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The High Road - Traveling with Edibles · Bite Me The Show About Edibles

• 1:15
  Margaret: Welcome back, friends, to episode 303, and today we are talking about traveling and edibles.
• 1:21
  Margaret: Welcome to Bite Me, the show about edibles, where I help you take control of your high life.
• 1:27
  Margaret: I'm your host and certified gonger, margaret, and I love helping cooks make safe and effective edibles at home.
• 1:34
  Margaret: I'm so glad you're here and welcome back, friends, to the podcast that explores the intersection of food culture and cannabis.
• 1:42
  Margaret: I help cooks make great edibles at home.
• 1:45
  Margaret: Thank you for being here.
• 1:46
  Margaret: I'm so glad that you decided to join me today for this travel-filled episode, and I guess travel is on my mind because I just got back from Camp Cana.
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: I decided to wait to record this episode until after Camp Cana because I really wanted to talk a bit about my experience, because I knew it was going to be a good one, and I almost didn't go this year.
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: Can you believe it?
• 2:10
  Speaker 1: I almost didn't go because I went last year with Anne Alchin.
• 2:13
  Speaker 1: Some of you may recognize that name.
• 2:15
  Speaker 1: She is the author of Butter and Flour and Stoned, both two beautiful cookbooks, if you don't already have them, and what makes them so unique is that they are interspersed.
• 2:26
  Speaker 1: The recipes are interspersed with stories from the cannabis community, and Anne is a lovely human being and we went last year.
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: It was sort of a last minute thing, but we went last year.
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: It was sort of a last minute thing, but we went last year and spent quite a bit of time palling around during Camp Cana and she told me this year that she wouldn't be able to go, that there was a conflict and she was unable to attend.
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: So I decided I almost didn't go.
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: And then Alexis, who is the founder, I believe, of Camp Cana I should probably have her on the show one of these days sent me a message and she convinced me to go and I'm so glad that I did.
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: I had such a great time.
• 3:07
  Speaker 1: It was really cool because there was a number of people that had been there last year that were coming again and we shared the same cabin again.
• 3:15
  Speaker 1: This year there was at least over double the numbers as last year.
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: For sure there was definitely a bigger crowd, but that didn't really take away from the intimate feel of the entire experience all weekend.
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: It was so much fun.
• 3:29
  Speaker 1: I did some archery.
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: There was rock climbing.
• 3:32
  Speaker 1: I didn't do the rock climbing but I cheered the people on who were doing the rock climbing.
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: There was time spent down at the water, there were campfires, there was live music, there was night vendors.
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: The food in the mess hall was fabulous Three squares a day.
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: Did I mention karaoke?
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: We have fabulous weather, which all this spring the weather's been a little iffy, but the weather ended up being really beautiful.
• 3:59
  Speaker 1: It was still a little cool at night, but the daytime temperatures were perfect.
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: Lots of coffee, tons of weed of all kinds that you could imagine and, remarkably, there was also several non-consumers there as well.
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: They were just there to support the cannabis community and people in their lives that do consume cannabis.
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: Such a great experience.
• 4:20
  Speaker 1: And, of course, the setting itself was a camp in Halliburton and there was very little cell reception.
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: So what I ended up doing was turning my phone off for the entire Saturday.
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: I just left it in the cabin, turned it off and thought you know what?
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: I'm just going to enjoy the experience, and I'm so glad that I did because, honestly, it kept me off my phone and paying attention to what was happening right in front of me, right around me, and I met a lot of wonderful people, some from last year, some brand new faces and names to learn.
• 4:58
  Speaker 1: But it was such a great weekend and I'm really glad that I ended up going, which is what has gotten me thinking a bit more also about traveling this summer and many people whether you're just doing some, you know, day trips checking out local attractions that oftentimes when you're from a place you never end up checking them out that can be actually a pretty fun way to spend some time in your own town or city, because we tend to not experience our places where we live as a tourist might, and so some of those landmark things that make your place unique are often not visited.
• 5:33
  Speaker 1: So I mean, there's that and I'm hopefully going.
• 5:37
  Speaker 1: I will be doing a road trip this summer with a friend to another province myself.
• 5:42
  Speaker 1: It just got me thinking that how in the summer, we are always traveling more often than we might otherwise, although in the wintertime I think every Canadian is hoping to get out of the cold, cold weather, to go to someplace hot and sunny, but that's not always feasible.
• 5:59
  Speaker 1: So this is what has gotten me thinking about traveling while infused.
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: It's always good to have some some ideas and suggestions for how to do it best.
• 6:10
  Speaker 1: So before we get into it, I am going to give a big shout out to ellie from australia, who recently bought me some cookies on.
• 6:22
  Speaker 1: Buy me a cookie.
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
• 6:24
  Speaker 1: Gestures like that are really meaningful to me and it does help to support the show, because there are, of course, ongoing costs to running a podcast like this one, and, as well, I am going to pick a card from the Stoner Trivia deck.
