Do You Eat Much Paper?

Edible Rice Paper

Is Paper On The Lunch Menu?

Yes, paper is on the menu more often than you might think.  Edible rice paper for example, made from a flour ground from rice kernels and sometimes mixed with tapioca powder, is a product of Southeast Asia and China. It is used to roll vegetables into spring rolls and other dishes many of us eat regularly.

Not all “rice” paper however is made from rice:  What was commonly known as rice paper in Europe in the early 1900s came from Taiwan but was not made from rice during that era; it was made from the soft tissue of a small tree.  Regardless, rice paper made from rice and tapioca flour is appealing to the taste buds and is widely used today.

Another edible paper, “wafer paper” which is sometimes called rice paper is edible white paper; it is sometimes used when making cakes, candy or cookies etc.  The good news is that its sugar frees. This product is common in Holland and its ingredients include: potato starch, water, and vegetable oil, but this “rice paper” has a zero percentage of rice content.

Have you ever heard of “Slim Chips”?  Well, such things do exist, they are flavoured paper chips.  They contain 0 calories, and are the latest innovation from Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson.   These brightly coloured Slim Chips are designed, according to Juliusson, to provide you with tasty flavoured paper snacks of blueberry, peppermint and sweet potatoes; all the while ensuring there is absolutely no weight gain.   Instead of getting fat by eating other snacks you can now eat paper with different flavours. They say it’s like eating tasty air.  Who knew?

Try chewing on this: The next time you have to destroy a secret message by eating it, you should first make sure it tastes good! Right?   Just remember to use an edible ink-filled pen (such things are in today’s market place) and write on a piece of edible paper. Pass it to your fellow agent so after he or she reads the message they can then eat the evidence before it falls into enemy hands.  Wow that sounds almost as good as Slim Chips.  Such products are now available in all of the fashionable on-line spy stores.

So now you know more than is necessary regarding edible paper.



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http://www.greenmuze.com/nurture/urban/2565-edible-flavored-paper-chips-.html ... http://www.ehow.com/about_6713206_history-edible-rice-paper-japan.html ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_paper