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Another great invention that hasn't hit the shelves, at least not in my neighbourhood.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030724083004.htm

Has anyone seen the edible food wrap for sale?

I thought the one of the ideas of food wrap was that the wrapping collected all the dirt and bugs and stuff, keeping the part you ate clean. This makes edible food wrap rather pointless as you will havbe to wrap it, if you want to eat it after any length of time.

I remember when they used to call them fruit roll-ups.

I remember when they used to call them fruit roll-ups.

I see what you did there.

Anyways, does anyone have any pictures?

But.. but... that doesn't even make sense. *head kersplodes*

If they'd advertise it simply as "bio-degradable", more power to them.

But who on earth would want an edible food wrap??

Is the fact that it's plastic really the only thing holding you back from eating the funky wrapper your sandwich came in after you carried it around in your bag all day, stuffed books, keys, nose tissues on it, and dropped it one the floor? o.O


ETA: Meh. Slowness. What AB Again said upthread.

I remember when they used to call them fruit roll-ups.

I remember when they used to call them tortilas

I remember when they used to call them tortilas
Whatever. If it's edible I'll eat it. I'm a big eater. I eat like a lesbian at a carpet sale.

I thought the one of the ideas of food wrap was that the wrapping collected all the dirt and bugs and stuff, keeping the part you ate clean. This makes edible food wrap rather pointless as you will havbe to wrap it, if you want to eat it after any length of time.

So they'll need...edible foodwrap wrap.

Maybe they can make that edible too. :)

Wait... http://forums.nycmaximas.org/images/smilies/blowup3.gif

ill just stick to my ham and cheese sandwich thanks

What are you going to wrap the edible foodwrap in?

What are you going to wrap the edible foodwrap in?

Edible food wrap. :)

What are you going to wrap the edible foodwrap in?
If you drop it on the ground, the 10 second rule applies.

If it's longer, spit on it, and wipe it off on your sleeve.

Edible food wrap. :)
It will be like a picture within a picture :eek:

pointlessest invention ever.

After all, wrap ets dirty, and its purpose is so the food will not get dirty, and we can eat it. and we will not be able to eat that stff cuz using it will get it dirty.

pointlessest invention ever.

After all, wrap ets dirty, and its purpose is so the food will not get dirty, and we can eat it. and we will not be able to eat that stff cuz using it will get it dirty.

I think it's more like the edible panties.

I can't wait for the edible condom.

I think it's more like the edible panties.

I can't wait for the edible condom.


edible diaphram?

I think it's more like the edible panties.

I can't wait for the edible condom.

Ah, so that's what its for. :eek:

If you read the article, it's a freezer wrap, not intended for back-packs.

There's no picture, but there is a description of it in the article:
"A food wrap is an edible film cut in pre-formed sheets or into envelope-like shapes. It looks like a piece of paper, except that it's made from a highly concentrated puree of a fruit or a vegetable, not from a tree."

Plus, if you microwave with it still on, it forms a glaze.

Here are some more useful ideas:

Edible silverware. Use your spork, then eat your spork. :)

Edible napkins.

Edible beer bottles.

and most interestingly of all:

Edible McDonald's food! :)

edible diaphram?
I believe those are fairly antiquated.

If you read the article, it's a freezer wrap, not intended for back-packs.

There's no picture, but there is a description of it in the article:
"A food wrap is an edible film cut in pre-formed sheets or into envelope-like shapes. It looks like a piece of paper, except that it's made from a highly concentrated puree of a fruit or a vegetable, not from a tree."

Plus, if you microwave with it still on, it forms a glaze.

It doesn't say not intended for back-packs... :(
"In addition to covering sandwiches, she says the new wraps can protect meat in home freezers" and all it talks about is school children's sandwiches...

I believe those are fairly antiquated.


oh i got it!

edible enema kits!

It doesn't say not intended for back-packs... :(
"In addition to covering sandwiches, she says the new wraps can protect meat in home freezers" and all it talks about is school children's sandwiches...
True, it doesn't say not intended for back-packs, but I (perhaps mistakenly) trusted that children's lunches would include the wrapped food in a lunch bag.

oh i got it!

edible enema kits!
I think those might dissolve, and form a glaze...

I think those might dissolve, and form a glaze...


be good for pastry then.....

ooh! Edible newspapers and magazines!

When you're done, you eat them. And best of all, the magazine or newspaper's flavor can reflect the periodical.

For instance: The Wall Street Journal can taste dull and bland. Guns and Ammo can taste like raw meat. The New York Post can taste like...shit! :D

ooh! Edible newspapers and magazines!

When you're done, you eat them. And best of all, the magazine or newspaper's flavor can reflect the periodical.

For instance: The Wall Street Journal can taste dull and bland. Guns and Ammo can taste like raw meat. The New York Post can taste like...shit! :D

It would cut down on sales of Ann Coulter's books.

edible smoking paraphenalia

destroy the evidence completely, and send it out ina nice brown package.

