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Cooking with Hash

Discussion in 'Weed Edibles' started by ac3adt, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. .. Im making edibles with hash & coconut oil. When cooking with bud you are supposed to heat it up to around 200 degrees for a few hours blah, blah, blah. But when cooking with hash, is all that heat and time necessary? or can you just bake it long enough so that the hash dissolves into the coconut oil?

    Hope that makes sense,

    Thanks!
     
  2. #2 BadKittySmiles, Oct 16, 2012
    Last edited by a moderator: Oct 16, 2012

    Have you browsed through the stickied threads? :)


    The first page of the CannaPharm is just about devoted to making edible oils with dry-sift hash, and a little later we
    go into concentrates :)



    When making an edible oil, there is more to it than just dissolving your glandular material to the naked eye in cooking
    oil and hoping for the best. If it was that simple, we wouldn't have nearly as many failed edible stories!
    Just breaking it up in oil can only slightly improve how it works compared to eating it raw, you still need to consider complete
    activation
    , and that when going further and creating a bioavailable solution you can multiply the number of doses (and their
    strength, and duration!) from the same material :eek: :yay:



    Long story short, it's the same glandular material that is on your flowers, and as such it requires *roughly the same treatment. :)


    * If anything, concentrates take very slightly more effort because they are more dense, and you need to melt and dissolve
    them a little more gradually and with more effort than a traditional canna oil or a dry-sift, where that same glandular material
    is more evenly dispersed between the individual trichomes, rather than in a compact, dense clump or layer.


    Once dissolved, continue processing as though it were a canna or dry-sift oil to form a bioavailable solution. :)



    I only have a second, so I've searched up a past post I made on the same topic that goes into a little more detail if you're
    interested in more info. :)




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    Hash, ie concentrates, dry-sift, bubble, kief etc., are still infused with and made bioavailable by using 'edible solvents'
    such as oil, alcohol or glycerin, for the best edibles and drinkables. :)


    Beyond brreaking down in oil, it requires additional time and gentle heat to encourage the formation of a bioavailable solution. :cool:



    Prior to (and during), it also requires activation depending on how it was made, where some concentrates are thoroughly heat
    purged and activation can occur during that process. It's the same glandular material on the plant matter, and as such it requires the
    same processing in order to be potent and easily absorbed.


    Eating hash 'raw' or without the correct processing and infusion, is virtually no better than eating raw flowers/herb. The only
    difference is that it lacks the inert plant matter.


    If your body was capable of easily absorbing that potency, then extraction and infusion wouldn't be such a huge issue,
    and we wouldn't have NEARLY as many failed edible stories. [​IMG]




    Cannabis glandular material is notoriously difficult for the body to digest and absorb, even when activated, even when in
    the form of a gooey or tacky concentrate.



    We use the 'edible solvents' we do, not just to strip glandular material from the inert plant matter, but because those solvents
    are highly and readily absorbable by the body, and they are responsible for facilitating the absorption of our potency. :)





    Without these easily-absorbed carriers or potency delivery 'vehicles', much of our potency bounces off our cell walls,
    rather than passing through them, and it continues down our tract for 'evacuation' without ever being delivered to the
    bloodstream. [​IMG]



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    Creating a solution with a bioavailable oil source is the same method used to promote bioavailability in many
    medications
    , vitamin supplements, and even (to a lesser extent) similar to how we absorb more nutrition from the
    foods
    we eat.
    In the pharmaceutical industry, when an active chemical component is coated with oil to improve bioavailability, it's known
    as liposomal encapsulation, LET, or 'metabolic enhancement'.


    And that's what we're doing, when we spend the time to make a proper batch of oil!



    Liposomal treatment can allow for instance in the case of vitamin C, amounts sometimes up to fifteen times smaller
    than originally required, to deliver the same chemical load to the bloodstream. It's why untreated ascorbic acid (sometimes
    called vit. C powder) requires that you take 3,500% - 4,500% of your daily value, while liposomally treated vitamin C will
    usually only require that you take 150% - 500% of your daily value.


    The below is from a website that sells their own liposomal vit. C..


    - 1,000 mg plain vitamin C tablet or capsule

    Absorption 19% = 190 mg into blood stream


    - 1,000 mg liposomal vitamin C (1 tsp)

    Absorption 93% = 930 mg into blood stream



    Liposomal encapsulation is considered, by the pharmaceutical industry, to rival intravenous delivery. [​IMG]





    The first two tutorials below, are for making medical grade edible oils, using dry-sifted hash and solvent extracted concentrate.



    BadKat's Highly Activated & Bioavailable, Med-Grade Cannabis Concentrate (Edible & Smokable recipes included... similar to BHO, but made with food grade/drinking alcohol)


    -Medical Grade Cannabis Concentrate-

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    BadKat's Highly Activated & Bioavailable, Med-Grade Hash Oil (starting with dry-sift hash, same as capsule recipe, oil can also be used for cooking)


    Med-Grade Hash Oil



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    And, in case you need it...

    BadKat's Highly Activated & Bioavailable, Med-Grade Canna Oil (starting with flowers/bud/trim etc)

    Med-Grade Canna Oil

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    Even with the same herb, you have options for achieving different effects based on the length of heat processing.


    Continued heat processing causes additional cannabinoid conversion and the formation CBN, which can regulate
    the experience and sensations provided. [​IMG]



    When following the above directions, choose one of the below options depending on your desired outcome...



    - For a cerebral, racy and up 'cerebral high', process just as described.

    or

    - For more narcotic, couch-lock, sedated or 'stoned' sensations, continue processing in oil for between 2 - 4
    additional hours. This encourages the formation of CBN, and slightly increases the ratio of CBG and CBN to the remaining
    THC.







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    And some inspiration... here are a few items you can make, once you finish up a good oil or tincture. :)


    Most of their recipes and tutorials can be found in the stickied CannaPharm thread (where the oil links bring you). :)


    There is a partial Table of Contents in my blog, to help you find them a bit quicker.


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    The concentrate tutorial I gave you above will show you how to make some nice smokeable 'hash oil' or concentrate.... just
    cold wash and freeze your materials (and omit the edible/cooking oil or butter) if you're looking for clean smoking oil. [​IMG]




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    Anyhow, these are just a few examples... but I think the post is probably quite long enough! [​IMG]


    Good luck, and have fun! :cool: [​IMG]


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    (PS - To keep this page from becoming redundant, please delete the above photos if you 'quote' this message
    to reply, for the sake of the members who visit the thread after you... it's happened in the past, two or three
    times on a single page in at least one case, and the results are not good!
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  3. Ahh, idk how many times i have read through those tutorials and i didnt even think to look through them!! Anyways, thanks BKS! You da best!:hello:
     

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