Origami

[eredien]

1.) You can fold a sheet of seaweed into an origami crane.
2.) Then my cat will eat it.

Comments

[frameacloud]

AWESOME! What kind of seaweed was it?

I've tried to do origami with nori, but it's too brittle. The nori just falls apart wherever you try to make a fold, let alone a crease. I had decided that seaweed origami was impossible, but I didn't try with any other kinds. Or maybe you were using nori, in which case you have the magic touch, and I salute your leet skillz.

Nori is great for cutting silhouettes, though, and you can use pinking shears and hole-punches on it. It's basically saline paper.

[rax.livejournal.com]

She used nori, but it smelled _terrible_. :)

[frameacloud]

So it is nori, then! Wow. Those are some leet origami skillz, then. Impressive!

That's funny... I don't remember nori ever having much of a smell, one way or another.

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

dampen it so it's not so brittle but don't get it so wet that it starts to dissolve

[eredien]

I used a spray bottle, like the kind you spritz wayward nori-eating cats with.

I think the thing I will try next time to cut down on the smell is dipping my fingers in water and just dampening the edges I need to fold.

Apparently, you can also do origiami with wonton wrappers. I want to make edible unit origami.
Directions

[frameacloud]

Aha! So that's the secret. The next time I'm making rice balls and bento boxes, I'm going to have to try this out. :D Thank you!

The wonton wrapper cranes in that link are beautiful! NOM NOM NOM

I checked out a library book on Japanese decorative garnishes (mukimono) a while ago. I only tried a couple of them, but playing with food is so much fun!

[kaypendragon.livejournal.com]

See? That mom who told everyone not to play with their food was lying.

[rax.livejournal.com]

It has to be made wet in order to fold, as capsicumanuum said, and then oh boy does it smell ! In soup this is fine; wandering around the house is it, in my opinion, not. :)