The French Cannoli` Hash Thread

[Frenchy Cannoli]

It is interesting how people consume products and have no real knowledge of the products. There is ton of people in Europe who have been smoking Hash forever and have no idea how it is or made what it is made of. In the States you have been growing and breeding the best flowers without understanding that you are actually growing trichomes heads, the end game is the resin and not really the flowers, the flowers and leaves are "only" the resin producer.

 

[uly.g88]

what's the best way to handle the very sticky nd gooey trichomes?

 

[yktind]

DON'T PLEASE you will butcher the trims with a drill, if you have no machine you should do it by hand with a wooden spoon

100 % Agree! I do it by hand. I really don't even stir. More of push the plant material around. I usually do two runs minimum any way.

If you use the drill you end up with a lot of green. When I switched to pushing around with a spoon my hash came out way more sticky and a better color.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Good question my friend. Cold will help to a point, so a little stay in a fridge and working in a cold environment will help a lot.
Freezing the resin and micro planning work the best but nobody knows what freezing does to the resin and micro planning destroy the wax membranes so I personally avoid freezing in general.
When it is impossibly sticky I "stretch" the resin mass until flat and even, I also flip it like a pancake every time I do the stretching.
It look like that after 2 weeks of drying:


It looks like that after 8 weeks:

 

[yktind]

Good question my friend. Cold will help to a point, so a little stay in a fridge and working in a cold environment will help a lot.
Freezing the resin and micro planning work the best but nobody knows what freezing does to the resin and micro planning destroy the wax membranes so I personally avoid freezing in general.
When it is impossibly sticky I "stretch" the resin mass until flat and even, I also flip it like a pancake every time I do the stretching.
It look like that after 2 weeks of drying:
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It looks like that after 8 weeks:
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[uly.g88]

so it take a longer cure? The stickier the resin mass is..

 

[Dr.Pecker]

My first press all melted together and stuck to the bag. I think I did it wrong. It was like spreading a grill cheese sandwich probably should have let it cool first.

 

[Charsicanuk]

Frenchy, after a 6 month cure in cannoli shape would it be harmful to gently reshape into a ball for aging? You mention that a ball is great for aging and would in my case be more compact for air tight storage. The pieces I speak of become very malleable with just a minute of body heat from the hand so to gently shape into a ball would be easy without re pressing . What do you think?

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Absolutely, that is actually how I prefer to age my hash and it show how good your cure was.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

bonjour Frenchy, will u be attending the Seattle Cannabis cup this year? The Wailers will be playing Saturday night and it should be a blast. Your hash pictures are totally out of this world. SOme of it looks like bacon bits and some even looks like a slithering wet slug. You are a wizard with the trichomes. I love to look at your work.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

I will try this year but nothing sure yet.

 

[hyroot]

Frenchy What do you think about storing hash in wine coolers? They produce very little humidity. I found some really good deals at Costco on some wine coolers. A 24 bottle cooler for $199.99

http://www.costco.com/Wine-Enthusiast-24-bottle-|-Dual-Zone-Wine-Cooler-|-Touchsreen-Controls-with-Digital-Display.product.100116781.html

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Expensive if you think of all the places in your house that would do as well. Dark and cool that is all you need.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

we have our tix! hope to see you there!!!!

 

[Dr.Pecker]

I dont think my cannoli will last long enough to get a cure.

 

[hyroot]

Expensive if you think of all the places in your house that would do as well. Dark and cool that is all you need.

well I meant a good deal compared to other wine coolers I've looked at for other purposes. I'm in the desert where its never below 90 degrees during summer. Even at night and when it rains. I run a/c 24/7. It still can get pretty warm in all my cabinets and closets.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

If you are in the desert that's another story all together Hyroot, I have not the experience but a cooler would make sense in your case.

 

[This Hidden Creature]

I dont think my cannoli will last long enough to get a cure.

Well you miss the next lesson then...
which is being patient.

Waiting at least 6 weeks or you will loose the main interest, flavor!
without it the power of the hash is much less efficient, imo.
Terpenes bring effect to its zenith if I can say so

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

Hidden creature is right Dr, those 6 weeks are worth the wait, big time. You should experiment and give us your opinion, try the resin unpressed, freshly pressed and cured 6 weeks. You don't need much and it will be a goos motivation to wait the 6 weeks.

 

[Frenchy Cannoli]

See you guys this week-end at the Cow Palace and the following week-end at Area 101 for a Nor Cal Farmer Market Grand Opening and the reopening of the place as a dispensary. Worth the trip.