The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return

[SweetSue]

Hello Sweet Sue! The Ultimate Canna Recipe method 1 says to use 1/2 oz bud per 1lb of unsalted butter. Is it a waste to use more that the 1/2oz?? Is Salted butter the same as unsalted??
So its not my imagination weed has my blood pressure great? Ive got Scleroderma and I think the Canna butter helps my digestion. I limit myself to half a cookie!!!
Great Day Sue!

There are receptors for cannabinoids on every cell in your body. The ECS is a messaging system that regulates every other system in your body. It's definately going to positively impact your digestive system, which in turn will modify all other systems. I remember my mother becoming more concerned about gut health at my age, and now I understand why. Are you taking a probiotic? If not, start. You already have issues with gut flora, and you'd be well advised to hear that call you body's putting out for reserve troops. The recommendation is over 5 billion cultures and get processed sugar out of your diet. That's a really good way to help the cannabis do a much more efficient job.

And drink more water. The simple fact that we use cannabis requires that we drink more water. This is a tough one for me, because I keep forgetting to drink, but I still keep smoking. I use salted butter. I like flavor and I don't have any cardiac issues that could be complicated by the salt presence. This is one of the few things I eat with salt in it.

I don't know the saturation point for butter, but I'm sure you could get more than 14 grams in there. Let me ask the room.

Anybody else make butter with more than that?

 

[4Dutchess]

Happy Bday Sue!
Is it a waste to use more bud than the recipe calls for with Canna Butter??????
It says 1/2 oz bud per 1lb butter? What if I use 2oz bud per 1lb butter?
No difference between unsalted and salted butter? Recipe says unsalted.
Thanks Sue!!!

 

[SweetSue]

Happy Bday Sue!
Is it a waste to use more bud than the recipe calls for with Canna Butter??????
It says 1/2 oz bud per 1lb butter? What if I use 2oz bud per 1lb butter?
No difference between unsalted and salted butter? Recipe says unsalted.
Thanks Sue!!!

2 ounces may be overkill. Unless you were planning to use the leftover plant material in something else. Something like brownies, which will mask the flavor and texture. I'd suspect there'd be a lot of cannabinoids left behind with that much plant material.

All recipies say unsalted. Unsalted butter is fresher (salt is a preservative) and there's also concern that salted butter has more water volume, which can impact the gluten formation and cause your baked goods to have a heavier texture than you may have been looking for. In the end it comes down to flavor and your desire to avoid salt.

 

[Radogast]

hello
Happy to hear your day was full of love .
I wrote about turmeric in the home remedies thread and as soon as I have a sweet harvest, I will try mixing some of the herbs with cannabis.
Do you think it would work the same if added to butter? Or infused oil?+

Yes you did Birdie.

I can't think of a reason it wouldn't work. Don't forget the pepper. I haven't gone in search of any recipes yet. I'll keep my eyes open.

Right now my eyes have to sleep. Goodnight everyone.

North Indian (punjabi) cooking, the kind found in all the USA indian buffet restaurants, uses ample amounts of tumeric, cumin, black pepper, ginger, onions and clarified butter(ghee.) There is a synergy between many of these ingredients: cumin(curcumim) and pepper(peperine), turmeric and pepper, onions and ginger, etc. Given the history of physical/metaphysic experimentation and observation in indian cooking, I'd say ghee (clarified butter) is a plus.

The historical reason for clarified butter is probably more about the fact that ghee doesn't need to be refrigerated - but I also think it is more healthy than standard butter - so I would suggest that clarified butter is recommended and regular butter is a neutral addition.

 

[Jimdog]

2 ounces may be overkill. Unless you were planning to use the leftover plant material in something else. Something like brownies, which will mask the flavor and texture. I'd suspect there'd be a lot of cannabinoids left behind with that much plant material.

All recipies say unsalted. Unsalted butter is fresher (salt is a preservative) and there's also concern that salted butter has more water volume, which can impact the gluten formation and cause your baked goods to have a heavier texture than you may have been looking for. In the end it comes down to flavor and your desire to avoid salt.

You can re wash your butter depending on how you go about making it. I normally do two blocks of butter to 2 oz. The first block makes the golden stuff but the second lot is also good for visitors or people who don't like the taste much.

