Posted on 11/26/2020 3:20:17 AM PST by mylife
According to the Associated Press, Arizona voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 207 this month to legalize the possession and usage of recreational marijuana. The Mint Dispensary in Tempe, Arizona is taking advantage of the drug's popularity with their latest concoction: cannabis-infused turkey gravy for the non-traditional Thanksgiving spread.
While Prop 207 has passed, the state has not yet officially legalized recreational marijuana.
Therefore only patients possessing a medicinal marijuana card will be able to purchase a warm Thanksgiving meal customized with a dose of cannabis now through Thanksgiving Day. The featured sides include cranberry sauce, cornbread, and -- of course -- gravy. Each dish has a dosage of 250 mg with the total dinner measuring 1,250 mg. Only 60 of these customizable to-go meals will be assembled and the first 40 to place an order will receive a free (non-infused) frozen Butterball turkey. Pre-orders are encouraged because the promotion runs until supplies last. The Mint Dispensary will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sucks to work at The Mint Dispensary on Thanksgiving Day
cannabis-infused gravy for Thanksgiving
Tempe’s Mint Dispensary opened a cannabis-infused kitchen.
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By: Kari SteelePosted at 6:04 PM, Nov 24, 2020 and last updated 7:27 PM, Nov 24, 2020
PHOENIX — According to the Associated Press, Arizona voters overwhelmingly passed Prop 207 this month to legalize the possession and usage of recreational marijuana. The Mint Dispensary in Tempe, Arizona is taking advantage of the drug’s popularity with their latest concoction: cannabis-infused turkey gravy for the non-traditional Thanksgiving spread.
While Prop 207 has passed, the state has not yet officially legalized recreational marijuana.
Therefore only patients possessing a medicinal marijuana card will be able to purchase a warm Thanksgiving meal customized with a dose of cannabis now through Thanksgiving Day. The featured sides include cranberry sauce, cornbread, and — of course — gravy. Each dish has a dosage of 250 mg with the total dinner measuring 1,250 mg. Only 60 of these customizable to-go meals will be assembled and the first 40 to place an order will receive a free (non-infused) frozen Butterball turkey. Pre-orders are encouraged because the promotion runs until supplies last. The Mint Dispensary will be open on Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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If you want to purchase the package of Thanksgiving sides, it will cost you $100. They will not be sold individually. The 2020 holiday dinner comes with gravy (16 oz.), cranberry sauce (16 oz.), cornbread (6x8), pumpkin-cream-cheese-ginger-snap roll (6x4) and garlic herb butter in 6 portions.
CAUTION: Police are warning the public that even though Prop 207 passed, it is still not in effect. Smoking weed without a medical marijuana card is still illegal until that happens.
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Thanksgiving is the second-busiest week of the year for most dispensaries — right behind April 20, per the Mint Dispensary.
During COVID-19, medical marijuana dispensaries have been considered essential businesses in Arizona.
ABOUT THE MINT CAFÉ:
The Mint Dispensary in Tempe, Arizona opened the first full-service cannabis kitchen in the United States last fall.
What does that mean?
The Mint Dispensary added a state-of-the-art kitchen that features cannabis-infused breakfast, lunch, and dinner prepared by fresh on-site by executive chef Carylnn Principal. Just want a snack? You can grab one of those as well. The kitchen offers a full menu of pizza, pasta, artisan burgers, street tacos, fries, and other cannabis-infused meals for patients to pick up and consume on the go. Also on the premises, you will find a juice bar, barista, gelato, and a pastry counter. You can find the full menu at themintdispensary.com.
Doses of cannabis?
The meals and snacks are prepared with a range of doses available from 10 mg and up. “This is a tolerance thing. For someone who doesn’t smoke, they will be able to take 10 mg to 25 mg doses and it will get them a normal high,” stated Raul Molina, Marketing Director and Chief Operations Officer.
Hours of operation and catering?
Chef Principal and her five-member staff dish up goodies during the dispensary’s regular operating hours — 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week. The Mint Dispensary offers catering services for larger medicated events like birthdays, weddings, and funerals. Everyone in the respective party will need to present a medical cannabis card upon delivery.
Chef’s background?
Chef Carylann Principal is a classically-trained chef and cancer survivor. She created all of the recipes for the dispensary and is looking forward to sharing her nutritional knowledge with others who are fighting similar battles.
Cooking classes?
When the holiday season begins, The Mint Dispensary will hold free cooking classes on Sunday mornings. Class sizes will be limited to 15 people. Patients with a medicinal cannabis card will be required to register ahead of time online.
Out of curiosity (I’m 55 and work at home), I sampled a THC infused sports drink from a friend. I only had the equivalent of a shot glass.
The initial feeling that ensued was pleasant, but the feeling kept building to the point of being quite unpleasant. I described to my spouse feeling as if I’d had about 6-8 glasses of wine WITHOUT the room spin that would accompany that.
I recall years ago when I had a bad case of bronchitis, being given some type of strong cough syrup from my doctor. The bottle contained warnings about not operating machinery. I remember the feeling from that cough syrup which induced an extreme desire to crawl into the bed and sleep for hours. That is what the THC drink felt like for me.
Guaranteed to make you fall asleep on the couch... with your pants off or something...
THC infused sports drink? aint that one of them there oxymoron’s?
It takes a while to get there but there is nothing as nice as a completely sober holiday.
That's what you drink when you just want to watch the marathon runners on TV...and doze off.
I know!
Crazy!
Seriously though, it tasted like one of those lighter colored gatorade type drinks.
I don’t even understand the red bull BS, and then they mix it with vodka LOL
If you only had a shot, did your friend finish the can?
No, she did not finish the can.
It was a funny story she told. They were at a party (California) and a number of people were smoking weed. She’s had gummies before, but none were available. She’s never smoked and doesn’t want to try that.
Anyway, the host had these drinks and offered her one. She figured it wouldn’t be any stronger than the gummy she’s had. She got about a fourth of the way through the bottle and it hit her HARD. She said a voice in her head said “STOP DRINKING THIS RIGHT NOW! STOP IT NOW! RIGHT NOW! NOT ANOTHER SIP OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!”
So the bottle was still in her refrigerator and she was telling me the story. I asked for a shot glass of it to try. Good grief! I cannot imagine drinking the entire bottle! I don’t recall the THC content, but I remember it was very high in comparison to other THC products.
Full disclosure - I smoked weed in my youth (otherwise I probably would not have even tried the drink). The sensation from this drink felt nothing like what I experienced from smoking it years ago. The drink did not make me happy and giggly and wanting a snack. I did not find it to be a pleasant high at all. It was a completely different sensation for me. I don’t know if age has changed the way my body processes it and therefore affects the sensation or what.
I won’t try it again.
Basted and wasted. Roasted and toasted.
How about weed-fed turkeys. Tom had a happy life until his head was cut off.
Cannabis-infused gravy ahh the aroma of cat piss and gravy.
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