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_. :)

[foleyartist1.livejournal.com]

*blinks* That is a most excellent post.

[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.

[indiwent.livejournal.com]

3. Friends think that this is awesome, and hope that you take pictures if you do it again!

[capsicumanuum.livejournal.com]

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

[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. :)

[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!

[frameacloud]

YES. I too include my voice in demanding photos of any next crane, and possibly of the crane-consuming cat as well.

[kaypendragon.livejournal.com]

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

[kaypendragon.livejournal.com]

I too am impressed with your leet japanese food skillz.

Is nori good for cats? I suppose it's just salty greens so it can't be particularly bad for them.

[eredien]

I will take pictures next time, Waywind. I really should get pictures of my cats up on the internet.

I don't know if it's good for her or not, but my cat is a kind of health food addict. She tried to eat my roommate's oatmeal this morning. She also prefers soymilk to regular milk.

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

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