Pot Brownies Have An Incredible Origin Story

Great Moments in Weed History

David Bienenstock

Tv & Film, Comedy, History

4.8 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Weed-infused edibles date back more than a thousand years, but did you ever wonder how the humble "pot brownie" become a cultural icon? It's a wilder and more fascinating story than you probably imagine, one that starts in Egypt in 1799 and ends with the publication of the most controversial cookbook of all time (except for maybe How to Serve Man) And at the center of it all is an iconic lesbian power couple who claimed they got duped ("doped?") into educating most of the world on how to get high off dessert. So get ready for an incredible intercontinental and cross-cultural tale of culinary adventure that involves Moroccan hashish makers, an avant-garde artist, a literary scandal, an elaborate weed prank and a high-larious Peter Sellers movie. Check out the original Alice B. Toklas Cookbook! Watch the movie I Love You Alice B. Toklas. Learn more about this incredible couple with the book Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice. Then check out clips from Laverne and Shirley, Taxi, Frazier, That 70s Show, Desperate Housewives, Mr. Show and other very special TV episodes that celebrate the weed brownie. EPISODE ARCHIVE Visit our Great Moments in Weed History podcast feed for 60+ episodes of our classic format, and subscribe now to get a new weekly podcast every Weednesday. PATREON Please support Great Moments in Weed HIstory on Patreon. Supporters get exclusive access to video shows and seshes, plus access to cool rewards like a signed book or signature lighter. And it truly helps us make the best show possible.

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0:00.0	Hey, how's it going, folks? It's Abdullah and Bean. And welcome back for another episode of
0:05.9	great moments in weed history. This month, we're celebrating pride and we're bringing you a
0:13.6	couple of episodes about queer icons in cannabis history. This is a really fascinating one
0:20.5	we've got for you today. It's about the history
0:23.5	of the weed brownie, something so ubiquitous that you don't even consider that it might have
0:29.8	a specific origin story, but indeed it does, and that's the story we're going to be bringing you
0:35.4	today. Isn't that right, Bean? Yeah, this is sort of the greatest weed brownie story ever told. It starts in Egypt. It moves to France.
0:44.8	It ends up in the United States with the publication of one of the most controversial cookbooks of all time.
0:51.4	Other than How to Serve Man, there's not that many controversial cookbooks
0:56.0	mr chambers don't get on that ship the rest of the book to serve man it's a cookbook
1:05.0	no no no No! No! No!
1:11.6	No!
1:12.6	No!
1:13.6	No!
1:14.6	Ha!
1:15.6	Ha!
1:16.6	No!
1:17.6	No! This story even inspires a hilarious Peter Sellers film, and yes, we include a recipe,
1:39.5	and yes, there is a very special treat at the end.
1:42.5	Yeah, that's right.
1:43.7	We are actually going to be eating weed brownies from the most OG weed brownie recipe
1:50.2	that there is.
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