Editing Cannabis edible (section)

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[[File:Bhang eaters before two huts (6124556163).jpg|thumb|[[Bhang]] eaters from India c. 1790. Bhang is an edible preparation of [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] native to the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It has been used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC by [[Hindu]]s in [[ancient India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/httpmunchies-vice-comarticlesthe-bhang-lassi-is-how-hindus-drink-themselves-high-for-shiva/ |title=The Bhang Lassi Is How Hindus Drink Themselves High for Shiva |vauthors=Staelens S |website=Vice (magazine) |date=10 March 2015 |access-date=10 August 2017 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811011827/https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/kbx94a/httpmunchies-vice-comarticlesthe-bhang-lassi-is-how-hindus-drink-themselves-high-for-shiva |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
The earliest mention of cannabis-infused food was as far back as 2000 B.C. in [[Indian subcontinent|India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Cannabis in India {{!}} Psychology Today|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-teenage-mind/201106/history-cannabis-in-india|access-date=2021-06-23|website=www.psychologytoday.com|language=en}}</ref> Known as one of the oldest cannabis traditions, [[Bhang]] – a cannabis infused drink made with yogurt, nuts, spices, rose water – is an official drink of [[Holi]], highly celebrated and revered festivals celebrated by the people of [[Hinduism|Hindu]] community in India revering [[Shiva]] or [[Kali]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Significance of Holi – Importance Cultural And Social Significance of Holi|url=https://www.holifestival.org/significance-of-holi.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=holifestival.org|archive-date=29 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329073340/https://www.holifestival.org/significance-of-holi.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Bhang Lassi Is How Hindus Drink Themselves High for Shiva|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/httpmunchies-vice-comarticlesthe-bhang-lassi-is-how-hindus-drink-themselves-high-for-shiva/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Vice (magazine)|date=10 March 2015 |language=en|archive-date=9 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409232636/https://www.vice.com/en/article/kbx94a/httpmunchies-vice-comarticlesthe-bhang-lassi-is-how-hindus-drink-themselves-high-for-shiva|url-status=live}}</ref> The oil-solubility of cannabis extracts was also known to [[History of India|ancient Indians]], with [[Sanskrit]] recipes requiring cannabis to be [[Sautéing|sautéed]] in [[ghee]] before mixing it with other ingredients.<ref name="Gottlieb">{{cite book | title = Cooking with Cannabis: The Most Effective Methods of Preparing Food and Drink with Marijuana, Hashish, and Hash Oil | vauthors = Gottlieb A | publisher = Ronin Publishing | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-914171-55-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/artscienceofcook00gott }}</ref>{{rp|7}}<ref name="Drake018">{{cite book | title = The Marijuana Food Handbook | vauthors = Drake B | page = [https://archive.org/details/marijuanafood0000drak/page/18 18] | publisher = Ronin Publishing | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-914171-99-2 | url = https://archive.org/details/marijuanafood0000drak/page/18 }}</ref>

[[Majoun]] (cannabis jam) is another early type of edible first created by the nomadic [[Berbers|Berber tribes]] of North Africa sometime around the 11th century.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book| vauthors = Bowles P, Caponi-Tabery G |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-e73_OaS0uQC&pg=PA62 |title=Conversations with Paul Bowles|date=1993|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-0-87805-650-7|language=en}}</ref> The traditional Majoun recipe calls for cannabis extract, [[datura]] seeds, honey, nuts, kif (a mixture of [[kief]]), and sometimes dates and figs.<ref name=":6" />