HOW TO MAKE CANNABIS-INFUSED BUTTERS, OILS, AND TINCTURES, PLUS RECIPES FOR MAYONNAISE AND FLOUR.
If you enjoy smoking pot and have decent cooking skills, you’ve got nothing to worry about when it comes to cannabis cuisine except deciding what to make first. On the other hand, if you love cannabis but need a recipe to boil water, then never fear, because in this section we’ll introduce the very basic techniques you must learn in order to get started and get stoned without a year of study at Le Cordon Bleu. And if you really get stuck, remember, it’s a lot easier to get high with a little help from your friends, particularly the ones who know how to boil water by heart.
Either way, since cannabis is most easily integrated into foodstuffs through oil or butter, the basic recipes required to perform this psychedelic infusion are really all you need to know. Cannabis butter (cannabutter) can be used in literally any recipe that calls for butter, with results that elevate even the most humble food to a sacrament of the most high. Of course, you can also just spread some cannabutter on a slice of toast, but where’s the fun in that?
In the meantime, ask around, and you’ll soon discover that every cannabis chef has their own special method for making marijuana-infused food, and some are much more complicated than others. Naturally, everyone swears that their way tastes best and makes the most potent edibles, but then again, not everyone can simmer butter for three days, adding a tablespoon of water every five minutes and stirring constantly. So let’s rely on the time-tested basic recipes below, at least for starters, as the easiest and quickest ways to efficiently extract THC and other cannabinoids for cooking.
But first, some basic principles. Find an infusing method that works for you and stick with it, using a consistent supply of cannabutter, cannacoconut oil, or THC oil to make the appetizers, dinners, and desserts described in this book as much as possible. You definitely don’t want any surprises when it comes to the potency of your product (see KITCHEN SAFETY MEETING, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE INGESTING and DOSAGE AND POTENCY RATIO for more important info on dosing).