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They're Darn Tasty but You Won't Catch a Buzz Off Hempburgers FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rick Paul says the only thrill you'll get from his hemp muffins and burgers is from the taste. The eye-catching dishes have proven extremely popular at Paul's 18-seat White Light Diner. But please, he asks, don't come in hoping for a buzz. "Anybody who starts giggling after eating these muffins probably smoked a (marijuana) joint before coming to work," Paul joked. Paul started selling his unusual combination of food Tuesday. The 59-cent muffins, available in three flavors, are made with hemp seeds, which come from a non-potent relative of the intoxicating marijuana plant. The burgers came from cattle that ate hemp-fortified feed. Paul says they're less greasy than typical burgers because they were ground with less fat. Some customers were a little wary. "If they drug-test me, I won't show up positive, will I?" one city firefighter inquired as he waited for his hemp burger. Hemp-fed beef is rare since hemp production is illegal in the United States. It's legal to import specially certified seeds and hemp fiber for certain purposes, such as beer-making. The farmer who supplied the beef got his grain from a brewery that couldn't use the seeds because they were ground too fine. "It tastes so burgery ... it's the best burger I ever had," customer Charlene Howard said.
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