Leaving it in...

[jaysplifferton]

Hi. I'm new on these boards, but there's a question I've been kicking around since I first made pot cookies many years ago.

In most butter preparations I've read, there is a stage where you sieve the plant matter out of the butter. I've always been wary to do this because I'm afraid of losing potency, plus I just thought it sounded like an unpleasant (hot oil + flesh = ouch) and unnecessary part of an otherwise very easy process. It does give my oatmeal choc chip cookies a little extra sea-weedy flavor, but nothing much IMO.

I wanted to hear other people's opinions on leaving it in.

After all, odds are we can all use a little extra fiber, right?

 

[Capn]

Leaving it in can actually cause a great deal of pain to some people. Their intestines cannot take the small crystalline hairs that form on cannabis.

It's up to your personal preference, but if anything keeping the veg matter in is lowering the potency due to increasing the volume of total weight of non psychoactive material ingested.

 

[Capn]

I respond to this guys thread and he gives me negative karma (was it an accident?), I could care less about that but see if I help you again sucka.

Either way I'd appreciate it if someone else chimed in.

Edit: People with Diverticulitis often don't realize they have it. When people who have Diverticulitis eat strawberries or anything that contains small seeds or fibers they suffer from acute GI distress. I've experienced this second hand.

Was the second time making edibles and we used an oz of finely ground weed for the whole batch of brownies. 4 people ate them and of us 4, 1 person had horrible stomach pains almost immediately after ingestion and a mad vomiting fit for about 15 minutes. Needless to say, she wasn't a happy camper. The rest of us felt fine (and freaking retardedly baked), and I've eaten raw/cooked weed plenty of time with no ill effect.

If you happen to be one of the unlucky ones who does suffer from this. Mark my words. You will regret eating whole cannabis.

 

[Justa6655321]

I always take the plant material out. Typically there are other things that get on my pot plants - some perlite, stems, etc that i want to filter anyway. Plus the extra fiber like Capn said can mess up some peoples stomachs.

Get some cheap cheesecloth or even a good linen towel. Worst case is you dont want to strain is let the pot of mixture sit on the stove and cool and skim the butter off the top.

 

[~fvk~]

You aren't gonna lose potency if you cook it right... Get rid of the plant matter, it's only gonna be taking up space.... I duct tape a cheese cloth folded over itself about 4 times to a strainer and then put it on top of a bowl to catch the butter...

 

[Botanist]

I left the plant material in once... Once. It is so much better to strain it out. Trust me.

 

[jaysplifferton]

Man I thought I did positive K... it's the top one, right? I am new here maybe I just need to read closer. This is like the second time this has happened, it sucks. I appreciate the advice; I'm not trying to be a dick, honest.

 

[Capn]

Haha forsure. Had that happen twice now.

 

[smokin treez]

Just let the butter, bud, mixture sit there and cool off a little bit before straining. Cheese cloth is the best thing i have found for straining out the liquid butter. You will deffinately be much happier with the results if you strain it. IMO.

 

[killabrown420]

i always use my oldest but still clean white undershirt to strain. Cut it into squares and you can get 3 or so batches out of one t-shirt. recycling is the shit