Bud Butter Question

[el_fantistico]

I've looked at several Bud Butter recipes online and have to say, BobBong's seems the most comprehensive.

I'm wondering about two things I've read elsewhere though:

1) What about the Pre-cook?: many recipes suggest you pre cook your cannabis for five minutes in the oven before adding it to the butter (converts the THCA into THC apparently)

2) Cooking Times: 24 hours seems excessive and this seems to be the only recipe I can find that suggests anything more than 6 hours. What happens in that extra 18 hours to make the butter better?

And that's it!! I'll be putting on the chef's cap in a few weeks and will report back. Thanks for your help!

El Fantistico :smokin:

el_fantistico Reviewed by el_fantistico on 10-13-2007. Bud Butter Question I've looked at several Bud Butter recipes online and have to say, BobBong's seems the most comprehensive. I'm wondering about two things I've read elsewhere though: 1) What about the Pre-cook?: many recipes suggest you pre cook your cannabis for five minutes in the oven before adding it to the butter (converts the THCA into THC apparently) 2) Cooking Times: 24 hours seems excessive and this seems to be the only recipe I can find that suggests anything more than 6 hours. What happens in Rating: 5

[Coelho]

Well... i never did make cannabutter, but i always decarboxilate (pre-cook) my weed, even for smoking, as it actually increases it potency, sometimes drastically. Look at threads about "activating" weed...

[Flameon]

Hi again el fantastico, how's it hangin?

I'm currently in the process of writing up a comprehensive guide and tutorial to canna cooking that I intend to post up over the next couple of days.
But in the meantime, to answer your second question:

Much of the THC in 'grass' is bound up in the cellulose material, and that's the reason most bud-butter recipes call for long simmering times, to break down the plant material and therefore release the THC.
In addition, it affords a greater opportunity for the THC molecules to bind with the 'fat' in the butter/oil, making it as potent as the original source material will permit.

The intent being to 'wring out' every last drop of active THC 'goodness'!

24 hours is a 'catch all' solution however, and is based upon using fairly rough plant material: shade leaves, trimmings, stems etc, which require extensive, low temperature cooking in order to be broken down.
However if you're going to be using kief/hash/finely ground bud etc, not only are the quantities you need greatly reduced, but so is the simmering time (under two hours in some cases).

Do you have access to a slow cooker (crock pot) or similar, if so let me know what you intend to convert to butter/oil and I'll post up the relevant method and timescales as I have created listings for each.

Cheers
Flame :thumbsup:

[MVP]

Hey Flame, that will be a good post. When do I look for it?

[Flameon]

Thanks MVP, I'll finish it off and post it by the end of this week.

Let me know what you think
Cheers
Flame :thumbsup:

[el_fantistico]

Perfect!! Thanks again for the quality info!!

El Fantistico :smokin:

[ncnavguy]

I've made cannabutter before to great results, pretty much all cannabis recipies (greendragon, butter, or my personal favorite cannamilk!) follow the same basic principals. See my green dragon pics over in the pictures section. I am a person who needs visual referance to understand so hanz and hanz cooking with marijuana series has always proved invaulble.