This is a faster version of a glycerin-based cannabis tincture. Some cooks believe that you must heat the mixture for maximum potency, and that simply steeping your herb in glycerin isn’t enough.
USP food-grade glycerin (also spelled “glycerine”) is available online from distributors like Starwest Botanicals, the Essential Oil Company, and More Than Alive.
MAKES 1 CUP
¼ ounce high-quality ganja shake
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon USP food-grade glycerin
6 tablespoons water
Equipment: Latex gloves, unbleached cheesecloth, large glass jar with tight lid
1. Combine all ingredients in a Crock-Pot, and simmer at a very low temperature (about 180°F) for 2½ hours. Remove from heat and allow to cool until it can be handled safely.
2. Wearing latex gloves, strain, then squeeze the ganja glycerite well through unbleached cheesecloth (ideally—I’ve heard that panty hose and coffee filters also work, but cheesecloth is perfect) into a large glass jar with a tight lid. Store in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months.
Note: This makes 7 to 14 servings, depending on the desired dose. Use it instead of sugar in your favorite drink, but keep in mind that glycerite is sweeter, so be prepared to experiment.
Ashley Boudreaux is a native New Orleanian whose ancestors include George Washington, a one-armed Confederate major from Brooklyn, New York, and a bootlegging Irish boxer. She and her family live alone in a zombie-proof, vintage forty-eight-thousand-square-foot former egg factory now full of African art. Ashley does audio production, bartends at the world-famous Tipitina’s, and has more than twenty years of experience in catering and kitchen and bar management. She started cooking with marijuana in her teens and is a grandmother now. Ashley has been writing for High Times since 1998. She wants to own a strip club when she grows up—with a ganja kitchen in it. She’ll call it Tits & Grass.