Q&A for How to Prepare Marijuana Butter

It's just taste saltier, that's all.

Actually, marijuana is legal in Canada and is legal either medicinally or recreationally in all but 17 of the 50 United States. Many other countries are also legalizing or decriminalizing it. As to the why, infusing butter or oil with marijuana allows it to be distributed more evenly throughout edibles.

For this recipe, you should only use real butter.

Yes, you can substitute cannabutter for regular butter in any recipe.

I assume any edible oil will work, since the temperature for extraction is low.

No. Microwaves do horrible things to herbs; don't even dry buds in there. The key to good butter is straining it with pudding/cheese cloth.

Yes! Weed has a potent smell and it will stink up the house. Remember that it is a plant, so it will smell green.

Yes. Dry it by decarbing it. If it is completely wet like when you blanch it, you need to bake it at 220 F for an hour.

You could, but it's unappealing. Strain the weed out, let it dry, and use it for a dish. I suggest just tossing the weed into a broth. Add some skirt steak, basil, herbs, and sprouts. Talk about a meal.

Yes. Marijuana butter is made to give the user the effects of smoking in an edible form.

You would use the same amount as you would regular butter. If it's too potent, mix it with regular butter.

You would use the same amount ounce to ounce. You can never have too much potency. It can be cut with regular butter. You never want too little!

You need to use the sugar leaves that are closest to the bud. The young leaves would be the newest growth, which would mean least amount of THCA present.

Basically no problem: you can use the fine ground weed and leave the weed in the butter, it will just taste more like weed. But you can try to filter the liquid butter through a fine sieve, for example, an empty tea bag for loose tea, to remove the weed.

The question should be: Is this mix of butter and oil adapted for your recipe? Then yes, you can replace the butter by oil. The THC can be dissolved in any fat. But it will have another taste and another consistency when finished, much more liquid.

The temperature will have an effect on the speed of decarboxylation. Heat above 105°C or 220°F but never above 157°C or 315°F. To have control of the temperature, put you butter/oil and cut or coarse ground weed in a small jar at 130°C or 270°F in the oven and let it simmer 1h. After this, the THC of your weed is fully decarbed and fully dissolved. Longer will not change anything.

If you want, you can grind some decarbed weed and eat it, e.g. spread it on a peanut butter toast. But only take very little, about 1/8 gram, and wait up to 1/2-3 hours for the effects (like for any edible).