Home brew? Pot steeping in alcohol. Photo: ANSA.
Police in Italy arrested a 60-year-old Naples man for a concoction he made out of marijuana.
They called his invention “marjiuancello,” in honor of the lemon liqueur limoncello commonly found there.
Manlio Chianchiano had a home cannabis garden of 10 plants that he grew with the idea of turning his home distillery into something special.
It’s fairly common to find homemade liqueurs in Italian households — from limoncello to nocino (made from walnuts) and different types of bitters — but this is the first time the very Italic knack for invention has been taken to this extreme.
We’ll never know if his libation was any good — he was still macerating the pot leaves in pure alcohol when police came in to check up on reports that he was growing marijuana at home.
Oddly enough I thought of you when I saw this story the other day…wait, it’s a compliment! I was waiting for you to write about it
LOL, tx.
THC qualifies as one of those “bitters” – (nicht so geschmacklos) but numbing.
Well, as you say, homemade liqueurs are to be found in many Italian households.
No surprise really that someone should use this particular pot-plant to make another one!
The fact that the guy was 60 is a bit of a surprise though! Family tradition?!
Cheers,
Alex
My parent do the same thing. its used for medical purposes… it works like the over the counter ointment Bengay its for muscle cramp relief.