how do YOU make cannabutter?
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mauichronic808
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does it degrade or is released into the butter?
SlikWiLL13
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i thought that temp was much higher. i personally heat my heavy cream to 200F before i stir in my BHO and it still gets me uber-stoned.
mercury187
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I had about 1.5 grams of shake so i tried to make butter with it, i used 1/'2 stick of butter and boiled for like 50 minutes and then let it cool a bit and poured it into a pan through a cheesecloth and then put it in the fridge. Do I need to stir it all? or just let it sit there all night?"
Heres a picture of what it looks like after about 4 hours in the fridge: http://i35.tinypic.com/awzwpu.jpg
Heres a picture of what it looks like after about 4 hours in the fridge: http://i35.tinypic.com/awzwpu.jpg
DryGrain
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It degrades. Heat destroys THC. It's not going to hurt it too much to bring it to boiling (212f) for a brief period of time, but you don't want to boil the hell out of it. You aren't trying to deep-fry your medicine, you're gently dissolving the trichomes into the lipids.
To retain maximum potency, I melt my butter on the lowest possible heat and stir constantly while the hash is dissolving. I also remove it from the heat as soon as most of the hash has melted into the butter, and I let it sit in a mason jar and cool to room tempurature before I put it in the fridge.
Actually, heat isn't necessary at all for a oil extraction; you can steep your material in a bottle of cooking oil and leave it in the pantry for a week and still make a powerful product.
mauichronic808
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It degrades. Heat destroys THC. It's not going to hurt it too much to bring it to boiling (212f) for a brief period of time, but you don't want to boil the hell out of it. You aren't trying to deep-fry your medicine, you're gently dissolving the trichomes into the lipids.
To retain maximum potency, I melt my butter on the lowest possible heat and stir constantly while the hash is dissolving. I also remove it from the heat as soon as most of the hash has melted into the butter, and I let it sit in a mason jar and cool to room tempurature before I put it in the fridge.
Actually, heat isn't necessary at all for a oil extraction; you can steep your material in a bottle of cooking oil and leave it in the pantry for a week and still make a powerful product.
lol sounds like the lazy man's approach. i think i might be making some butter today or that oil method of letting it sit because im getting drug tested now and in approx. 11 days i wont so if i let it sit till then im sure i will have some pretty powerfull product. im excited. maybe ill make butter and oil. woo!
mercury187
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is it supposed to have an awful taste that makes you gag?click on pic to enlarge
mauichronic808
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well i ground up about 2 grams to about a cup of olive oil and it is now been sitting for 24 hours. very excited. good shit too. im gunna simmer the oil in 10 days after its been sitting. any thoughts?
CorruptDNA
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i don't make cannabutter, but I do make the oil, for when I do the brownies or cakes, the .88 cent betty crocker ones, i made sum yesterday......
drop about 1/8th or 1/4 of bud (if it's good bud you dn't need too much, the slow simmer will extract as much THC and cannabinoids from the bud as smoking it) nice and broken down in a grinder into a saucepan, with 1/3 r 1/4 of oil and simmer on low for 3-4 hours stirring every 10 - 15 mins... it's gotta be on low... it can "fry" but i prefer it's just a tad cooler....
now you can strain it, using a wire strainer like this one: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11926774
i personally leave the plant matter in there, if it's real broken down, with no stems, after 4 hours in the oil the plant matter will be so crispy that I can't even tell it's in the brownies when eating them... i then make the brownies according to the recepie on the box.... i make brownies all the time, it's awesome, and simmering the buds in oil for a couple of hours is the way to do it, i've done it since the first time i made brownies about 5 years ago, and still use the same method and still get high as fuck every time.....
enjoy!!!
So a 1/4oz of bud is enough for a pan of brownies? I'm going to cook up a batch soon. I dont grow my own but I'm hoping to change that soon if I can find a way to get a few seeds.
CorruptDNA
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What is the use of letting it sit? From what I understand the heat is what releases the THC and binds it to the oil. Sounds like you are wasting your time.
mauichronic808
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if its been sitting for a long time its more probably that more of the thc will be released that it would if i just let it simmer (which im still going to do) im just trying to get a bang for my ganj. plus im not eligable to eat any until next wednesday so i make the cookies saturday
excited!CorruptDNA
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SO how did you make out? How was the buzz/high?if its been sitting for a long time its more probably that more of the thc will be released that it would if i just let it simmer (which im still going to do) im just trying to get a bang for my ganj. plus im not eligable to eat any until next wednesday so i make the cookies saturday
mauichronic808
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very good brownies i could only let the oil sit on simmer for like 1.5 hrs cuz i was too excited! they taste delicious and its time for me to have another 1!!!