things asking for a "rubber" in America or Australia, a "puro," means different things to different people. This is just another example of how every manufacturer in the world uses the same God damned terms to mean completely different things, such that one brand's Toro is another brand's Churchill is another brand's Robusto. It's a maddening smokescreen of hype and marketing-babble for any newb to unravel.