Jimdogggy

 

[Lazarus13]

I use about an oz of sugar leaves/popcorn buds to 2 sticks of butter for my personal stash of brownies. I do batches of all indica and all sativa for different effects. A 1in x 1in square does the trick but a 2in x 2in square blasts me off into another dimension for quite a few hours. Using these brownies i have been able to cut my opiod dose by 3/4s and I'm hoping to be completely off of them by next year.

P.S. i always learn so much when i come to your threads SweetSue. Thank you for being you. .

 

[NorCaliwood]

I do know that the better the product you use,,, the more THC and less you need. I wood guess the quality of what product you use dictates the amount you wood use? I'd have to ask the Old Lady what she uses. But then we use Coconut Oil over budder. Strains easier and the return is alot better than butter... Keepem Green

 

[SweetSue]

North Indian (punjabi) cooking, the kind found in all the USA indian buffet restaurants, uses ample amounts of tumeric, cumin, black pepper, ginger, onions and clarified butter(ghee.) There is a synergy between many of these ingredients: cumin(curcumim) and pepper(peperine), turmeric and pepper, onions and ginger, etc. Given the history of physical/metaphysic experimentation and observation in indian cooking, I'd say ghee (clarified butter) is a plus.

The historical reason for clarified butter is probably more about the fact that ghee doesn't need to be refrigerated - but I also think it is more healthy than standard butter - so I would suggest that clarified butter is recommended and regular butter is a neutral addition.

Thank you for that Rad. I don't have much exposure to Indian cuisine, and I don't believe I've ever made clarified butter. I'd never considered this point of view, but I sense you're right about the ghee. Had to tap you with the rep hammer for that. I tried to be gentle. That things getting heavier by the day.

You can re wash your butter depending on how you go about making it. I normally do two blocks of butter to 2 oz. The first block makes the golden stuff but the second lot is also good for visitors or people who don't like the taste much.

Jimdogggy

It never even occurred to me to reuse the plant material for another batch of butter, but I wasn't using these levels either. I save my leftovers from butter making and use them in brownies. Reps for teaching me something valuable and new Jimdoggy.

I use about an oz of sugar leaves/popcorn buds to 2 sticks of butter for my personal stash of brownies. I do batches of all indica and all sativa for different effects. A 1in x 1in square does the trick but a 2in x 2in square blasts me off into another dimension for quite a few hours. Using these brownies i have been able to cut my opiod dose by 3/4s and I'm hoping to be completely off of them by next year.

P.S. i always learn so much when i come to your threads SweetSue. Thank you for being you. .

Awww..... Thanks Laz. I'm glad you find me worth the time. I can be a bit manic sometimes. You know, I'm going to have to try a serious batch somewhere along the line. I make mine so each piece is about 1/2 gram, but that's a lot of cake to be eating to get the meds. I've been considering the value of a higher concentration per slice, meaning I'm ingesting fewer empty calories. That approach would require butter or a more potent infusion of oil instead of the way I make them now.

I'll have to give this more thought.

I learn so much from all of you Lazarus. These pages surprise me all the time. Quite a crew we gather in this room.

Time to kick off the evening. DDA2 on the left, DDA3 on the right, both decarbed for 90 minutes. Getting ready to fire up the bong while I load pictures and put together the update.

Let's see how this goes.

 

[SweetSue]

I do know that the better the product you use,,, the more THC and less you need. I wood guess the quality of what product you use dictates the amount you wood use? I'd have to ask the Old Lady what she uses. But then we use Coconut Oil over budder. Strains easier and the return is alot better than butter... Keepem Green

Coconut oil also makes the cannabinoids more bioavailable by getting them more quickly to the liver. When I'm preparing recreational drugs they're always made with coconut oil and liquid sunflower lecithin.

 

[SweetSue]

Out In the Open

Apparently I'm a bit challenged in the culling department. Carn 1:5 and 1:6.

Both clones are now 57 days old, and I'm fascinated by their stubborn resistance to being snuffed out. At first I was just being lazy, but then they started looking pretty good. They're obviously not going to yield much, but I'm intrigued by them and I can't let them die. They're not taking up any space and resources, so why not?

