Bhang ----- A refreshing drink for hot summer days Ganja 1/2 ounce Poppy seeds 1/4 ounce Pepper 1/4 ounce Dry Ginger 1/8 ounce Caraway seeds pinch Coves pinch Cinnamon pinch Cucumber seeds 1/4 ounce Cardomom pinch Almonds 6 medium Nutmeg pinch Rose 1 fully developed, including hip ** Sugar 8 ounces Milk 20 ounces Begin by bringing ten ounces of water to a rolling boil and remove from heat. Add the ganja to the water after removal and let it soak for five minutes. The ganja should be kneaded vigorously in the still hot water to transfer som eof the flavour to the liquid - the ganja is then taken out, drained and the water set aside. Remove and stalks or seeds (seeds ?) at this point. Place the Ganja on a grinding board or pestle and reduce to a pulp, adding milk gradually along with all other ingredients, except the poppy seeds, cucumber seeds & sugar, which are kept seperate. When all of the ingredients are mixed into the paste, set aside. Repeat the process with the poppy and cucumber seeds, adding milk as needed. When all of the seeds have been ground to a paste, set aside. You should still have most of your milk left. Add the two paste balls to the remaining milk and strain through fine muslin. Throw away the filtered substance and add the sugar, stirirng untul it is dissolved. Strain again through muslin, thworing away the residue. Add milk to obtain a consistancy which suits your taste, flavoring with the original water if desired. Place the mixturein a cool place, and, when chilled, serve in 4 ounce portions preferably before meals. You may wich to substitute water for milk in the final solution, but must still grind with milk. Buttermilk makes for a heavier but more sensous drink. In some circles a strong, moist cheese is ground into the first paste for additional body. ** when cooking with roses it is a good idea to pluck the petals and snip off the white areas at their base. This part of the petal contains a very bitter substance, but hips are an excellant source of Vitamin C. "Rose: Wild briar; under Jupiter. Strenghtens the heart, the stomach and liver; stays the running of the reins (gonorrhoea (sic)); clenses the body from cholor and phlegm." -- "Each morning when I wake up to rise, I'm living in a dreamland" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {ihnp4!scgvaxd!cadovax, rutgers!marque, codas!ddsw1} gryphon!richard