What's the best way to use cannabis for edibles?

Theres two stickies in this area that will answer all of your questions literarly

 

By all means read both Kats and Sams threads..
Mine is only 7 pages and stripped down to the bare minimums to get you started..
Hash Master 5000 - Dry Ice Method, Hash Oil Capsules, Everclear Tincture
Just replace the hash-kief for powdered bud and follow the same steps..

BNW

 

If you have any questions or something needs explaining, don't be afraid to ask in my thread. It's too long to just read on a phone. You'd have to be a glutton for punishment to do that but I do keep it active and try to respond quickly if at all possible. Edibles and tinctures are worth learning about.

I have been known to babble, quite frequently. Gone are the days that I could just drop my link into a response like BNW. It's just too long. I suppose that it means we've got something on the ball there but the community there is the biggest reason for it's longevity. Come join us, InC3ptiON.

 

InC3ptiON..
Sam checks his at least once a day and I try to keep tabs on mine nearly as close.. Kats thread while full of good info is less well attended to although both mrsilly and I try and keep an eye on her thread as well..
BNW

 

An oil is likely the simplest to make and it's what I make and use the most of as it's gets me the most bang for my material I feel..
Coconut oil is the top choice here as it's has a couple of special properties we like.. First off it needs no body bile to start to break it down so it's absorbed by the body faster then other oils.. It's a liquid at about room temp making it easy to work with..
Soy lecithin is also recommended as it aids in the bioavailability of the material.. ( Liposomal encapsulation ) makes better use of less material.. Less sugar sweeter, fewer meds more effective.. It's in an amazing number of foods and medicines..
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coconut oil = regular market
soy or sunflower lecithin = health, vitamin shops.. This can be liquid, granules or powder..
small stainless dishes = pet store cat food dishes
Junked toaster oven = found at curb on trash day, bypassed burned out timer..
oven thermometer = market
eyedroppers = market pharmacy isle
size (0) caps = health-vitamin shop
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I was able to procure all items locally once I started looking around..
I'd been making dry ice hash for a while so the step to oil was an easy one but make no mistake my first few attempts were bud based and quite effective so you can just substitute decarbed well powdered bud for many of the recipes.. If you really don't like the dusted material in your oils and tinctures you can strain with suitable stainless meshes, multi layer cheese cloths or a fine micron mesh like 73..
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5 grams kief-hash decarbed
3 tea spoons coconut oil
1/2 tea spoon soy lecithin..
Blend and heat 20 minutes @ 220 degrees F then freeze.. 2 or 3 more heat and freeze cycles will change more of the THC to lesser cannabinoids and bring up more couch lock sleep aid then a single heat and freeze will..

I use this coffee cup warmer to keep the oil nice and hot while capping.. Stir just about between each cap as the hash tends to settle and you want as uniform a mix in each cap as possible..
The finished oil can be used in about any baked or consumed goods you can think of..
Just be aware in the case of my hash based oil that's about 30 very potent doses..
This stuff is not to be trifled with as it can put you on your knees with the spins and puking for 4-6 or even 8 hours..

Sneak up on it gradually to find your happy place.. Again exercise caution until you understand just how potent this oil can be.. Licking the tools and the dishes can cause an extremely uncomfortable several hours of near misery.. Despite my telling you all this your still likely to come very close to green out your first few experiments so take care.. Smoking will amplify a low background dose of oil so have some smoke an hour or 90 minutes after consuming.. Wait 90 minutes or more before adding additional doses..
BNW

 

The coconut oil is very stable and stores well at room temp but I tend to store the finished caps in the freezer just because..
I find the caps to be a good dual use item.. As long as I stay on my feet during the day I'm just stoned and tripping along.. If I slow down and lay down I'm out like a light..
The pure sativa caps are an exception to that rule but I only grow one strain of that so as long as I don't take them close to bed time it's all good..

I just use the caps for the convenience of dosing.. Added to the butter called for in say a batch of brownies or cookies it's just as effective.. I don't like it in food as it's to hard to say no to a 3rd frosted brownie even knowing it's dangerous..

A tincture is another option.. I do mine again with 160 micron dry ice hash but decarbed bud will work just fine
My ratio is 1 gram of hash to 1 ounce of 151 ever clear.. 190 works even better but that's not for sale in California.. I just leave the hash bit's in the jar as I don't mind them..
For bud I'd do a frozen wash much like a QWISO wash.. freeze both bud and booze and do a 10 second wash with just enough alcohol to cover the bud.. strain well and press out all the liquid you can.. Test by the eye dropper full under your tongue or in your favorite beverage.. Should hit almost as fast as smoking it does..
BNW

 

I'm the same way about pills so I prefer my oil in edibles or tincture unless I have some major issue then I'll make caps. I used to make them a lot while I was trying to stop the pain meds but once I stopped the pills, I started having an aversion to pills/capsules and now avoid them whenever possible.

