Ha, haha. Was going to start the post off differently but haha and laughing is the headspace at the moment. Because, good buddies, it is so fucking funny that the cannabis love affair in part two continues with another episode of apples and bananas.
This time however a pilgrimage. Three days pilgrimage; 30 kilometres walking up a stupidly big hill to start with, and of course only stopping to smoke joints and darts while others were setting up kitchens. Yeah, hiking in Ecuador on a main road to get out of the Paro, many were doing it, just the one gringo. The Paro which on Thursday was agreed to cease, and then, on Friday, was clearly unagreed. More road blocks than the two to three weeks before. It does not look to be getting better, am not there, it can go from my head.
Then, next challenge, trying to work out the network of cars, bikes, taxis, and buses to get to a bus that could take one anywhere, north or south. 60 hours after starting am where I am, a great place to be, there are lots of beautiful women here!
Here is a hot tip young players however; bananas, apples, nuts and chocolate are much better snacks than cannabis when hiking, they give one a lot more energy. In fact, cannabis made the first 10 or so hours a lot harder than they needed to be. It was alright though, we got it done, had a bloody good time.
Funnily, the final day of travel, yesterday was both the easiest and hardest.
A one-minute walk to the bus, an expected easy bus day, four hours only and then one more to go to the little town of interest. Five hours total, no stress, be there for a late lunch.
Unfortunately the direct road is not passable at the moment, nothing to do with any strike, just a fucked road the saleslady tells me, ocho horas, eight hours ….. Ended up being ten, 11 with the extension. Buggered.
There were no breaks until the seven-hour mark, no cannabis, yeah cannabis and buses go together very well. Glad the whole trip is done though, we (cannabis and me) got to get together all morning, chill and walk. That road too, if one has parranoia or a fear of heights, maybe not cannabis during, maybe do, it’ll be a version of fun.
And now, together we are snacking on a version of bananas, fruit smoothie and waiting to meet with a beautiful woman. Yeah, good buddies, and great buddy, cannabis and apples and bananas, finally worked this shit out.
Baked baking
To be honest, marijuana mates, I am super duper high right now.
You know that it is very possible to be sensible on pot? In fact so much more so than alcohol, in fact fact never have I participated in a stoner sesh by herself where anybody was anything but sensible. Alcohol, well, we all have evidence of the harm of this poisonous thing.
What is even more poisonous however is the stigma, discrimination and ridiculous ignorance towards cannabis simply because it is illegal and alcohol is not. Oh, friends, this really breaks my heart, marijuana is medicine, alcohol might as well be asbestos, yet the first is hard to come by, the second can be found in seconds.
Did you know in Australia during the COVID lockdowns, literally not allowed out of the house for more than thirty minutes, that thirty minutes being used to exercise. You could drive to the supermarket with one other person and home again, wearing masks for all activities. This went on for months and months. Talk about a prison.
During this many shops had to shut down initially, many takeaway stores and boutique bits and pieces could not trade, they were not deemed essential. The bottle shops however, these were essential from the start, like, fucking hell, priorities. How dependant we are on this toxic tonic.
Anyay, gripe aside, it is important to be sensible with your cannabis. In particular the edibles, these get in the wrong hands, or unexpecting hands people are going to be very very high for a very very long time. The picture below, which one contains cannabis and which does not?
We’ll start with the ANZAC biscuits, this one is obvious and therefore very hard to get the jars mixed up. ANZAC biscuits are only green when they contain the green (or some other herb of course, but cannot say this would be considered a traditional version).
The brownies? Which one contains pot? I cooked them both, and me, at the same time, very easy to get mixed up.
Think you have it?
Both of them do. If one didn’t they would still look the same. The cannabis taste in the browneies is barely noticeable where it can be tasted quite clearly in the biscuits. If someone did not know the brownies contained pot, had maybe two or three of them, they would very likely find it hard to make sense of their once sensible world.
Half a brownie/biscuit gets me going, they are strong, very strong. So just be sensible with your shit, store and lable, keep out of reach of children, al the good stuff.
Remember too, when making edibles the cannabis needs to be activated first, the process is called decarbing. I am no expert on this stuff, it works when I do it and I have a fairly good understanding of the process. As per usual learned by understanding the basic process and then trial and error. Air fryer works well.
Google the process, get information in the way that makes sense to you and then apply it, give decarbing and making edibles a go.
Seriously, stoners, one of big problems in our community is being too scared to give the simple daily tasks a go, try things, see what happens. Many of us are lacking in this area of confidence. Trying new stuff, getting it wrong, being gentle on yourself, getting it right, celebrating yourself, is the way to building us back up.
Plus, making this kind of stuff you get to lick the spoon in the process, getting baked while baking.