Aunt Sandy's Medical Marijuana Cookbook Read Online Free PDF Page B

cabinet for 4 weeks.
    1. Selecting cannabis buds
    2. Shaking cannabis buds and alcohol prior to storing
    3. Straining (stored) material and pouring through funnel Aunt Sandy’s Medical Marijuana
    â€¢ Shake the jar every day during the maceration process. This helps to simulate the transformation process.
    â€¢ After four weeks (one moon cycle) has passed remove the jar from the cabinet and take the lid off.
    â€¢ Remove the plant material from the jar using a strainer and reserve the liquid, which is now your potent tincture liquid.
    â€¢ Using a funnel, pour the strained liquid into a clean dark, medicine bottle.
    â€¢ Be sure the medicine bottle, or tincture container is dry.
    â€¢ Store your tincture in a cool dark area to slow down degradation.
    The shelf life for an alcohol-based tincture is extremely long, at least two years.

KNOW FOR WHOM YOU COOK
    Understanding who you are cooking for is imperative for the marijuana chef. Knowing if the persons who will be consuming the foods you make with marijuana are “seasoned veterans” with a lot of experience eating marijuana foods, or if they are “lightweights,” or beginners, will help you to adjust and regulate dosage accordingly and avoid issues. While marijuana is a very safe substance in terms of toxicity, it can be a very powerful psychoactive substance, especially when ingested in foods. Consuming too much cannabis can lead you to experience feelings of panic, tension, confusion, and lethargy. This should never be the goal of marijuana ingestion. Be sure to be clear with those eating your marijuana delicacies about their potency levels.
    When a patient tries a new marijuana food, he should begin by eating a small serving and waiting an hour to examine the effects. At that point you can assess the need for more or less medicine. If necessary, eat another portion of the food and wait another thirty minutes to an hour. Shortly, you will know what size of particular foods work well for your medical needs.
    If you are unsure of the potency level of the foods or the tolerance of the person eating it, always err on the side of caution. Less is more when you are considering the effects on others. Other things to consider when cooking for yourself or others are dietary preferences or needs. The following chapter will let you know how to best handle those issues.

Chapter 5

    Dietary Considerations
    Many people have special dietary needs. This book is filled with home-cooked favorites that may not adhere to your particular diet. Don’t worry. In most recipes you can substitute ingredients to make them conform. The good news is that marijuana is a vegetarian, gluten free, low calorie, low-sodium plant on its own. It is the ingredients in the recipes that you will need to alter to meet your needs. The following are some specialized diets and ideas on how to best use Aunt Sandy’s Medical Marijuana Cookbook under those conditions.

LOW CALORIE OPTIONS
    Y ou use margarine when making the marijuana extract if you want to try a low calorie option with butter-like qualities and flavoring. Use Aunt Sandy’s Cannabis Oil formula (see page 28), melting the margarine first. Most recipes where the butter or oils are baked in or cooked thoroughly it is hard to tell that margarine was used instead of butter. The taste is still great and your waistline will not be affected.

VEGETARIAN DIET
    Being vegetarian is fairly common these days. You may be a strict vegetarian that eats only plant-based foods including fruits, nuts, and grains. Some vegetarians do eat dairy products and eggs; others do not. Some may occasionally have a small piece of fish for protein and are often referred to as pescatar-ians. Whatever your vegetarian diet includes, it is a snap to adapt these recipes to meet your needs.
    If you are a vegetarian that enjoys dairy then you may be able to use Aunt Sandy’s 10x Cannabutter recipe, as is. If you do not eat dairy, you can