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June 11, 2017 12:26 PM Subscribe
The Martha Stewart of Marijuana Edibles, Lizzie Widdicombe/The New Yorker: It’s a category that used to begin and end with the bone-dry pot brownie, served in a college dorm room. Laurie Wolf is a leader in its gourmet revolution. ~ Female Chefs Are Leading the Cannabis Cuisine Revolution, Avital Norman Nathman/Vice Munchies:
Legal cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries in the country, and more of its leadership roles are held by women than in almost any other sector. [...] And when it comes to consumption, women are not only excelling in the cannabis kitchen, but leading as pioneers in this nascent field. ~ 91-Year-Old Nonna Marijuana Is the Queen of Weed Cuisine, David Bienenstock/Vice Munchies
I had a stoner roommate in college who said that he had hit upon a foolproof idea that would make him rich. I begged him for months to tell me what it was. I finally found out it was a restaurant named... MUNCHIES!
Anyway, really interesting articles, but I wish there were more pictures. The chocolate tree bark recipe at the end of the New Yorker article looks amazing.
posted by xammerboy at 1:47 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Anyway, really interesting articles, but I wish there were more pictures. The chocolate tree bark recipe at the end of the New Yorker article looks amazing.
posted by xammerboy at 1:47 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
The Medical Marijuana business is booming in California. I noticed a green cross on a cartoon doctor's medicine bag, in Nickelodeon Cartoons the other day, that may be a bit far. Driving into town on a major highway, that dumps out in downtown, on the corner was a guy waving a sign. It was not the Pizza Pizza guy, or the Statue of Liberty tax preparation experts. It was a guy with a large arrow, with a green cross on it, pointing the way to his business down the block. I can see how California will be able to afford medicare for everyone. Driving to the post office I choose to use, I see at least 4 dispensaries along the 1/2 mile route. It is no longer illegal in California, as far as California laws go, to have some on you, for personal use. This is all interesting to view, and compare to the outlaw feels of the sixties, and seventies. I am just looking through the glass on this, and hoping we can quickly put the cartels out of business, at least in terms of marijuana sales, of whatever sort. I could probably use a major case of the insane giggles, or fewer headaches, but not the munchies. I was racking my brain to come up with something funny to say in a thread over on the taupe, but I couldn't really think of anything. Oh wait. I just did, but it was worrisome to be so joyless. There is not a pill for this malaise of mine. I wonder if anyone has tried this stuff as a lubricant?
posted by Oyéah at 1:52 PM on June 11, 2017
posted by Oyéah at 1:52 PM on June 11, 2017
Excellent post Room 641-A! It's been fascinating to watch the "green rush" here on the west coast turn into such a huge industry - if I had a chunk of change I'd be very tempted to invest in it.
Edibles are such a great way of consuming cannabis and far more healthy than smoking. Many of the women in the articles - especially Nonna Marijuana - have had long cooking careers. Maybe selling edibles provides more income than most "regular" food and edibles can help close the wage gap. I hope that it'll continue to go the way of the wine business instead of the corporate route as mentioned in the New Yorker article.
I just googled - Colorado brought in $200 million in tax revenue in 2016 much of which went to funding public schools and Oregon brought in just over $60 million. Legalization seems like a win-win for states and could be for the nation as well. Now if only the feds would get on board with legalization so I could mail-order my beloved Kiva chocolate!
posted by bendy at 1:57 PM on June 11, 2017
Edibles are such a great way of consuming cannabis and far more healthy than smoking. Many of the women in the articles - especially Nonna Marijuana - have had long cooking careers. Maybe selling edibles provides more income than most "regular" food and edibles can help close the wage gap. I hope that it'll continue to go the way of the wine business instead of the corporate route as mentioned in the New Yorker article.
I just googled - Colorado brought in $200 million in tax revenue in 2016 much of which went to funding public schools and Oregon brought in just over $60 million. Legalization seems like a win-win for states and could be for the nation as well. Now if only the feds would get on board with legalization so I could mail-order my beloved Kiva chocolate!
posted by bendy at 1:57 PM on June 11, 2017
I saw this article in time.com a few days ago:
You Can Now Buy Marijuana-Infused Pizza
It seems like such an obvious no-brainer, a real two birds one stoner idea. I was just reading about the loss of the inventor of the Hawaiian, and he may have invented the pot pizza first, y'know? He was a pizza experimentalist after all, and what sober person would put pineapple on pizza?
posted by adept256 at 2:09 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
You Can Now Buy Marijuana-Infused Pizza
It seems like such an obvious no-brainer, a real two birds one stoner idea. I was just reading about the loss of the inventor of the Hawaiian, and he may have invented the pot pizza first, y'know? He was a pizza experimentalist after all, and what sober person would put pineapple on pizza?
posted by adept256 at 2:09 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Many of the women in the articles - especially Nonna Marijuana - have had long cooking careers.
I kept playing around with adding more links, maybe some recipes, but I kept coming back to the fact that these weren't women making edibles because woman=cooking but because they were applying their professional knowledge as chefs to a new ingredient and creating a new industry. That seemed like the most interesting angle today.
In the past I mostly avoided edibles because they were inconsistent, but today I mostly avoid them because food issues eliminate many choices. I love to cook so I love the idea of making edibles out of real food, not just snacks. I'd love if someone with more knowledge about cooking with edibles made a post about that!
