Source: Associated Press Pubdate: 4 June 1998 THEY'RE DARN TASTY BUT YOU WON'T CATCH A BUZZ OFF HEMPBURGERS FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) 97 Rick Paul says the only thrill you'll get fro m his hemp muffins and burgers is from the taste. The eye-catching dishes have proven extremely popular at Paul's 18-se at White Light Diner. But please, he asks, don't come in hoping for a bu zz. "Anybody who starts giggling after eating these muffins probably smok ed 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 s eeds, which come from a non-potent relative of the intoxicating marijuana p lant. 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 f at. 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 cer tain purposes, such as beer-making. The farmer who supplied the beef got h is grain from a brewery that couldn't use the seeds because they were gr ound too fine. "It tastes so burgery ... it's the best burger I ever had," customer Charlene Howard said. A9 1998 Associated Press. - --- Checked-by: "R. Lake"