I don’t care much about smoking but I like edibles. From my own experience it’s entirely possible to differentiate your product as an edible and I see others finding brands they like and sticking to them. When I’m with friends buying plants they don’t seem to care as much about strain/grower (but that’s anecdotal).
I think edibles will be mostly taken over by concentrates. Instead of (in WA for ex.) paying $40 for 10 10mg edibles, I’ll pay $20 for enough concentrate to make 80 edibles.
I don’t know. Plenty of people like to bake regular cookies, but there are still plenty of varieties of store-bought cookies. People like consistency: consistent taste, texture, and, in this case, potency. That last one is a big one when it comes to mind-altering substances. That, and it’s much easier to buy a sleeve of Oreos rather than whip up a batch when you want a cookie
Do you have any good guide? I’d be interested but don’t where to start. I might try if it’s easy enough to make something that doesn’t taste like I’m eating plants.
Pro tip: Make savoury food. Anything with a high oil/butter content is good, and because it's savoury the "plant" flavour can be more easily masked by other herbs than you can in sweets.
Personally, I find stroganoffs to be really good, as well as things like small pies/quiches that you can mix the butter into the pastry.
Note: I haven't tried any American edibles and not sure how well the sweets mask the flavour - but for the home cook, a sausage roll that then welds you to your sofa is a good thing!
You can just squeeze it on a cracker. Some people like brownies, but using edibles to get high makes as much sense to me as eating rum balls to get drunk.