Eatable Dishes: What and How to Make

In recent years, environmentalists have actively opposed disposable tableware. How did she displease them? It's simple: discarded plastic doesn't decompose for decades. And to make paper plates, you have to cut down forests. Fortunately, there is another option - to 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 existed for a long time. Our ancestors cooked porridge in the pumpkin "pots" in the oven. Imagine how fragrant it was! Today, this kind of food is served in the best restaurants!

But in some countries, the tradition of using edible bowls has never gone away.

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

There are a lot of similar examples - a watermelon fruit basket, jelly in coconut halves, caviar in tartlets. Agree these serving options are so aesthetic that they are usually associated with the holiday. And you always want a holiday! It means that more and more people are interested in the edible plate for a reason!

Already today, the assortment of bio-dishes is impressive. Of course, businessmen don't take out the watermelon pulp to sell the crust instead of the cup. All the same mass production assumes unification, low cost and year-round availability of raw materials.

Finding alternative cookware

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

Reference! Certain types of cookware 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 need disposal. But this is natural disposal. That is, all tableware, falling on the soil, does 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 is environmentally friendly. Moreover, there was no shortage of examples for inspiration. Remember at least waffle cups for ice cream. They are also disposable dishes. But they were not sold separately from ice cream.

When they began to eat dishes

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

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

Reference! Designer A. Rugiero got the idea that the used plates could be "shared" with the birds and animals that live in the parks. She suggested making dishes from poultry food, seaweed and other ingredients suitable for feeding "our little brothers".

This is a topical invention. After all, an ill-mannered person after a picnic often leaves an empty plate in the grass or on a hemp. A pigeon will surely 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). In translation, the name sounds like "unidentified object for food."

What utensils are made of that you can eat

Dishes that a person will gladly eat can be sweet, insipid, sour. It is flavored with spices. The range of colors and shapes is striking.

Reference! The food coloring and agar beakers are available in six colors, each with its own flavor.

If suddenly the container is not to your taste, you can throw it next to a tree or flower, let it "work" with fertilizer.

Foreign experience

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

The interest in edible tableware is high. Many countries have their own findings.

Reference! A few years ago, the British fast food chain KFC began serving coffee in a bowl of cookies, sugar paper and heat-resistant white chocolate.

But you won't be able to eat the package right away - it's tough! But that is not all. According to the manufacturer, the cup should evoke pleasant memories of summer. So it smells like freshly cut grass, chamomile meadow, or coconut sunscreen.

Russian technologies

Russia also has its own technology. Samara has developed apple glasses.

It is actually an apple cider, only strong 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 place" will remain from the glasses.

How to make edible dishes yourself

Does not require special manufacturing skills bell pepper beer glasses, bread crust plates. Shortcrust pastry baskets Is a classic. Sweet desserts are laid out in them: ice cream, cream, berry puree. Salads, pates, julienne are placed in unleavened dough tartlets. Such dishes are unlikely to surprise anyone. How to serve the 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 affordability

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

Cooking steps

• Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, pour into a hot frying pan, 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 and fry.
• Put the cheese pancake on top of an inverted bowl, press it to the surface with paper.
• When the tasty salad bowl hardens, it can be easily removed from the mold.

The final stage is filling with your favorite salad.

Reference! Salad bowl cheese can be baked in the oven.

Gelatin cup - a joy for children

Ingredients:

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

Prepare a container: two plastic glasses of different sizes.

Preparation

• Pour gelatin with the selected drink, leave to swell for 40 minutes. During this time, the gelatin will disperse, the mixture will look like a thick jelly. To stir thoroughly. You can put on low heat, with constant stirring, bring until the gelatin dissolves. Do not boil!
• Pour gelatinous "jelly" into a prepared glass of large volume by a third, place a small glass inside, center it, pour water to make it heavier.
• In the gap formed between the walls of the two glasses, add the gelatin mixture to the brim.
• Put 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 did you like the idea? Then pour an alcoholic cocktail into the gelatinous mold!

What to do if the hostess's original idea does not resonate with 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 be harmless! 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 tableware sets.