Carn 1:5

Carn 1:6

Resilient little buggers, aren't they?

 

[Ditchweed242]

Looks great Sue.

Roll up a big fatty. Join me! Lol

 

[SweetSue]

It just occurred to me that part of the reason my brownies hit as hard and fast as they do may be related to the fact that I do a 90 minute decarb. I start with a general 30 minutes at 245 and then another hour with the oil and lecithin added.

That never even crossed my mind before now.

 

[Jimdog]

It just occurred to me that part of the reason my brownies hit as hard and fast as they do may be related to the fact that I do a 90 minute decarb. I start with a general 30 minutes at 245 and then another hour with the oil and lecithin added.

That never even crossed my mind before now.

Some people get wasted alot quicker/more off brownies then others. I had a friend take a quarter brownie and she was wasted for a good 6 hours, she had to go to bed said she was seeing splashes of colours ect (I have three brownies and that gets me to that point just as a comparison) do you eat food before a brownie? An empty stomach can most surely contribute to a massive stone

Jimdogggy

 

[Jimdog]

Some people get wasted alot quicker/more off brownies then others. I had a friend take a quarter brownie and she was wasted for a good 6 hours, she had to go to bed said she was seeing splashes of colours ect (I have three brownies and that gets me to that point just as a comparison) do you eat food before a brownie? An empty stomach can most surely contribute to a massive stone

Jimdogggy

Sorry just read your first post properly, you add oil ect into your butter whilst it's cooking? Or after? Sorry just sounds like a good idea wondering how it works

Jimdogggy

 

[SweetSue]

Looks great Sue.

Roll up a big fatty. Join me! Lol

Yours are bigger and fatter than mine and looks much prettier Ditch, but mine's unbelievably potent, so that makes up for my lack of expertise. Lol!

Edit: Hahaha! Forgot the picture. I'm already so high it's rediculous and I still have half the joint to go. Lol!

I'm ready to go.

 

[SweetSue]

Some people get wasted alot quicker/more off brownies then others. I had a friend take a quarter brownie and she was wasted for a good 6 hours, she had to go to bed said she was seeing splashes of colours ect (I have three brownies and that gets me to that point just as a comparison) do you eat food before a brownie? An empty stomach can most surely contribute to a massive stone

Jimdogggy

Let me finish this joint..... Or at least try to. Nope, had to put it out for a few. Good God, that's potent!

I try to take them on an empty stomach. I accept and appreciate that each and every dose is helping my body return to homeostasis, but my personal concern is in maintaining the clarity of mind that I need to do all I do in a day. That takes high THC, sativa-dominant and potentiated as strongly as possible.

SweetSue runs on high octane cannabis, liberally applied. I was not always so blessed with abundant access and the self-awareness to shun the social shame associated with the medication that makes my world right. My daughter and I were talking about this very thing earlier today while walking home in the blistering cold. She discovered she's reached the point where the fact that her mother is continuiously high doesn't phase her at all. She's now comfortable with the fact that this is her mother's "normal."

Sorry just read your first post properly, you add oil ect into your butter whilst it's cooking? Or after? Sorry just sounds like a good idea wondering how it works

Jimdogggy

I prepare an infused oil for my brownies, decarbing the buds for that initial 30 minutes and then continuing the process after adding the oil and lecithin. All that goes in the fridge overnight, or for at least six hours, and then it's all mixed into the brownie mix. I use all the plant material in there too, because I'm deliberately trying to retain as many terpenoids and flavinoids as possible in my brownie meds.

Now where's that clip...........?

 

[SweetSue]

Update: Friday, December 9, 2016

Good evening everyone. I finally found the time to get this together. Staying up until dawn and then sleeping until11 threw a wrench into the day. Ahhhh.... The unstructured life.

So I'm over at Fishcake's, enjoying the music as I put this together and in transferring it I forgot to return to standard mode. When I hit "paste, I got narrative and nothing else. That save took me another half hour. Lol! Never lost my cool.

Lets take a stroll troll together and see what's going on in here. Starting off in the Tiny closet.

