Garcia111907
New Member
I've been doing some research and I came across a good recipe for cannabutter. The other night some friends and I decided to make brownies. The brownies themselves were delicious the problem was they weren't as effective as a had expected them to be. I used the recipe for cannabutter in 7 easy steps. I'll share what I did in hopes someone can either give me a few suggestions or just pin point where I went wrong....
Making the cannabutter:
I followed the recipe exactly... Almost. Rather than using 1 oz of bud to a lb of butter I used a qtr oz bud to 1 stick butter (1/4 lb). Now I grinded the bud pretty well, better than u would typically grind just to smoke but not powder. I boiled the water, melted the butter, added the bud. Now, here is where I think I made a mistake. Rather than simmering the mixture for 3 hrs as the tutorial instructed I assumed since I was using a considerable amount less bud I could get by with just 2 hrs. I ran it thru the cheesecloth and squeezed out the access and slapped it in the fridge. The next day it looked exactly as pictures in the tutorial, tinted green, smelled like bud, I was stoked.
Making the brownies:
So, after a long wait I am ready to start cooking. I mix the brownie batter and everything except the cannabutter. I mixed in the cannabutter and proceeded to bake the brownies according to the directions on the package. They came out and I let em cool.
Eating the brownies:
I made 9 brownies which by my calculations was right around .78 g of bud per brownie. I ate 1.5 along with 3 friends who each ate the same amount. We waited patiently and after about 3-4 hrs with little effects, the slight body buzz and the normal "stoned" feeling (we smoked a couple bowls while waiting). I had went to erowid.org and read several stories from their expierence vaults and was expecting a ride through time and space and it was alright at best.
So, there u have it. WTF happened?!?!? I don't know where I went wrong, so if anyone has any ideas I'd be happy to listen. Thanks gang, stay up.
Making the cannabutter:
I followed the recipe exactly... Almost. Rather than using 1 oz of bud to a lb of butter I used a qtr oz bud to 1 stick butter (1/4 lb). Now I grinded the bud pretty well, better than u would typically grind just to smoke but not powder. I boiled the water, melted the butter, added the bud. Now, here is where I think I made a mistake. Rather than simmering the mixture for 3 hrs as the tutorial instructed I assumed since I was using a considerable amount less bud I could get by with just 2 hrs. I ran it thru the cheesecloth and squeezed out the access and slapped it in the fridge. The next day it looked exactly as pictures in the tutorial, tinted green, smelled like bud, I was stoked.
Making the brownies:
So, after a long wait I am ready to start cooking. I mix the brownie batter and everything except the cannabutter. I mixed in the cannabutter and proceeded to bake the brownies according to the directions on the package. They came out and I let em cool.
Eating the brownies:
I made 9 brownies which by my calculations was right around .78 g of bud per brownie. I ate 1.5 along with 3 friends who each ate the same amount. We waited patiently and after about 3-4 hrs with little effects, the slight body buzz and the normal "stoned" feeling (we smoked a couple bowls while waiting). I had went to erowid.org and read several stories from their expierence vaults and was expecting a ride through time and space and it was alright at best.
So, there u have it. WTF happened?!?!? I don't know where I went wrong, so if anyone has any ideas I'd be happy to listen. Thanks gang, stay up.
