Malawi Style Cob Curing.

[Agronom]

How are you guys removing the cob from fresh corn.does it need to dry or can I use it fresh. Do I need to use the whole cob For each cob. Does that make sense?

Hi, here is what I do with the corn cobs to remove the husks.
I get fresh corn cobs with the husks on from the grocery store, (when my plant is ready to harvest), they usually have them on sale, I got five for a dollar one time:

Then cut the bottom part of the core like this:

Then remove the husks one by one, SIDEWAYS, not like you'd peel a banana:

Then put the goodies in. Put as many as possible or 1 to 2 oz of buds:

Then squeeze them in your hand, roll them tight, with experience you will get better:

Choose the bigger husks, it takes one big husk to make one stuffed cob, I make three cobs out of the husks of one corncob. The inner husks of the corncob are smaller, for smaller cobs I guess..
The cobs can be tighter or looser like Tangwena suggested.
Give it a try and play with it. And yes, everyone here is cool, stick around, ok?

 

[brown_thumb]

I got curious and wrapped about 1/3 ounce of dried/cure bud... jar cured, never below 65 percent RH... usually at 70 percent RH. I Wrapped it tightly in a roll of parchment paper then rolled again with aluminum foil. The inner roll was surrounded by fresh grapefruit peel. I baked it in a pot, insulated in paper towels to regulate temperature, for four hours at 185F. Then I let it cool and unwrapped it. The resulting 'cob' is very dark, not black but very dark. The roll was/is very damp so I'm drying it now. I didn't vacuum seal.

I tried a tiny piece of this chewed last night without the baking and it did very little. Tonight, I'll try the same amount after baking.

I know this isn't the right method but I'm excited to give it a chew none-the-less.

 

[Karlkush]

Thanks that pictorial helped a lot. I was peeling them like a banana. I got 3 oz cobbed up in the yogurt maker. I had to layer two of them on the bottom and one on top. I can see the bottom two sweating but nothing from the top. I will wait and see if any changes occur with the top one. Maybe my limit is two at a time.

 

[Shadowsfall]

Has any body tried taking lecithin before or with the cob when chewed similar result to liposomally activated edibles minus the cooking I would think maybe faster onset? Just curious am excited to try this with upcoming ace grow

 

[ttugamer]

Does cobbing make the smoke of sativas like Malawi and Zamaledica more trippy or do the trippy effects only get enhanced when chewing the cob?

 

[Tangwena]

For those interested I ran a couple kashmir strains I had beautiful dark purple and reddish buds... After fermenting they looked black and smelled of a sweet pine sol after curing for two months the cobs came out jet black with a little red.... Strongest shit I have ever tried... Like a four way window pain... Scared the hell out of me...... Gave some to my neighbor and he thinks its laced with acid and dangerous..... ... Way to potent for my liking I like mellow trips with a smile..... So you can get that overkill if that's what your into.... Growing a good number of snowhigh landraces this summer looking for that old red brick and gold look and
santa Marta incense taste not this wall
melting shit.

Favorite so far is golden tiger and zamaldelica for this technique.

Hi my friend if you are after the golden aromatic type cure.
You just need to dry the buds a bit more and sweat them for less than 12 hrs, just enough to get them wet. Then dry them until the skin feels dry to the touch.
The shorter dryer cures are the ones your after, the wetter longer cures tend to be very strong.
The buds in the picture were cured for one week ans taste of incense and smoke smooth and are very popular with my friends who like to smoke all day without getting tripped out.

 

[Tangwena]

Does cobbing make the smoke of sativas like Malawi and Zamaledica more trippy or do the trippy effects only get enhanced when chewing the cob?

It works when smoking as well my lungs are just so stuffed chewing is the only option I have, but my smoking friends cant get enough of the cobs and want nothing else.
Tangwena

 

[Tangwena]

Hi, here is what I do with the corn cobs to remove the husks.
I get fresh corn cobs with the husks on from the grocery store, (when my plant is ready to harvest), they usually have them on sale, I got five for a dollar one time:
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Then cut the bottom part of the core like this:
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Then remove the husks one by one, SIDEWAYS, not like you'd peel a banana:
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Then put the goodies in. Put as many as possible or 1 to 2 oz of buds:
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Then squeeze them in your hand, roll them tight, with experience you will get better:
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Choose the bigger husks, it takes one big husk to make one stuffed cob, I make three cobs out of the husks of one corncob. The inner husks of the corncob are smaller, for smaller cobs I guess..
The cobs can be tighter or looser like Tangwena suggested.
Give it a try and play with it. And yes, everyone here is cool, stick around, ok?

Nice work my friend and nice instructions, love your binding on the cobs. Please post pics once cured they should be amazing I cant wait to see them. Much respect brother you are treading in a new world now he he
Tangwena

 

[Agronom]

And here is a loaf of Panama flowers, I'd like to give it to Tangwena for supper but he's too far away.. The buds were compressed in a tupperware container 3:1.
It's very spongy and the smell is divine.

