You don't decarboxylate your weed beforehand? What kind of edibles are you making?
What did you accomplish today?
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FresnoFarmer
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Hit the gym, moved one of the greenhouses, tilled most of the backyard. Time to smoke and eat some good ole franks and beans.
Metasynth
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I’m makin caramels and I have to bring that up to like 220 degrees, and it takes a WHILE for the water in the cream to boil off so it’ll decarb when I make the caramels with the butter...
At least that’s what I’ve done in the past
Though I may have put a lot of weed for the amount of butter I used...lol
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I'm not familiar with that process. So you cook your butter until all the water is gone then strain the weed out? @cannabineer suggested something similar to me when I was making infused oil. I'm intested to see what your finished caramels look like.
Metasynth
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The water is in there to make sure it doesn’t get too hot when infusing the butter, then I strain out the weed, freeze the butter/water mix.
The butter floats to the top, and a lot of the undesirables like some of the chlorophyll come out in the water. Toss the water, save the butter.
Let solidify again.
Then, I’ll melt the green butter with some more fresh water to “wash” it. It helps pull undesirable taste and more chlorophyll out of the butter. Then freeze again, toss water, and repeat. I usually wash my butter three times to get rid of some of that nasty taste.
I make my butter much the same but I will additionally "wash" off the bottom of the frozen butter cake as I find green "gunk" (a scientifical term - Google it) on the bottom side.
raratt
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He didn't notice, his glasses are in the case...Looks like you've got a Screw Loose.
Metasynth
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Milk solids
raratt
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I put it in my fridge, the butter solidifies on top and it's easy to separate it from the water. I found out it doesn't have much of a shelf life so next time I'm going to measure it out and freeze the cups of it.
BudmanTX
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lol okay I misunderstood and thought you were cooking off all your water. Does washing your butter make that much of a difference? Can you still taste weed? That's the one thing about edibles that I really hate. I brush my teeth before I eat a cookie then again afterwards and you can still taste it over the toothpaste.
why no just make a big batch of edibles then freeze them?
Metasynth
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Yes, the more you wash, the more nasties you wash out of your butter. It gets milder flavored. You can still taste it, but not nearly as much as if you don’t wash at all
jimihendrix1
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Ran 20 miles with the wife.
raratt
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I was waffling on what to make with it, I should have a plan before I make it I guess...
Couch_Lock
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jimihendrix1
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Im 61 years old, a personal trainer, and have run a 2:38 Marathon back in 83. Im old now, and slowed down, but I can go forever. Wifey is only 45.
Was also Ky AAU 148lbs Powerlifting champ in 85. My training partner was Rick Cornette, who at the time held the world record in the Squat at 242.
Was also Ky AAU 148lbs Powerlifting champ in 85. My training partner was Rick Cornette, who at the time held the world record in the Squat at 242.
Couch_Lock
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I ran the 100 yd dash and was part of the 440 relay team at state finals, back in the day. 64 yrs old, recently reversed diabetes.
