Why the paper?!

Origamist388 · Post by **Origamist388** » June 3rd, 2010, 7:51 am

Did anyone of you ever saw this,what's about the most horrible thing I have ever seen:someone EATING paper?!
I mean come on!What's the point?At least fold something before you eat it,I guess.....It's just respectless for the paper and its folder!

leung_wwy · Post by **leung_wwy** » June 3rd, 2010, 10:22 pm

Well I have read somewhere one of the molecular gastromony chefs decided to put flavored edible ink into an inkjet printer, and printing food designs on rice paper (no the japanese kind - the edible kind for rice paper rolls....)

Not sure if you can fold rice paper though, they are pretty brittle and can't handle a crease when dry, and when wet the surfaces stick to each other.....

Post by **origami_8** » June 4th, 2010, 1:58 pm

You can also do this at home. Edible ink for several printers can be ordered on the internet. Edible paper is even less a problem, it is often sold as sweets for children. You can use this to decorate cakes and other things for special occasions. There are also foldable kinds of edible paper available.

steingar · Post by **steingar** » June 4th, 2010, 3:59 pm

Guy ate an airplane once.

http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~jonno/story7.htm

redheadorigami · Post by **redheadorigami** » June 8th, 2010, 11:47 am

lol, where all speechless

InsomniacFolder · Post by **InsomniacFolder** » June 8th, 2010, 1:23 pm

You're all missing out!

I like eating paper, vastly prefer it to chewing gum - cheaper too.

The best paper is cupcake wrappers or similar so that you get the cakey bit blending in.

Uh... did I share more than you cared to know!

Froy · Post by **Froy** » June 8th, 2010, 3:08 pm

Eatable origami

I can see me now folding 3.5 Ryuzin and then eat it.

Or a scaled Rober J Lang Koi on a grill

The possibilities are infinite.

This would be a nice idea for a restaurant

leung_wwy · Post by **leung_wwy** » June 8th, 2010, 10:26 pm

I should say that non-edible industrial paper are full of nasty chemicals (even ones used for cooking), like chlorine and glue (sizing remember - like methylcellulose!)

Best if you stick to eating the edible ones!

Rdude · Post by **Rdude** » June 9th, 2010, 2:47 am

Just for interests sake, methyl cellulose is an edible product. It is used in a wide variety of foods as a thickening agent.

origamifreak_1.6180339889 · June 29th, 2010, 2:27 am

Rdude wrote:Just for interests sake, methyl cellulose is an edible product. It is used in a wide variety of foods as a thickening agent.

its also used as a stool softener..

leung_wwy · Post by **leung_wwy** » June 29th, 2010, 12:16 pm

stool softener!

does it mean we can buy it at the chemist?

mc is hard to find in australia!

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » June 29th, 2010, 10:12 pm

Yes. You should be able to buy it at the chemist's , but ask him before you fork over the cash, because pharmaceutical grade will be much more expensive than Wall Paper paste, which you should be able to find at a paint store. The local chemist should be able to suggest a place to buy it.

(Right Jody ?

However, a craft store should have it in ~ 1 pound (or Kg) packages.

- Hank Simon

Draco · Post by **Draco** » June 30th, 2010, 3:30 am

this reminds me when i gave my friend a ancient dragon to eat(A4). i trapped it with a bit of wet folded vingar

. to bad he liked it

Trouble · Post by **Trouble** » July 4th, 2010, 3:07 pm

i also sometimes eat paper when i am really bored and hungrey and have a sheet os paper ( non origami paper)