Cannabis- Bon Appetite!

2010.04.27

Cannabis can be a very interesting part of your daily appetite. Sounds tempting! One can enjoy delicacy with pleasure! Taken in a herbal or resin form, cooked Cannabis is an alternate way to experience the effects of the drug without smoking it.

In the ancient times it was used extensively to relax and change mood. It also found its place in various religious rituals to provoke self-consciousness and love for other. So your appetite can be bound with pleasures of world and bring to you the medical benefits of Cannabis. However, some studies suggest that oral consumption of cannabis, when properly cooked, is a more efficient way to absorb cannabinoids than smoking it.

Cannabis, also known as marijuana, ganja is believed to relax and change mood. Human have known Cannabis from as early as early as 6000 B.C, when cannabis seeds were used as food grains in China. The cultivation and possession of cannabis for recreational use is outlawed in most countries, though the degree of enforcement of these laws varies widely from one jurisdiction to another. Many also prohibit the medicinal use of cannabis, though an increasing number of jurisdictions began decrminializing the medical use of cannabis in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

It is prescribed for medical use by a qualified medical herbalist or a doctor after diagnosis. Cannabis if used for intake by humans either in it's natural form, or more often as a tincture, a food item such as a piece of cake or sweet or a drink.

In whatever part of the world you are, to enjoy Cannabis in your appetite one just needs to mix ingredients with a little 'bio technology'. Just make sure that you use clean ingredients and medically safe technology to enjoy the pleasure of this wonderful “herb”.

Cannabis is commonly cooked into a cake, cookie, brownie, or other baked products.. In slang terms for these recipes have prefixes like hash, cannabis, weed, pot, space, cosmic, magic, special, enhanced are added to the name of the food for e.g “Hash cookies”. Cannabis” is commercially a part of beverages (Liqueurs), oils, butter and baked products.

Cannabis or Hashish contains Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is insoluble in water but soluble in oil, fats and alcohols. During preparation of Cannabis containing foods and drinks, the cannabis or its extract must be sufficiently heated to cause decarboxylation of cannabinoid, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, into psychoactive THC. The ancient Indian scriptures mentions that “Marijuana” or “Ganja” is required to be sautéed in ghee before mixing it with other ingredients.

"Take ‘bhang’ and open to yourself the treasure house of knowledge. Without drinking it, the tongue is tied in talk. Yogis and saints alike desire it, and Shiva among the gods craves it. In it are the fruits of many pilgrimages and the waters that flow in the Ganges. When the goddess Bhang enters the body, she reveals countless wonders"- From ‘Divine Passions’ by O.M. Lynch. Just “Google” out some more recipes including the herb Cannabis and enjoy the solace with pleasure.