If you make a Green Dragon type tincture you can concentrate it to any potency you like and use it to make quality edibles simply and easily. You can infuse table sugar with it and use it your recipes. You can make sublingual elixirs and syrups with corn syrup, agave or honey. Use it to make jam. There's really no ceiling to your creativity. I recently made a vanilla almond fudge that was wonderfully therapeutic as well as ice cream and baklava.

BNW has a point, though. It's really hard to stop at one brownie or cookie or scoop of ice cream but giving in to the temptation can be troubling.

 

Make cannabutter. Quick and easy, theres an Easy-Butter-Maker online that makes it in 10 minutes opposed to everyone elses 6-hour methods

 

Pot Sugar Cookie Recipe Using Dried Weed
Sugar Pot Cookie Recipe With Dried Weed

Recipe Tested By The Entire Budzu Team!

This 100 year old is so yummy but is still super easy that even a novice can make it!. These are great for people with nut allergies as well!

It is traditional to make this all with your hands, however at Budzu we are lovers of modern technology and we totally recommend using a mixer or hand held mixer to make it quicker and more fun. But if you like to get your hands dirty go for it!


Pot Sugar Cookie Recipe Using Dried Weed

Pot Sugar Cookie Recipe Using Dried Weed


Tools Needed
Kitchenaid mixer OR and hand mixer with standard mixing attachments


2 x Medium size bowls


Sifter ( preferred but if you don’t have one it still works fine)


Measuring cup full standard set of 1/4, 1/3,1/2, 3/4 & 1cup.


Measuring spoon set full standard set of 1/8,1/4,1/2,1tsp,1tble


Wooden Spoon or Spatula


Baking tray


Baking paper or parchment paper


PREP 15 mins
COOK 15 mins
READY IN 35 mins

Ingredients:
Recipe makes 15 crescent shaped or 1 dozen medium cookies


300g of unsalted cultured butter – softened
200g white sugar
vanilla essence 2tbs – 3 tbs if want it more vanilla tasting
pinch of salt
2 eggs
500g flour
1/4 Ounce to 3/4 ounce of dried flower. The potency of the product is also to be noted and your condition. The number of cookies will vary also when you use more dried flower.

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie baking tray or line with parchment paper.
Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add the vanilla extract and mix again until the golden brown essence colour is mixed though.
Add the salt and eggs and mix.
Add in the finely chopped weed in small batches and make sure it is all mixed into the wet mixture as best as possible.
Slowly add the flour by the spoon full and mixing well and slowly. When its consistency is like dough, kneed to form little cookies that are as thick as you like it and then cut out with cookie cuts to make all shapes. (We made them thicker than usual but we like heavy biscuts.)
Place on the baking tray and space apart as they will spread. Place full into oven.
When slightly browned on edges remove from oven and cool on wire rack until cool to touch.
When cooled, decorate as desired. We used white icing sugar and sprinkles all over and made a large mess but it was fun!.

TIP: Depending on the occasion you can make these into any shape you want or you can roll a section of this mixture into a log and wrap that log in Baking paper or parchment paper and store in the freezer for a couple of months.


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Currently im tapering off my pain meds and i make night time caps to combat my insomnia, anxiety n really bad RLS. I do 40 min heat cycles 4-5x and freeze 4x and knocks me out cold literarily in 45 mins. I now know this so never take em till its very close to bedtime or ill be a barely functioning zombie. I did stop making daytime caps tho recently and switched to dabs during the day. This is also a miracle worker for me and my withdrawals. Its a fast quick fix when i suddenly feel like crap(all the time lately). Random but I have friends who don't like the idea of caps so i tell em they can jus empty them into whatever food source they want and have same effect.

 

4 sticks or 2 that's an ocean of butter for a tiny bit of weed.. We're trying to get high not gain 300 pounds..
Working with either hash or powered bud you don't need any more oil then just enough to work it with.. Teaspoons or at most a tablespoon at a time.. Damn as much as I use I'd weigh 600 pounds by now staying high following some of the cockeyed recipes I see..
I've been making it and taking it daily for well over a year now as my primary method of cannabis use and I'd have to say I've had time to get it nailed down..
Working on the 4000th cap I've played with the basic recipe backwards and forwards so I do know just how I've tweaked it
From smoking 20 joints a day to taking 10 caps a day has my chest X rays looking so much better the tech had to run dig out the old pics to show..
Hadn't really been stoned for years until I started making oils.. Now I have to watch my step or I can wind up way over the line..
My 35 cents (adjusted for inflation we don't have)
BNW

 

BNW