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Have you ever tried some organic food in a organic plate?
DIR By: Sudeep
Date: March 7, 2019, 12:28 pm
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Recently stumbled upon this news that become a topic for
laughter here just because they used the word "Invention", well,
that cracked me up a bit as well because this is something that
we have been using here for centuries. And in most of the
wedding party(where you have 1000 of guests to feed) they use
this leaf plate instead of ceramic or steal plate. It is more
convenient and biodegradable.
HTML https://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/german-company-produces-plates-out-of-fresh-green-leaves-will-ship-them-all-over-the-world-268701.html
I can't imagine these leaf plate they have invented after 3
years of work costs(Each plate) you around £8.50 each, which is
(INR 711.2). I don't know they are reusable or use-and-throw but
in either way they are way more than it deserve. If you guys
need , let me know I will send you but don't buy them spending
that much of your money, that is insanely high ;D
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Re: Have you ever tried some organic food in a organic plate?
DIR By: Moonlight
Date: March 7, 2019, 2:42 pm
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Eating in leaf plates is nothing new and innovative as they
claim. I remember some years ago a friend of mine from Indonesia
wrote a notebook entry about her life in which she mentioned
that she and her mother sat on the floor of their house and ate
the food wrapped in large leaves of some kind. Some people are
just so genius to make money out of nothing! ;D
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Re: Have you ever tried some organic food in a organic plate?
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: March 7, 2019, 3:44 pm
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Sunshine and Moonlight - the problem is we don't have any plants
with leaves large or strong enough to eat from in Europe. Plus,
lots of food here has to be cut with a knife after it's been
served. And I think it's more or less the same in the US.
In Germany, we mostly use paper plates and cups, but even though
that's not as bad as plastic, the production of paper is pretty
hard on the environment, too.
That's what makes the idea of biodegradable plates made from
leaves so attractive. But I agree, the price is... impressive.
:)
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Re: Have you ever tried some organic food in a organic plate?
DIR By: Sudeep
Date: March 7, 2019, 11:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Moonlight link ---
>
> Eating in leaf plates is nothing new and innovative as they
claim. I remember some years ago a friend of mine from Indonesia
wrote a notebook entry about her life in which she mentioned
that she and her mother sat on the floor of their house and ate
the food wrapped in large leaves of some kind. Some people are
just so genius to make money out of nothing! ;D
>
--- End Quote ---
Moonlight, here people also use the banana leaf and it's quite
large as your friend wrote in her notebook. It's nice though
along with your food you will get some chlorophyll ;)
--- Quote ---
> Sunshine and Moonlight - the problem is we don't have any
plants with leaves large or strong enough to eat from in Europe.
Plus, lots of food here has to be cut with a knife after it's
been served. And I think it's more or less the same in the US.
--- End Quote ---
Susanne, to make these plates one doesn't need large or strong
leaf. These are made by average size of leaves by stapling them
together.
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These are bowls:
HTML https://static.bangkokpost.com/media/content/20160331/c1_917069_620x413.jpg
I think leaf is not a problem because you can make it from the
lotus or banana leaf which are quite big. But the way these guys
are making profit by just using two words i.e., "Biodegradable"
and "organic" is quite impressive, I must say! Nowadays, people
are so concerned about organic food and their environment, so
that's the key point. You just need to make something and
convince them:)
Ohh now I see my word got concerned, I used c*r*a*c*k*e*d me up,
not anything else ;D
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Re: Have you ever tried some organic food in a organic plate?
DIR By: Coligno
Date: March 8, 2019, 1:33 am
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@Alharacas, there are some European plants with very large
leaves that could potentially be used as plates: Butterbur
(Petasites hybridus) and Burdock (Arctium lappa) spring to mind.
The former used to be used for wrapping butter and other food.
For a smaller snack, Dock (Rumex spp.) leaves could be used.
Banana trees can also grow in some parts of Europe (I have some
in my garden, they even survive freezing temperatures in
winter). But I agree that with the European habit of eating with
knives and forks, such leaf plates would probably fall apart
before the end of the meal.
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