# And you can eat the bowl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 14, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888 "2021-03-14T18:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/41 "2021-03-15T20:42:40Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > That’s a line from “The Candy Man” as sung by Sammy Davis Jr. [This version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySxSSzJKd0&ab_channel=yy8717) is much classier. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/42 "2021-03-15T20:56:57Z")
I saw a video from some cooking channel, sadly I can’t remember which one, that showed how to make a food bowl out of melted parmesan cheese. You spread freshly grated parmesan cheese into a thin, even layer in a non-stick frying pan, melt it all together, then at the right moment slide it out of the pan and onto an upside-down bowl on which you mold the cheese. When it has cooled you can fill it with – well, I don’t remember what they filled it with because I was so focused on the bowl. I want to eat a bowl made of melted parmesan cheese. (I wouldn’t use the good Italian stuff for this, but I would use freshly grated and not pre-grated, because who wants to eat cellulose?) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/43 "2021-03-15T21:13:42Z")
You can do that with regular cheese (cheddar or such - but real, not processed) on a plate in the microwave - I did it [here](http://atomicshrimp.com/post/2013/12/14/Cheese-Wafer-Cones) and formed them into cones, but they can just as easily be moulded into little (or large) dishes ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/44 "2021-03-15T22:06:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You have to put it on something clean enough to eat off of, and so you effectively still need some sort of dish. Alinea solves this with a [single giant “dish” for the whole table](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2009/06/adventures-in-latex-and-silicone/18875/) for some courses (primarily dessert). You can see it being utilized in this “family style” dessert. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/c8/c2/b4c8c25110ae8bf6d8fe089ee69961b9.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/c8/c2/b4c8c25110ae8bf6d8fe089ee69961b9.jpg) Or if you want to see a dessert being built: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qofsdSMuGbg/maxresdefault.jpg "Final Dessert of 20 Course Meal at Alinea") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qofsdSMuGbg) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/45 "2021-03-15T22:14:58Z")
Currently on another site I read: > **[Asahi opens online store to sell their edible cups, aims to reduce plastic waste](https://soranews24.com/2021/03/13/asahi-opens-online-store-to-sell-their-edible-cups-aims-to-reduce-plastic-waste/)** > > The brand will launch a brand new nutty flavor to round out the line. And it occurs to me that there is an American food where eating the container is so common that the practice isn’t even remarked on: ice cream. (The bowl is conical.) ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/46 "2021-03-15T22:27:26Z")
I absolutely love soup in a bread bowl. There is something very decadent and Henry VIII about pinching off and eating bits of the bowl as one eats the soup. [Trenchers](http://medievalcookery.com/notes/trenchers.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/47 "2021-03-15T22:31:16Z")
You remind me that hot dogs in buns were created when customers did not return to the sausage vendor the gloves that he gave them to wear while eating the sausage. The buns don’t exactly replace a plate or bowl, but they are another edible container. And now I am thinking of pasties and pies - the crust would be an edible container for a portable food. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/48 "2021-03-15T22:40:28Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > Alinea solves this with a [single giant “dish” for the whole table](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2009/06/adventures-in-latex-and-silicone/18875/) for some courses (primarily dessert) Or for the lower rent version from one of my favorite seafood places: [https://images.app.goo.gl/FADiXHdMbyV2CVQK6](https://images.app.goo.gl/FADiXHdMbyV2CVQK6) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/49 "2021-03-15T22:42:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You can even eat the dishes? Yes, you can. [Primus - Candyman (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C9jJ2O79XI) ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/50 "2021-03-15T22:45:47Z")
Oh, yes, with crawfish. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/51 "2021-03-15T22:48:29Z")
> **[Spaghetti on the Board at Bunky’s Cafe in Madison – Heavy Table](https://heavytable.com/spaghetti-on-the-board-at-bunkys-in-madison/)** ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/52 "2021-03-16T03:50:06Z")
If you like cheese fondue, I suggest this as a pretty [killer appetizer](https://ilovecooking.ie/recipe-items/sourdough-baked-brie-with-rosemary-and-garlic/): bake a sourdough loaf with a round of brie pushed into the top. The sourdough surrounds the brie. By the time the sourdough is fully baked, the brie is exquisitely melted. Simply start cutting off pieces of sourdough from the outside, dip in the brie, and eat your way into the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/53 "2021-03-16T14:45:14Z")
This is also done with brioche, which sounds better to me. I like baking bread, and sourdough has its place - but is often much overrated. I think the best baked Brie involves a thick coating of nuts (pecans are good) rather than bread - IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888/54 "2021-03-17T23:48:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > > > That’s a line from “The Candy Man” as sung by Sammy Davis Jr. > > [This version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySxSSzJKd0&ab_channel=yy8717) is much classier. When you said classier-I thought you meant this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-ScjucUV8v0/maxresdefault.jpg "Christina Aguilera - Candyman (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScjucUV8v0) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-you-can-eat-the-bowl/937888.md?page=2)