{"id":122057,"date":"2023-05-18T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growbarato.net\/blog\/?p=122057"},"modified":"2023-09-06T09:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:44:22","slug":"cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis and food: A Journey Through The Culinary History Of Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>history of cannabis dates back to the Neolithic around 50.000 years ago<\/strong> based on archeological evidence and was used for <strong>fiber, rope, food, medicine and for religious purposes<\/strong> among other uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nowadays, we still use cannabis in a similar way as <\/strong>our ancestors did, but we keep exploring <strong>different ways to consume<\/strong> it (like vaping or using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/571-CBD-oil\">oils<\/a>) and take advantage of all the <strong>beneficial therapeutic properties <\/strong>that this plant provides. Thus, in this article we are going to take a journey through the culinary history of cannabis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a20d5b26554e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contenido<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a20d5b26554e\"  \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis\/#Neolithic\" >Neolithic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis\/#Ancient_India\" >Ancient India<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis\/#Middle_Ages\" >Middle Ages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/cannabis-and-food-a-journey-through-the-culinary-history-of-cannabis\/#From_the_19th_century_to_present\" >From the 19th century to present<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Neolithic\"><\/span>Neolithic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Neolithic period<\/strong>, also known as the <strong>New Stone Age<\/strong>, is described in history books as the age of the <strong>polished or ground stone tools<\/strong>, when humans started to settle in permanent villages while domesticating animals and plants.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/1wgFFBRR7gG2734sg7_LBSEIymBz5AHWOVB6jlxwr7brRMl3B-TpxMoMkuylmvGiys730UlcuC0KPNZWAIkpkrYLDq9xCHUIlstBGGcjJiyzxdL16GxvUPZl91HiXNBTRHZl-rLxk2dtDUVem03hmtM\" alt=\"Neolithic structure\" title=\"Neolithic structure\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neolithic structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Many historians and archaeologists affirm that back then<strong> humans were already cultivating cannabis among other plants to use them as food, fiber or medicine<\/strong>. Besides, cannabis achenes have been found in an archaeological site in the <strong>Oki Islands, near Japan, from about 8000 BC<\/strong>, which means that it was not a coincidence and that they were in fact using the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ancient_India\"><\/span>Ancient India<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although<strong> we don\u2019t have much information about eating cannabis during prehistory<\/strong>, we know a little bit more about its consumption in Ancient India. We can\u2019t talk about this period without mentioning<strong> one of the oldest cannabis traditions, Bhang<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/jX0Sz8MmVPJMXBoLP_9EvFChwdo6uAQ9VPKLbk57NwpujyMIoMYSfMgyAftLGEMzsJVDSoMZTsPs1-POfceYLUHm08CDahIu4v83hmFNvnguTqA-kGNAYKpa8d0_3QIdzaGJlWTL75kpvR5LQC9VAh4\" alt=\"Bhang street seller\" title=\"Bhang street seller\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Bhang<\/strong> street seller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bhang was an <strong>edible preparation<\/strong> that is still consumed nowadays and that consisted of an <strong>infused drink made with yogurt, nuts, spices and rose water<\/strong>. It o<strong>riginated in the 10th century in India<\/strong> and it wasn\u2019t considered a drug, but a traditional sleeping aid and appetizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Middle_Ages\"><\/span>Middle Ages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> Middle Ages<\/strong> or <strong>medieval period in Europe lasted from the 5th to the 15th century<\/strong> approximately, beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioning into the Renaissance. In the collective imagination, <strong>this period was seen as dark times <\/strong>when the Black Death devastated Europe and only Kings and Queens could afford a good quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In regards to the use of cannabis in food, there are <strong>written sources about the use of this plant as medicine<\/strong>, but not so many documents to know if it was a <strong>common ingredient in medieval people&#8217;s diet<\/strong>. However, some surviving folk recipes such as the <strong>Guc-kand from Uzbekistan<\/strong> point to the fact that it was edible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guc-kand was a recipe made from cannabis, sugar, saffron and egg whites <\/strong>which was commonly used to <strong>relieve pain during baby circumcisions<\/strong>. At the same time<strong> in Greece, there was an infusion used to relieve earache<\/strong> based on <strong>green cannabis seeds and liquid<\/strong> (either <strong>water or wine<\/strong>; either <strong>honey or mead<\/strong>) known as <strong>Khylos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_19th_century_to_present\"><\/span>From the 19th century to present<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With all the culinary advances and household appliances, we can affirm that <strong>edible cannabis also relies on this technology evolution<\/strong>. Thus, nowadays, we are able to be more creative and to replicate<strong> thousands of recipes adding this ingredient<\/strong> to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the 1800s<\/strong>, we saw the development of the <strong>hashish maple candy recipe<\/strong>. Time after, in the <strong>1900s<\/strong>, the<strong> popular and delicious cannabis brownies recipe <\/strong>appeared, still consumed and enjoyed in our days. Besides, you can legally buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/cbd-gummies\/6991-joynt-strawberry-hemp-gummies.html\">CBD hemp gummies<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/cAz0HyTGMs5QFXIk5NiKdjpCfHHORx1_oJ7biO2FYRw8f7eSXSQs1ezm5MDeDUaASBYJTsoA9Nl-yaHuGngOT0dG7QUUmg5ifE73KkTx9r0LzdVc2pwK--bvUloLtHXXoizWNDfUzJ2sOkTpNgm7Qdc\" alt=\"Cannabis brownies\" title=\"Cannabis brownies\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cannabis brownies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Since 2011<\/strong>, GB The Green Brand has had a <strong>recipe section in its blog<\/strong> with lots of posts to discover. From the sweetest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/how-to-make-magic-mushrooms-chocolate\/\">mushroom chocolate<\/a> to the most seasonal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/unique-christmas-dinner-ideas\/\">Christmas dinners<\/a>. This has been <strong>our journey through the culinary history of cannabis to connect with our ancestors <\/strong>while discovering the <strong>mysterious and magic hidden secrets of this plant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style='text-align:center' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history of cannabis dates back to the Neolithic, however, nowadays we still use this plant in a similar way as our ancestors did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":122058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"BlogPosting","footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marijuana-news"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":2,"sum_votes":10},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125686,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122057\/revisions\/125686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbthegreenbrand.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}