HEMP

[MikeyP]

I've got 10kg of hemp to cook, is there an easy way, maybe covered bucket with boiling water? If I had to do it all in the pan I'd be there for hour!

[Jem]

Try soaking it over night in a pan,then cook it in a pan takes a lot lees time if its soaked.when you have cooked it put it in bags of a pint and then freeze it,i do this at the start of the season every yr,all i do then is just grab a bag before i set off fishing.

[OP-JB]

Buy a Burco.

[Cranfield]

I bought a very cheap one and a half litre flask.

Fill three quarters full with hemp, pour on boiling water and leave overnight.

In the morning, there is your cooked hemp.

 

Major benefit, no smell !!

 

I fill plastic Chinese takeaway boxes with hemp and freeze it

 

[ 04 July 2002, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: Cranfield ]

[Guest kingfisher]

Chop the leaves into very small pieces and bake in a cake.

Offer some to the mother-in-law next time she visits, you will have a freind for life. :cool:

[DenisO]

Don't forget to save the water after you've finished boiling the hemp. You can then use it in your groundbait mix as an extra attractor.

[Nugg]

I was told once to add some baking powder to the cook pot, to keep it from going grey, it kept the colour better. I didn't think it was quite as potent as it should have been, maybe I used a little too much, it seemed to extract more of the oils into the water, or maybe it was just a bad day, only used it one time though. Has anyone else ever used it?

[andy_moule]

You don't have to cook hemp on the stove, you can stick it in a bucket and pour boiling water on, then leave it for 24hrs with a towel over the top, It should be fine after that.

 

Andy.