CBD Critical Cure (Day 8) Sometime in the week ahead she'll get transplanted into one gallon. She got a thorough drenching on Tuesday, so I figure one more drench in this cup and then I'll shift her.

Emerald (Day 45) I've started gradually increasing her nutrient mix. She's up to a 6:12 ratio as of today. She and I had a long talk today. She's trying her best to wait for me to figure out what the hell im doing with her. I explained I was experimenting.

Let's see if I can redeem myself. This is not a happy plant.

As a contrast, this is a happy plant.

DDA5 (Day 26) That topping I did came to nothing. Lol! She went straight into flowering. Today she reached a height that allowed me to begin bending her over. She has to be maintained within a certain vertical space, and the plants that grow under this Timber Vero240 outperform everyone else. Look at the size of these leaves! I can't wonder anymore. I have to give the credit to the light.

Today was the timing of the first CAT for Carn1:1 and Carn1:2, the companions to Carnival #2 in the flowering tent. While they were out I took some pretty pictures. They're both at Day 63, 31 days since flip.

Carn1:1

Carn1:2

Carnival #2 is now at Day 136, 55 days since flip and five days since her third CAT.

Nine more days. That's all I'm asking. Her scent went fruity yesterday.

Good Lord, she's a beautiful bush.

A little perspective. Let's see how much difference another week can make.

I don't have a camera that will show you how sticky she is. This is the best I can offer.

* humms a happy little tune *

Heating season. There has to be a solution that doesn't include needing to add a humidifier, but I think that may be where I'm headed. I keep looking at these and thinking that my environment is way too dry for me. I should be looking into ways to increase the humidity levels in this apartment.

Or I could just live with it.

Next door in the auto tent that point was driven home.

Yeah, I might have a concern.

The little one is holding her own. She's close enough to the soil line to be safe for now.

Candy Cane Auto (Day 5)

Carn1:4 (Day 57) She exploded overnight, following a TransWater drench yesterday.

Wait until I more than double her root space.

Train Wreck Auto (Day 49) is growing as a budscicle, taking up more real estate than this growth requires. This one's for the taste. Next one'll be better. She's scheduled to come down on the 19th, but it looks like she might surprise me and go longer to bulk up a bit more. She doesn't look like a plant that close to the end. I'll be hitting her with spinosad tomorrow morning when I Brix the kit girls. I just realized this pot hasn't been drenched in almost a week. I guess that's first up tomorrow.

She's just now starting to build trichomes on the sugar leaves.

On to the clone shelf.

Carn1:3 (Day 60) She's settling into the pot nicely. I'm hoping to flip on Sunday, get this show on the road already. She had a TransWater drench on Tuesday. All of the kit plants get Brixed tomorrow morning.

I finally faced the fact that these small pots aren't going to work as LOS communities, so I switched them to the General Hydroponics I have on hand for the hempy grow. My choices were give it a go and learn bottled nutes or uproot them. I was feeling adventurous. They showed immediate improvement. I make no promises.

The Carn2 clones are all at Day 45.

Carn2:2

Carn2:3

Carn2:4

One more day to flip.

That's the nickel tour. Thank you for stopping and adding to the energy of the room. I take it your day was delightful? If not, grab a bong, a joint, a vaporizer, have a brownie....... Whatever your choice, it's Friday night, and it's time to chill and enjoy the company of the neighbors. I have a musical party to get back to over at Fishcake's. Enjoy your evening. I hope to see you as I wander.

But first, I have some Dark Devils calling my name.

 

[Anthocyanin]

great update sweetsue ive been
waiting to make this oil , just want to double check that the coconut oil i have is ok if you have time i see your very busy giving advice

 

[SweetSue]

great update sweetsue ive been
waiting to make this oil , just want to double check that the coconut oil i have is ok if you have time i see your very busy giving advice

It matters not how busy I appear to be Anthocyanin, I'll always find time for you. What's the concern with the coconut oil?

 

[lazyfish]

Sue! You got it goin' on! Great update. I sent away for a DDA because of you! Herbies changed the way they order so I sent cash in the mail...hope it works.

About the humidity...My folks used to keep a small pot of water on the lowest setting on the oven all day on dry days. They thought it helped. Never had a hygrometer, though.