Weed as an ingredient...

[mazzakush]

i chopped up about a tablesoon (.5 gram maybe?) of legend's ultimate indica and sprinkled it over a couple of chicken breasts that had been basted with regular butter while baking. i added the weed about 30 minutes before i took it out of the oven... it wasnt that great but it wasnt that bad either. it was a little too "perfumey" for me. i dont know if that taste could have been avoided with another strain or not.

if i were to use it as a seasoning again i would use fresh, undried bud instead of cured smokables. that perfumey taste reminded me of using a vaporizer and i dont like the taste i get from a vaporizer. i know that most people prefer the vaporizer for taste but i do not.


anybody ever use fresh-off-the-plant mj in a dish? did it taste any different than using dried 'erb?

yep, fresh herb is delicious. Have done it with some mandala plants males and females in pasta.....oh my god. I really feel cannabis even in small amounts makes all the other flavors in food come out. Its like adding willy wankas magic flavor dust to any food. I think that's why a lot of folks supposedly don't like "pot food". I mean if its got ganja in it, i'll eat it... and ususally the more herb flavor the better. But that's me... and I can definately tell the difference when herb is really complimenting the flavors of whatever its in or when I'm just stoked to be eating bud and like the assurance of tasting it heavily (especially with black market baked goods)... however, i can definately see how folks might not like vegetable flavored sweets. Why not do scones with chocolate hash chips and cinnamon/kief/sugar dusted tops?

and yes, with fresh off the plant herb it has a much more robust and herby flavor. even the buds. I would much prefer to cook with it fresh in most savory things and even most things really... if making oil or butter or cannacream or well fuck anything really. I actually can't think of a reason to used dried herb for any reason other then neccissity. This excluding hash for anything everthing and baked goods.

Fresh cannabis smoothies anyone?

 

[Ipsissimus]

I've found that a little peppermint extract tempers brownies and cookies well.

If you like the taste, may I suggest a salad dressing made by mixing some bacon drippings with weed-infused olive oil, with some seasoned vinegar (balsamic or seasoned rice vinegar)...equal parts fat and vinegar - the olive oil keeps the bacon fat from hardening, it's delicious. fry up some rosemary with bacon for added kick.

 

[FallenBuddha]

I find when actually using cannabis, that it is very similar to sage in flavor profile, so I have taken to making anything that requires the herb sage with herb. Such creations inclue a line of pork based sausages, potwurst, irie italian, and kindbasa. so if you go from thaty angle, there is no limit to what you can do.

peace -fb

 

[grumio]

I've eaten things made with the actual plant matter left in (eg brownies made with unstrained cannabutter), & have always noticed that the weed has a not-too-pleasant grittiness. I've nibbled bits of leaf & bud from plants & noticed the same thing. Along the lines of curly parsley, but worse.

OTOH I've never used minced bud as a garnish ("Tonight's Osso Bucco is served with a Super Bubblegum Kush gremolata...)