I loved this, from the first link:
I kept playing around with adding more links, maybe some recipes, but I kept coming back to the fact that these weren't women making edibles because woman=cooking but because they were applying their professional knowledge as chefs to a new ingredient and creating a new industry. That seemed like the most interesting angle today.
In the past I mostly avoided edibles because they were inconsistent, but today I mostly avoid them because food issues eliminate many choices. I love to cook so I love the idea of making edibles out of real food, not just snacks. I'd love if someone with more knowledge about cooking with edibles made a post about that!
I loved this, from the first link:
a tweet by the comedian Bill Dixon:posted by Room 641-A at 2:27 PM on June 11, 2017 [13 favorites]
Every story about edible weed:
1. Not high.
2. Not high.
3. Still not high.
4. Not high.
5. Please drive me to the emergency room.
That tweet, it's, well, is a psychoactive substance a [hmm term] or medicine? I'm all for non-smoke delivery systems but perhaps making it really tasty is missing the point? Carlos Castaneda had great success with incredibly bad tasting cactus. (well in his imagination perhaps:)
Most very curmudgeonly I know but all for tasty food but some of the crazy stuff, well, oh never mind.
posted by sammyo at 2:43 PM on June 11, 2017
Most very curmudgeonly I know but all for tasty food but some of the crazy stuff, well, oh never mind.
posted by sammyo at 2:43 PM on June 11, 2017
Moving to a lot legal state and opening a bakery with edibles is high, heh, on my wish list.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 2:45 PM on June 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 2:45 PM on June 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
In the past I mostly avoided edibles because they were inconsistent, but today I mostly avoid them because food issues eliminate many choices.
Around here they mostly seem to be labeled like higher end "foody" stuff -- very clear about gluten free, vegan, etc as part of the packaging and branding. Still definitely not for everyone, but at least not many surprises.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:33 PM on June 11, 2017
Around here they mostly seem to be labeled like higher end "foody" stuff -- very clear about gluten free, vegan, etc as part of the packaging and branding. Still definitely not for everyone, but at least not many surprises.
posted by Dip Flash at 4:33 PM on June 11, 2017
Oh, everything here is labeled, it's that there are a bunch of broad verboten categories like chocolate, nuts, and too hard and crunchy that make it hard to find snack foods in general. I'd love to make a canna-butter poundcake.
SecretAgentSockPuppet, I'd love to open a bakery, too, and specialize in savory treats.
posted by Room 641-A at 5:08 PM on June 11, 2017
SecretAgentSockPuppet, I'd love to open a bakery, too, and specialize in savory treats.
posted by Room 641-A at 5:08 PM on June 11, 2017
I noticed a green cross on a cartoon doctor's medicine bag, in Nickelodeon Cartoons the other day
This might be a slip-it-in-for-the-parents nod to medical marijuana, but more likely it is a reaction to the fact that the Red Cross is enforcing its right to the exclusive use of the red cross as as symbol. It's actually not a copyright violation, but instead a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
posted by LiteOpera at 7:25 PM on June 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
This might be a slip-it-in-for-the-parents nod to medical marijuana, but more likely it is a reaction to the fact that the Red Cross is enforcing its right to the exclusive use of the red cross as as symbol. It's actually not a copyright violation, but instead a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
posted by LiteOpera at 7:25 PM on June 11, 2017 [2 favorites]
I learned to make herb friendly food from a child development prof while an undergrad. But really, the pot cuisine developed in certain regions is premised on non hybridized, non super potent plants. If you are looking at recipes from the 1960s you will need to adjust your product's strength downward. Man, your best bet is fine grinding shake and dump into a lipid rich base, such as a buttery spice cake or just do the gentle slow cooker method with butter getting you herby ghee.
Pro tip: coca leaves are horrible in a pot roast.
posted by jadepearl at 8:42 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Pro tip: coca leaves are horrible in a pot roast.
posted by jadepearl at 8:42 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]
Yeah the problem with really fancy edibles is that there seem to be contradictory priorities - a lot of them you can really only eat a tiny portion of. Honestly even when I smoked a lot I was reaaaallly iffy about edibles, having learned three or four lessons on the matter - I wouldn't dare with some of this stuff now. I imagine for many legit medical users these developments are welcome though.
posted by atoxyl at 11:06 PM on June 11, 2017
posted by atoxyl at 11:06 PM on June 11, 2017
But I though Martha Stewart was the Martha Stewart of marijuana edibles!
posted by crazy_yeti at 6:45 AM on June 12, 2017
posted by crazy_yeti at 6:45 AM on June 12, 2017
The funny part is that in most states Martha Steward would be prohibited from having anything to do with legal marijuana cultivation and sales because she is a convicted felon.
posted by srboisvert at 9:58 AM on June 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by srboisvert at 9:58 AM on June 12, 2017 [2 favorites]
Chicago's own Mindy Segal , a James Beard award-winning pastry chef got into this business (NYT) . The edibles look so tasty, it makes me wish I had a medical card.
posted by Fig at 11:36 AM on June 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Fig at 11:36 AM on June 12, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't really get the fuss around fancy edibles, to be honest. Don't you want to get high first and then eat the food?
posted by noxperpetua at 3:21 PM on June 12, 2017
posted by noxperpetua at 3:21 PM on June 12, 2017
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It's growing like a weed, in fact.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 1:46 PM on June 11, 2017 [1 favorite]