Amsterdam's 'spacecakes' go free-range and chicken-friendly

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Thu 4th Oct 2007 07:01 am

Amsterdam's 'spacecakes' go free-range and chicken-friendly

October 03, 2007 11:30pm

AMSTERDAM'S famed coffee shops are turning to free-range eggs for their hashish "spacecakes" to reduce the suffering of chickens.

"Coffee shop owners were completely unaware and shocked that their spacecakes are not animal friendly," said a spokeswoman for Dutch animal rights group Wakker Dier, campaigning against the use of eggs from chickens kept caged on battery farms.

Four large shops have switched to free-range eggs and 20 more plan to follow, she said. The shops get through hundreds of eggs a week for their spacecakes, which are baked with marijuana or hashish and can give an intense high.

The coffee shops, where marijuana can be smoked openly in a relaxed atmosphere, are one of Amsterdam's big tourist draws.

Soft drugs are officially banned in the Netherlands but under a policy of tolerance, buyers are allowed to have less than five grams of cannabis in their possession.

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Bhang Buddie · Post by **Bhang Buddie** » Thu 4th Oct 2007 09:02 pm

That is SO nice to know, thanks for posting this item P13.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Thu 4th Oct 2007 09:10 pm

Yeah, but are they Goblin friendly? "What about the poor Goblins!!"

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Fri 5th Oct 2007 07:39 am

The above news article did not mention which coffeeshops are going with the free-range eggs. The Metro, one of Amsterdam's half dozen or so daily free newspapers, reported that the coffeeshops are de Dampkring, Tweede Kamer and one shop of Abraxas will be the ones starting with these chicken friendly spacecakes. Peace.

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Fri 5th Oct 2007 10:06 am

The cakes will taste better for it too, you can really spot the difference in taste between free and battery hen's eggs.