It would cut down on sales of Ann Coulter's books.

Yes. Nobody wants to eat Ann Coulter. :)

Another great invention that hasn't hit the shelves, at least not in my neighbourhood.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030724083004.htm

Has anyone seen the edible food wrap for sale?

Say what? Quite a few Japanese products (albeit, mostly candies and snacks) come in edible "wrappers". I remember almost 20 years ago the first trime I tried to "peel" the wrapper off a botan candy... my Japanese friends laughed at the gaijin idiot.

ooh! Edible newspapers and magazines!

When you're done, you eat them. And best of all, the magazine or newspaper's flavor can reflect the periodical.

For instance: The Wall Street Journal can taste dull and bland. Guns and Ammo can taste like raw meat. The New York Post can taste like...shit!

I like this a lot. What would the National Enquirer or the Economist taste like? People must be (soylent) green flavored. How about The Atlantic - nice and salty? How's about Foreign Policy? Better Homes and Gardens?

I think I'll hold out for Bon Appetit and Food and Wine.

I suspect Mad would taste of Max Korn...

Say what? Quite a few Japanese products (albeit, mostly candies and snacks) come in edible "wrappers". I remember almost 20 years ago the first trime I tried to "peel" the wrapper off a botan candy... my Japanese friends laughed at the gaijin idiot.



I like this a lot. What would the National Enquirer or the Economist taste like? People must be (soylent) green flavored. How about The Atlantic - nice and salty? How's about Foreign Policy? Better Homes and Gardens?

I think I'll hold out for Bon Appetit and Food and Wine.

I suspect Mad would taste of Max Korn...

Whatever you do, don't try Cat Fancy. :eek:

Whatever you do, don't try Cat Fancy. :eek:
No Horse Magazine for me, either.

Whatever you do, don't try Cat Fancy. :eek:

Knowing some of the places I've eaten, I may already be a winner...

No Horse Magazine for me, either.

The great state of Texas would probably put out a death warrent if governor Rick knew how much horse flesh this good ol'e boy's eaten... raw...

I thought the one of the ideas of food wrap was that the wrapping collected all the dirt and bugs and stuff, keeping the part you ate clean. This makes edible food wrap rather pointless as you will havbe to wrap it, if you want to eat it after any length of time.

Yeah, me too. Guess I was wrong.

EDIT-

Unless.....

If the sandwich is already in a lunchbox, the point of wrapping is merely to keep it fresh, since the lunchbox is already a protective container.

In that case, it's not so silly.

Yeah, me too. Guess I was wrong.

EDIT-

Unless.....

If the sandwich is already in a lunchbox, the point of wrapping is merely to keep it fresh, since the lunchbox is already a protective container.

In that case, it's not so silly.
It's not?

Unless your lunchbox is made out of chicken wire, you'd think it can keep a sandwich fresh. Hence, no need for wrap.

It's not?

Unless your lunchbox is made out of chicken wire, you'd think it can keep a sandwich fresh. Hence, no need for wrap.

Bread exposed to oxygen for more than a couple of hours = stale bread.

Bread exposed to oxygen for more than a couple of hours = stale bread. Well, but that's why you put it in a lunchbox. As long as the lunchbox isn't the size of your average kitchen, I doubt the air in there will make the bread go stale.

mmmm stale bread.


they make great frisbees for dogs btw.

Well, but that's why you put it in a lunchbox. As long as the lunchbox isn't the size of your average kitchen, I doubt the air in there will make the bread go stale.

It does, though. I would know, because through six years of high school, I was lazy and half of the time didn't bother wrapping it. :p

It does, though. I would know, because through six years of high school, I was lazy and half of the time didn't bother wrapping it. :p
Hmm. Pwned by a high schooler's laziness. Oh joy. :rolleyes: :p

But why then have a lunchbox in the first place? o.O

Hmm. Pwned by a high schooler's laziness. Oh joy. :rolleyes: :p

But why then have a lunchbox in the first place? o.O

So that I don't get pieces of ham and cheese sandwich all over my books, duh. :p

So that I don't get pieces of ham and cheese sandwich all over my books, duh. :p
Lol, I was kind of presuming you'd wrap it instead, in that case.

Silly me. :p

I remember when they used to call them tortilas
Yeah, that. Burritos are the best form of food ever.

That's disgusting.

A) You wrap your food and put it in your lunch box. While you go about your day, the moisture of your drinks and cold products gets all over the wrap soaking it. You open up your lunch box and you have a disgusting, soggy plastic-like substance, enjoy!

B) You wrap a food tray in it, you bring the food tray to an outdoor barbecue. Flies vomit on it, dirt sprays over it, somebody's sneeze gets on it. Enjoy!

Terrible
Terrible
Terrible
Idea for a product.

Flies vomit on it
That's actually kinda cute. :p