The Cannabis Lifestyle
Blunt
By Ellie Carr Dear Ellie,
Advice
I ran out of papers and don’t have a piece to smoke with. All I have is an old lime that’s been sitting on the top of my refrigerator for too long. I’ve seen people smoke out of fruits before, but not expired ones. Can I smoke weed out of a rotten lime that is hard and discolored? -Sativa Sinner Dear Sativa Sinner, I’ll admit, I’ve done this with an old lemon, and it wasn’t too bad. Your biggest risk is tainting the flavor of your bud. However, the sourness and rotten flavor of the lime is worth a quick trip to your local grocery store. Even when the fruit is ripe, it still dampens the flavor of the flower. If your concern is food poisoning, you’re in the clear. I did some research, and unless you’re in a pinch for food, too, and choose to eat it, you can only get sick if you actually ingest the rotten lime. And even then, you might get away with it. Prepare yourself with something to wash it down, because those sour, pungent flavors of old citrus will linger on your tastebuds. If you’ve never smoked out of a small fruit before, I have some quick tips: ● ● ● ● ●
Make sure to carve a good sized hole at the top of the lime for the bowl piece, about the size of a nickel. (You want to get the most out of one hit, so you don’t have to keep tasting the lime.) Once you’ve carved a hole, stick a pen through the center until it pokes through the bottom You should have one hole at the top for the bowl piece, and one hole at the bottom for the mouthpiece Clear out as much of the center of the fruit as possible so there is a clear pathway Pack your bud into the nickel sized hole, light up, and smoke from the bottom.
Do not poke a hole on the top of the lime and then on the side, the way you would with an apple. I’ve done this, and ended up with a singed eyebrow and hardly any smoke. Don’t worry about the weed falling through the hole to the bottom, don’t be stingy when packing the bowl and it will hold. Since your lime is rotten to the point of hardness, you might need to carve it with something stronger than a pen, maybe a butter knife or the neck of a fork. Get creative. Because of the firmness of the zest, this will be a tricky endeavor, a bold one even. With enough stamina, and ability to endure bad flavors, you can make it happen. Continued on Page 22 Summer 2022 Cannabis by the Sea
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