The following is a list of some of the things you should and shouldn't do when you are cooking with marijuana. This list is by no means complete! Feel free to comment to ad your own to the list!
- DO Take your time! A rushed cannabis cooking extraction (like cannabutter) will be less effective and potent. A marijuana recipe, like any of our cannabis recipes will likely come out better if you are patient. Rush it and you could ruin it!
- DON'T Use excessive heat! The active compounds in cannabis will vaporize into the air if to much heat is used! When making cannabutter, weed ghee, or marijuana cooking oil, it should never boil! If you added water it is okay for the water to boil, however if the oil is bubbling it is way too hot!
- DO use good cannabis. Cannabis, even after strained from the extraction, can leave a taste. The quality and flavor of the marijuana may be noticeable in the food.
- DO know the herbs footprint! Meaning do you know where it came from. Is it organic? Were pesticides used? Marijuana like any other produce item can carry pathogens and dangerous chemicals. If you are cooking with the cannabis most pathogens will be destroyed, however they will likely still contain pesticides and other nasty chemicals!
- DON'T cook with cannabis unless you have an idea what you are doing! Ill informed experimentation can lead to wasting your hard earned stash! Read the information available on this website and the books it references!
Do you have another do or don't!? Add to the list by commenting!