• 6:39
  Speaker 1: In Bhutan, marijuana grows wild and is mainly used by whom?
• 6:43
  Speaker 1: Adults, teenagers or animals.
• 6:47
  Speaker 1: In Bhutan, marijuana grows wild and is mainly used by whom?
• 6:54
  Speaker 1: Adults, teenagers or animals and if you guessed, animals, that would be the correct answer.
• 6:59
  Speaker 1: I think I need to do a little research on this.
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: I have no idea where Bhutan is.
• 7:02
  Speaker 1: That is a obvious shortcoming in my geography.
• 7:06
  Speaker 1: I need to look that up and verify.
• 7:08
  Speaker 1: That sounds really interesting to think that all the animals in Bhutan are getting high are getting high.
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: Now, today's episode I'm sharing how I travel with edibles, what I pack, how I stay discreet and tips to make sure your infused treats go.
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: Wherever you go, and whether you're headed to the cottage, a weekend getaway, a staycation or a full-on vacation, we can make sure that you stay deliciously elevated as best you can.
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: Some conditions may apply, so let's start with the golden rule when it comes to traveling with edibles, which is to keep it simple and discreet, and I have several go-to travel-friendly edibles that I like to take with me, and some of these are going to seem pretty obvious.
• 8:00
  Speaker 1: But the first one is gummies or hard candies, and mainly because they're so easy to portion, they're not messy, they don't raise eyebrows, I can sash them in a resealable pouch.
• 8:13
  Speaker 1: You're not going to go and get them out and find them to be a big melted mess, like you might with, say, something like chocolate.
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: So that's one that I really like to have on hand when I'm traveling.
• 8:27
  Speaker 1: The next one would be infused honey sticks or sugar packets, which is great for mixing into drinks.
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: They're also lightweight and compact.
• 8:33
  Speaker 1: One drawback is you pretty much need to buy those at a dispensary.
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: So if they're not handy although you could technically make your own sugar packets somehow, I've never done that or you could just make infused sugar and make sure you dose it and know how much per teaspoon at least, so you know how much you're dosing yourself.
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: The next one is nut butters or snack bars, and I mean you can do store-bought.
• 8:58
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 8:59
  Speaker 1: I'm trying to think are there that many bars on the market in dispensaries?
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: There might be, but I find the issue, of course, in Canada in particular, is that they are limited to 10 milligrams.
• 9:08
  Speaker 1: Nut butters are pretty easy to infuse as well.
• 9:11
  Speaker 1: I've done them before.
• 9:13
  Speaker 1: I'll link to those in the show notes and things like snack bars which I made protein energy balls to bring with me to Camp Cana and I infused them and I had a bag of them so that I could share them.
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: Canna, and I infused them and I had a bag of them so that I could share them, enjoy them myself.
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: I got there and they were like yes, remember, this is a nut-free camp and I don't know how I didn't remember that when I was making these because I used peanut butter in them.
• 9:39
  Speaker 1: So I had to take them out to my car and leave them there for the weekend and I ate one before this podcast now I'm feeling it.
• 9:46
  Speaker 1: But otherwise those can be a really great snack to bring, as long as you are making them with the awareness that may prevent you from enjoying them in certain places, like the camp that I was at over the weekend.
• 9:57
  Speaker 1: But otherwise they're usually pretty good and of course there's all kinds of different recipes for those that travel.
• 10:04
  Speaker 1: Well, they may still need a bit of refrigeration, so depending.
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: But if you're going actually out for like a day hike or something like that, they can be great because they do.
• 10:13
  Speaker 1: They're nutritionally dense and provide a lot of energy.
• 10:17
  Speaker 1: And another thing that I do occasionally buy are capsules.
• 10:21
  Speaker 1: Now I do.
• 10:23
  Speaker 1: I've been wanting to make an episode on making capsules myself too, but I haven't done it yet, in part because I would need to buy the actual capsule making machine, which I don't think is actually that expensive, but it's just a whole thing that I haven't gone into yet.
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: But the capsules are no mess, no smell and very discreet, and a lot of the times they look like that you could put them in another pill bottle.
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: No one would really think anything of it.
• 10:46
  Speaker 1: So those are some of the most travel-friendly edibles that you can bring with you Gummies, hard candies, infused honey or sugar packets, nut butters and energy bars and capsules.
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: Now, as far as packing them goes, I often will label them innocuously or not label them at all or put them in some other kind of container, like the capsules, for instance, you could just put in, maybe like a container for some other vitamin or something like that that is otherwise empty.
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: I just prefer to keep them innocuous, because I don't know when you're traveling.
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: You're on the road just sometimes.
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: I think it's better to keep some of these things to yourself.
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: Choose no melt options.
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: Obviously skip the chocolate if you're going somewhere warm, but bring only what you'll consume.
