A good idea? Eat your soup then eat your bowl? It's not a new idea, in fact it's a very old one: before there were plates people used slices of bread to put the food on.Why did some civilisations put food on slices of bread while others continued to eat with their fingers? That is the question!
An eatable bowl is a good idea for those who don't like washing-up; and think of all the packageingsaved, all that recycling! A good idea too to replace plastic bowls and plates, and excellent for picnics.
This is an excerpt from an article from the Telegraph:
For those who can't stand the washing up, help is at hand with one of the strangest culinary inventions in years - the bread bowl.
A Birmingham food firm has started making bowls and plates out of dough. The idea is that diners enjoy a soup, chilli or curry, then eat the bowl too. The company already supplies a chain of pubs with prawn cocktail-filled bread bowls and says that later this year a leading supermarket will stock its microwavable naan bowl filled with chicken tikka masala.
Mr Williams says Butt's bowls hold their shape for eight hours without going soggy. No extra ingredients have been added to the dough to make it sturdy.
Elaine Watson, from the magazine Food Manufacturer, said: "The bread bowl is one of the most innovative product launches in recent years.
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