 

[Lacocina]

Now that's a proper loaf !

 

[Tangwena]

And here is a loaf of Panama flowers, I'd like to give it to Tangwena for supper but he's too far away.. The buds were compressed in a tupperware container 3:1.
It's very spongy and the smell is divine.
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OMG Panama and cured to perfection seal it up to age or at least some of it ha ha. I just love the smell of Panama buds cured like that.
You are lucky to have such a lovely loaf. Nice job now you can enjoy the full potential of that fine strain.
Thats the most aromatic cure you can get the smell is out of this world once aged. 5 star work my friend enjoy.
Tangwena

 

[brown_thumb]

I posted earlier that I didn't do mine correctly. However, the small amount I did completely knocked me on my butt for 8-10 hours. It kept coming in waves and was a bit unsettling at times. I only tried a tiny piece... about the size of the last joint on my pinkie finger (enough to make approximately 1/2 of an average joint). It took about 90-120 minutes to begin to have any effect but it was quite a ride after that. I only chewed it for about 10 minutes before I swallowed. Man... I was tripping for awhile. BTW, I've never done any edibles but I did chew some fresh weed and later some cured weed. It never did anything I could feel except minor numbing. This time... WHOA!!!

 

[Teh_Baker]

Ok, so i have to ask, are cob cured buds supposed to be smoked or eaten? I have seen references to both throughout this thread.

 

[Sforza]

are cob cured buds supposed to be smoked or eaten?

Yes!

 

[Teh_Baker]

Ok then, that answers my question! Thanks!

 

[wolfhoundaddy]

I haven't gotten into eating herb that much, but i love smoking some sour diesel i cobbed up. It seems to have lost any trace of anxiety thru this process. The high feels more complete somehow. It is way less harsh on the throat.
My only conundrum is how much do i devote to this new craft. Half the crop,one third, all of it?!

 

[Samuel Caldwell]

I finally made it through all 156 pages! Can't wait to start cobbing some of my harvest! Thanks to all for contributing. This sounds like lots of fun!

 

[Tangwena]

I haven't gotten into eating herb that much, but i love smoking some sour diesel i cobbed up. It seems to have lost any trace of anxiety thru this process. The high feels more complete somehow. It is way less harsh on the throat.
My only conundrum is how much do i devote to this new craft. Half the crop,one third, all of it?!

The minimum would have to be 2 cobs because one is never going t be enough, you will finish it very quickly and never experience just how good they get with a little aging.
If you make two at least one will stand a chance to mature.
A friend of mine on another forum made dozens which are now ready to age. His job means he cant test them yet as they do frequent drug testing.
But he reports his wife and her friends are enjoying them greatly and reports them to be pretty hard core. I hope she leaves enough left so i can get a sample for me test ha ha.
Tangwena

 

[Agronom]

Thanks Tangwena for your support and guidance. Without your thread I'd still be smoking jar aged buds and wonder why I'm not getting high anymore. The highs from the cobs and the other loose buds fermented are very very sweet and powerful and any detailed description will hardly do any justice to them.
The smell of the Panama after the process is incredible, with a slight touch of lemon rind and very fine cured tobacco, and another wicked enticing bouquet of fragrances, I would just like to stuff a pillow of loaves and sleep on it..

 

[vajra]

"cob" curing bubble hash experiment. Advise me!

"cob" curing bubble hash experiment. Advise me!

Hello Cobbers, and especially, Hello Tangwena!

Ever since I tried this with my summer 2016 outdoor crop of MNS's SSH from S2 seeds I made myself, I am converted.

I tried these a month after the first sweat, and didn't particularly like them. I forgot about them, left them in vaclocked bags for four months and then tried them again. What a difference!

I find the smoked cob mellow, strong, clear, smooth. Wonderful! It is my preferred smoke.

I find the eaten cob the best high of them all, very clear and functional.

And now, with my latest harvest of 4 Kali Mist females from Serious Seeds, I am ready to go at it again.

I have already made cobs from all 4 females. They are being held at about 80 degrees Fahrenheit and I will test them at the end of the summer.

I have also put some in the jar to cure, and I made about 10g of bubble hash. The KM yielded a lot of bubble.

I have noticed a few of us wondering what this would do to hash, and today, as I was cleaning up after making a load of bubble hash, I realized I had enough to do that and to have a comparison of "cobbed" vs normal bubble hash.

So now, I would like to take 2-3g of Kali Mist bubble hash and put it through this process!

I have a sous vide cooker, so I can dial in any temperature and hold it indefinitely.

Let's gather our heads on this one, gentlemen. What process would you suggest for a small puck of hash?