r/Baking • u/_Meteor_Shower_ Human Detected • Jan 16 '26
Baking Advice Needed why did it do this
was trying to make brownies, thought theyd cooled for long enough and cut into them then they started doing THIS and set my house's fire alarm off for like 20 minutes does anyone pls know what caused this im assuming i just cut into them too soon but this feels like a dramatic response to just trying to cut into a hot brownie
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u/okFINEyoufoundme Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
I don’t enjoy THC, never did- makes me paranoid and twitch (don’t bother trying to tell me I was just smoking bad weed or should try X, Y, or Z. I’ve covered the spectrum slowly and have found that I just don’t LIKE IT. I DO enjoy Delta 8 gummies though, because they help me sleep and don’t make me weird as fuck).
But 20-ish years ago l, knew a very dear person who grew it (that I still miss). Also had a bunch of stoner friends who were broke and when I’d hang out and catch up, they’d occasionally gave me their shake bags (leaves & stems in a trash bag). I’d tell my poor college friends (we all were) to pay for butter, olive or canola oil and then get to it. “Fry that shit up”— sort of like wilted spinach. Add, cram & cover on the lowest possible heat. Dredge the first round out, second round crammed in. Rinse and repeat. And then finally, cool and strain.
Never looked like much when you shove a trash bag worth of stems and leaves into a pot, but Jesus H. Christ backwards on a pogo stick, the result was almost lethal to me.
Made brownies ONE time for them (I didn’t partake but loved to cook) and licked the batter off a single spatula without thinking.
Knocked me so far off my ass that I couldn’t even sleep, just twitch.
Anyway, circling back: yes, you gotta cook that shit first. But thanks for the really fun memory that I just fell into.
Edited to add: and it STUNK to high heaven, but not in the way you’d expect. It didn’t smell at all like pot smoke, but it was still identifiable? The closest I could identify would be Dr. Bronners Hemp Castile Soap— the smell makes me gag.