Cooking with The Chronic

[Preston9mm]

Making evoo tonight! Hoping for gummies tomorrow...trim is nice and dry. Got a solid 2 1/2 ounces of trim to work with!

Will update with my progress, hope it works out

Sounds like a recipe for success!

 

[InTheShed]

Got a solid 2 1/2 ounces of trim to work with!

Sounds like a recipe for success!

I thought I had something to say and then P said it.

 

[Preston9mm]

Alright y'all... it's time to revive this party!

Sorry, I've been in a funk lately... Zero motivation for several weeks. Ugh!

Anyhow, after a quick chat with my homeboy @NaturalSpirit this morning, I found some much needed motivation to get back at it.
Thanks brother! I needed it.

I've been saving trim for a big run in my new MB2 but don't have enough yet. That's why I've been waiting.
I'm in pretty dire need of different meds right now, so I grabbed around 30g of popcorn buds to run a small batch.

I'm also trying a new oil.... hope it works well.

I'm infusing a little less than 1 cup.

Keeping it easy, I'm just gonna run it in a water bath with my crock-pot.

I'll run it up over 200° for an hour or 2 to decarb, then drop to 180° for another few hours.

I didn't want to skunk my house out with an oven decarb today. No Turkey bags. Doing it this way limits the smell to the short window of time when I'm stirring the oil. Very minimal stink.

Stay lifted y'all!

 

[InTheShed]

I hope that's 3/4 cup of oil or you messed with my calcs son!

Glad you're defunked .

 

[Preston9mm]

I hope that's 3/4 cup of oil or you messed with my calcs son!

LoL... I wanted to do half cup, but it needed jus a smidge more. More than half but less than a whole cup....

I use -ish way too much. LoL

 

[InTheShed]

LOL! Whoa, that's strong stuff.

Very last line:

 

[Preston9mm]

LOL! Whoa, that's strong stuff.

Very last line:

 

[Preston9mm]

Got busy in the kitchen today making gummies from the oil I infused yesterday.


Almost everything I did this time was different, so I will try to make sense of it all. LoL
Used a mixed coconut & evoo this time. It infused perfectly. But did not blend as well when heating mixture. I got it to take, but it was markedly more difficult. Overall, I will probably use again, just maybe not for gummies.

I also infused my oil differently this run because I was making a small batch. 3/4 cup oil, and around an ounce of dry popcorn buds (not decarbed yet), into a jar and sealed up.
I decarbed it in a pot of boiling-ish water for 2 hours. It isn't easy to keep the jar upright in a rolling boil, so I shot for 200°-210°. We boiled a few times, but maintained an acceptable temp range. IMHO. I burped the jar and stirred about every 30 min while on the stove.

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

Heated over 200° for around 2 hours before putting in crock-pot.

After the decarb bath, the jar was moved to the crock-pot and set in another water bath @ 180° for 6 more hours. I burped the jar and stirred every 2 hours in the crock.

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

Infused in a water bath around 180° for another 6 hours.

Turned out a strong batch of oil, for sure.

I will used this slow/low infusing again for all future small batches. No smell and worked like a mofo.


Now, on to the gummies...

I made 2 batches today. Both containing: 1/4 cup of infused oil
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup juice
2) .25 oz gelatine packs
6 oz Jello mix

First batch was strawberry banana and poured into 1" molds.

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

In the kitchen again...

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

In the kitchen again...

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

First batch

Second batch was raspberry and they were put into tiny bears for easier dosing.

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

In the kitchen again...

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

These were a bitch to pop out this time.

I'm pretty stoked about these. They are potent lil buggers! I'm headed out for a gummy coma, right now...

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• Preston9mm
• Nov 29, 2018

I freeze them this way to only defrost what I need

Peace out homies!

 

[Dutchman1990]

Looks great P! I need to do some baking as well just have been really busy lately but should have some free time next week to get my chef hat back on

 

[InTheShed]

Love the picnic-sized packs! Toss them in the kids' lunchboxes and send them off to school...

[disclaimer: this approach is not recommended unless your kids are over 21]

 

[BigBearNTexas]

That reminds me, I need to pick up some a roll of plastic for the vacuum saver. I like vacuum packing my edibles, keeps them from going off in the fridge or freezer. It takes me quite a while to eat through my stock. Lol

 

[Zincite]

Nice job P, thanks for sharing.
cheers

 

[BeezLuiz]

Hey everyone! I just found this thread and will be catching up in the next few days. Seems like a great thread so far!

Now that my grow season is over (outdoor only so far for me) I want to experiment and learn more during the off-season on the cooking side of things -- after all, I've got jars and jars of bud and trim that I need to do something with .

 

[AngryBird]

So, what do you want to start with?
Canna butter to make cookies? Gummies?
Chocolate?
How are your cooking skills?

 

[BigBearNTexas]

Hey everyone! I just found this thread and will be catching up in the next few days. Seems like a great thread so far!

Now that my grow season is over (outdoor only so far for me) I want to experiment and learn more during the off-season on the cooking side of things -- after all, I've got jars and jars of bud and trim that I need to do something with .

We can hook you up for edibles. We got your back.

 

[Dutchman1990]

Love the picnic-sized packs! Toss them in the kids' lunchboxes and send them off to school...

[disclaimer: this approach is not recommended unless your kids are over 21]

Nice disclaimer !! Lol

 

[BeezLuiz]

So, what do you want to start with?
Canna butter to make cookies? Gummies?
Chocolate?
How are your cooking skills?

Well, I've made a couple batches of brownies using butter and oil with some success, but inconsistent. I've never tried chocolate or gummies so I might give those a try. The delay from consumption to onset is something that I'd like to get a handle on. Sometimes it takes 90 minutes, but sometimes it takes as much as 4 hours before I feel the effects. Maybe it's just my metabolism, but maybe something I can improve upon on the cooking side.

By the way, my cooking skills are very good - eating skills, even better .

 

[BeezLuiz]

We can hook you up for edibles. We got your back.

Sweet! You all are great!

 

[AngryBird]

Well, I've made a couple batches of brownies using butter and oil with some success, but inconsistent. I've never tried chocolate or gummies so I might give those a try. The delay from consumption to onset is something that I'd like to get a handle on. Sometimes it takes 90 minutes, but sometimes it takes as much as 4 hours before I feel the effects. Maybe it's just my metabolism, but maybe something I can improve upon on the cooking side.

By the way, my cooking skills are very good - eating skills, even better .

There is a difference between, empty or full stomach and eating canna edible or even eating something after eating a canna edible.

 

[BigBearNTexas]

I hear you on the variation in onset. Most of the time I get full onset within an hour to an hour and a half, but one batch of brownies done with olive oil (a fresh harvest oil) took about three hours to kick in.

It could be how completely the material is decarbed, the carrier oil, what you eat before or after as @AngryBird said, it could be the strain, it could be timing of harvest, all sorts of variables. This is why I approach each new batch with caution - since I don’t know how it’s going to effect me until I eat one, even though it looks like I do the same process each time.