Dishes you can eat

In recent years, environmental activists have been actively campaigning against disposable tableware. Why didn't she please them? It's simple: discarded plastic does not decompose for decades. And to make paper plates you have to cut down forests. Fortunately, There is another option - use edible dishes! It turns out “two in one”: there is no garbage, and an additional “dish”.

Why do you need edible tableware?

In fact, dishes that can be eaten after a meal have been around for a long time. Our ancestors cooked porridge in the oven in pumpkin “pots”. Imagine how fragrant it was! Today such food is served in the best restaurants!

But in some countries the tradition of using edible bowls has not gone away.

Reference! In the Czech Republic, soup in a bread bowl is considered a national dish.

There are a great many similar examples - a watermelon fruit basket, jelly in coconut halves, caviar in tartlets. Agree, these serving options are so aesthetically pleasing that they are usually associated with a holiday. And you always want a holiday! This means that it is no coincidence that more and more people are interested in the edible plate!

Already today the range of bioware is impressive.Of course, businessmen do not take out the watermelon pulp to sell the rind instead of a cup. Still mass production involves unification, low cost and year-round availability of raw materials.

Search for alternative cookware

At first they began to use plastic as an alternative natural materials, such as wood, coconut fiber, sugar cane, corn starch, palm leaves. The dishes made from them are quite durable, suitable not only for eating, but also for transportation and storage.

Reference! Some types of dishes made from natural fibers are suitable for freezing and even heating in microwave ovens.

True, such cups and plates were not supposed to be eaten; they also needed disposal. But this is natural recycling. That is, all table items falling on the soil do not harm it. They decompose into organic compounds within several months (in some cases several days).

The next step was the idea of ​​minimizing the amount of waste, even if it was environmentally friendly. Moreover, there was no shortage of examples for inspiration. Just remember wafer ice cream cups. They are also dishes and also disposable. But they weren’t sold separately from ice cream.

When did they start eating dishes?

The answer to this question is not simple. For example, tartlets - baskets made of dough - come from medieval Europe, dishes made from rice flour - from the Land of the Rising Sun. Japanese sailors were served food on these plates many decades ago.

The modern history of edible tableware is associated with the “greening” of consciousness.

Reference! Designer A. Ruggiero came up with the idea that used plates could be “shared” with birds and animals living in parks.She proposed making dishes from birdseed, seaweed and other ingredients suitable for feeding “our little brothers.”

This is a current invention. After all, an ill-mannered person after a picnic often leaves an empty plate in the grass or on a stump. A dove will definitely fly to the smell or a squirrel will descend from a branch.

By the way, the dishes from the designer have the creative name “Unidentified feeding object” (UFO). Translated, the name sounds like “unidentified food object.”

What are edible dishes made from?

Dishes that a person will eat with pleasure can be sweet, fresh, sour. It is flavored with spices. The range of colors and variety of shapes is amazing.

Reference! The food coloring and agar agar cups come in six colors, each with its own flavor.

If suddenly the container is not to your liking, you can throw it next to a tree or flower and let it “work” as fertilizer.

Foreign experience

It may seem that only the plates and glasses are edible. No! One American company offers gingerbread spoons. Desserts are eaten as sweet, main courses as spicy, and soups as neutral.

Interest in edible tableware is high. Many countries have their own finds.

Reference! The British fast food chain KFC several years ago began serving coffee in containers made from biscuits, sugar paper and heat-resistant white chocolate.

But you won’t be able to eat the packaging right away - it’s tough! But that is not all. According to the manufacturing company, the cup should bring back pleasant memories of summer. That's why she smells like freshly cut grass, a chamomile meadow or coconut sunscreen.

Russian technologies

Russia also has its own technology. Developed in Samara apple glasses.

This is actually apple marshmallow, only durable and holding its shape. It is permissible to brew tea in apple glasses. But if you leave water in them, then after 12 hours only a “wet spot” will remain from the cups.

How to make your own edible dishes

Does not require special manufacturing skills sweet pepper beer glasses, bread crust plates. Shortcrust pastry baskets - this is a classic. Sweet desserts are laid out in them: ice cream, cream, berry puree. Salads, pates, and juliennes are placed in unleavened dough tartlets. You will hardly surprise anyone with such dishes. How to serve a dish in an unusual way and at the same time save yourself the hassle of washing? You need to make edible dishes yourself.

Cheese salad bowls - simplicity and accessibility

One salad bowl requires approximately 80 g of any hard cheese.

Cooking steps

• Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, pour into a hot frying pan, and distribute evenly over the bottom.
• Within a minute, the cheese will melt, take the shape of an openwork pancake and brown.
• Turn the pancake over to the other side and fry.
• Place the cheese pancake on top of the inverted bowl and press it to the surface with paper.
• When the delicious salad bowl hardens, it can be easily removed from the mold.

The final stage is filling with your favorite salad.

Reference! The cheese for the salad bowl can be baked in the oven.

Gelatin cup - joy for children

Ingredients:

• gelatin - 100 g;
• juice or lemonade - 150 g.

Prepare containers: two plastic glasses of different sizes.

Preparation

• Pour gelatin over the selected drink and leave to swell for 40 minutes. During this time, the gelatin will disperse, the mixture will become like thick jelly. To stir thoroughly.You can put it on low heat, stirring constantly until the gelatin dissolves. Do not boil!
• Pour gelatin “jelly” into a prepared large glass by a third, place a small glass inside, center it, pour water to weigh it down.
• Fill the gap formed between the walls of two glasses with gelatin mixture to the brim.
• Place in the refrigerator. After 2-3 hours, cut the outer plastic with a knife to make it easier to remove the “forms”.
• Fill with ice cream, fruit, smoothie or cream just before serving.

No children, but do you like the idea? Then pour an alcoholic cocktail into the gelatin mold!

What to do if the hostess’s original idea does not find a response from the guests, and they refuse to eat the dishes along with the serving utensils? It’s okay, although edible dishes will go to waste, they will go to harmless waste! It’s a pity, of course, for the money spent on it, but scientists are ready to help us. They are working to reduce the cost of industrial production of edible disposable dinnerware sets.