• 11:36
  Speaker 1: I think it's best to probably not overpack your stash and if you run out, well, sometimes it can be an adventure to find more, and that'll always, of course, depend on where you're traveling.
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: If I'm traveling somewhere else in Canada, I am blessed to know that most of the jurisdictions I'm going to are going to have an overabundance of cannabis stores, within easy walking distance most likely.
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: So there is the I mean, I guess I can't say that for more rural parts of the country, but most places have a dispensary.
• 12:09
  Speaker 1: Now you could be in other places where it's not so cut and dried as that, but that's a whole other conversation.
• 12:15
  Speaker 1: So dosing while traveling start lower than usual, especially if you're dealing with altitude, alcohol or new environments.
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: Set and setting is so often talked about when it comes to mushrooms, but this applies just as much, I think, to consuming cannabis and with edibles in particular.
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: So start with a lower than normal dose and see how you react, and you can adjust depending on the day as well.
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: So if you're pretty new to edibles or you're brand new to edibles, I would always recommend starting at about a couple of milligrams and going from there and, of course, working your way up.
• 13:00
  Speaker 1: Now, when it comes to the legal side of things, it is important to know the rules of the cannabis rules for the places where you're going.
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: Some places, obviously, are cannabis friendly and others not so much.
• 13:12
  Speaker 1: If you're flying within Canada, I just be discreet Personal amounts are generally fine.
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: It's good to check the regulation, but I have flown with cannabis and edibles within Canada without issue because it's federally legal here.
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: I would never travel internationally with cannabis, even if it's legal in both places.
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: Having said that, I have traveled with edibles before and I don't necessarily I don't advocate for this, but I do find that personally, the risk is likely lower with edibles that are unmarked, and I mean it looked like I was coming back from a place with chocolate and that was it.
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: It was infused chocolate, but there would be no way of actually knowing that without testing it or eating it and finding out later.
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: But I would personally although I know people who have said otherwise I would also never fly with actual flour because I feel like it's it's riskier in a lot of ways because that smell, that dank, dank smell, just wants to escape.
• 14:15
  Speaker 1: I never travel internationally with flour, which makes it interesting to sometimes try and find it in the place that you're going, and that's an interesting way to meet people and I have also done that.
• 14:31
  Speaker 1: When I was in Germany I needed to find some flour and I did, and I made a new friend and that was really cool.
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: You know told me a bit about the city that I wouldn't have otherwise known.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: It was just cool to hang out with a local and somebody who understood the city as someone who had been living there for like 20 odd years or something like that.
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: So other travel essentials that I bring I bring my own infused tea bags or honey sticks, a mini stash pouch which keeps everything together and out of sight.
• 14:58
  Speaker 1: And when I did fly to Germany I also brought a I think at the time it was an Ardent Nova, because they suggested that buying, uh using an adapter for the Ardent cause.
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: I was just going to bring the Ardent with me to make edibles while I was overseas, which I did do, and they suggested that was not a great idea because the 220 volt I wasn't really prepared for how strong that would, how different that would be when I was in Germany.
• 15:23
  Speaker 1: But I definitely noticed it when I remember the first time I plugged in my hairdryer and I was just like holy the power.
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: But in any case I brought an Ardent Nova with me because it had a 220 volt outlet and they said that was better, provided better performance.
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: But I typically wouldn't necessarily be traveling with an infusion device.
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: But it is possible to do and of course I've made.
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: When you find edibles overseas you can also make edibles.
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: And I will note when I was in Germany it had just become legal.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: So it was sort of a interesting gray area at the time because it had been legal as of April 1st and I I was there for the month of April.
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: So infused travel doesn't need to be complicated.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: It just takes a little planning and common sense and odds are, if you're planning some kind of trip then you're going to be doing some planning anyway.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: So just plan for what you're going to be doing with your travel.
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: Another thing I do also like to bring this is an honorable mention, because sometimes they can get a little pricey is.
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: I do enjoy drinks from the dispensaries.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: That's one of the things that I do like to buy in dispensaries, because I can get a buzz off of a beverage that I would never get the buzz off of from an actual edible.
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: The actual edibles are really handy, like when I went to Camp Can.
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: I brought some gummies, but the infused drinks are great.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: They're also great if you're in any places where people might be drinking and you don't want to be seen without something in your hand lest you have to answer too many questions.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: So, whether you're road tripping, flying out, edibles can absolutely come along for the ride.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite edible travel tip?
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Did I miss anything?
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: This is why I typically don't record when I'm high, because I tend to forget things.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: I miss anything.
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: This is why I typically don't record when I'm high, because I tend to forget things.
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: You can share it with me on Instagram, at Bite Me Podcast, or why don't you join bitemecom?
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: Check out the Bite Me Cannabis Club and we can talk about it over there too, more in depth and without getting banned on the socials.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: So pack light, dose smart and take a bite out of your next adventure.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: I am your host, margaret, and until next week, my friends, stay high.