Finally made some edibles that worked! Made them a little too strong, but I mean, that's better to me than not strong enough which has been my experience. I had about 42 grams of trim plus maybe 7 of ABV, the trim had been stirred with a drill for about 10 minutes for bubble hash. Then I boiled it with 1 stick of butter and 1 cup of water, let it simmer for an hour covered, and just strained it. I didn't have cheese-cloth to run it through.
I ate the whole thing in one large rice crispie treat. I got VERY high, end up feeling a little drunk towards the end--double vision, sour-mouth, etc. I just went to sleep at that point, but I'm still happy with it because I didn't expect it to do anything at all. I've had some very large doses before with no effect. I just wish that there was a way to guess how much THC it had. It also seems like I ended up with less butter than I started with, is that normal? I kind of expected it to be a larger mass since I was adding to it.
Anyway, I'll probably be trying this again with my trim and ABV on future runs. I haven't been high like that since I first started using it. Will probably just eat smaller pieces using the same proportions later on.
I understand how frustrating it can be to have edibles fall short of your expectations. The purpose of the thread is to discuss dosing, so yes, I'm thrilled that you got high from your edibles 
but now, I'm going to expect you to return at a later date and share what you work out for an effective dose that doesn't get you wasted, unless wasted was the intent. 
You crazy man. Lol! The butter loses volume because you melted it. Air that was trapped in it was released. What did it taste like? Just 'cause I'm curious.
That's your assignment Fertilizer. Work out your personal dose that gives you consistent results. You up to the challenge?
I can't believe you ate the whole batch in one sitting.
I'm a fan of casual dosing, although I understand and support the need for controlled dosing with some patients. I find it a useful tool to be able to get a general feel for the potency of what you're consuming. That way you can at least avoid most of the nastier moments.
Now I ask you.... wasn't it fun to figure that out?
Straining the plant material out definitely would have improved the taste, and everything is easier to control using keif, so if that's an option I'd go for it. I prefer coconut oil for my edibles, including my capsule oil. Butter's too messy for me and has too high a calorie count. Infuse it into a nice coconut oil and fill some capsules and I can take the dose with me almost anywhere.
utput ratio. Wish I could even come close to computing the mG content. I know it's at about 20% THC, but who knows how much the butter absorbed the THC. I doubt it could be a 1:1 ratio, but here's the thing... I've had some pretty potent edibles before rated to have about 500 mg of active ingredient and they didn't make me feel much but a little drowsy and I think that was just a placebo looking back. So supposing there is a 1:1 absorption and all that THC went into the butter, then each piece should be about 1.7 * .20 = .34 mG. ROUGHLY speaking. I'm feeling these a lot more than the dispensary cookie though. In fact two might be a little stronger than needed. So I don't know, the numbers aren't bearing out but, maybe the edibles I've had the past were duds.
