Lasers and Food!

[Alexander Stein]

Just saw this online and thought I would share.

Laser cut nori (sushi seaweed) on top of a potato for contrast, in a soup....

(not my work but may inspire others)

enjoy!

[Dee Gallo]

Great post, Alex, we LOVE food embellished by laser! This, BTW, might be a great niche market for someone near high end restaurants!

:) dee

[Jiten Patel]

Genius....and has also made me hungry....but its too nice to eat....oh the dilema!

[Andrea Weissenseel]

Another great find today :D thanks for posting this

Looks yummi - and it's fried already :rolleyes:

[Viktor Voroncov]

Some pictures from my customers:
1) Engraving on greek nuts is absolute leader before Christmas and New Year. Usually one nut means one wish engraved :)
2) Cocos - perfect engraving
3) Small nuts - don't know name on English - pretty new idea
4) Lemon - in our region there is slang LEMON = 1 000 000, so all engraving is usually linked with 1 mln of money :)
5) Very interesting project - we just sold galvo laser for engraving on CHEESE to big milk and cheese company!! Due some reasons I can't put picture of engraved cheese, but whole piece weighted 2-5 kgs engraved with logos and etc and after will be placed inside special (also engraved) basket.

[Dee Gallo]

There you go, John, yet ANOTHER use for your coconuts!

These are great ideas for new year or holidays, Viktor, thanks!

[Robert Walters]

and it's fried already :rolleyes:

Andrea,

You just HAD to go there and mention fried foods, didn't ya?!

Alright, I see how you are, uh huh.

Just for that, here ya go...

Chicken Fried Bacon with gravy :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU

AND

To rub salt (pork) into the wound...

BACON MUG

http://i51.tinypic.com/9s9hxe.jpg


Cardiac arrest included free with every order! :D

(google 'deep fried pickles' too)

[Pete Bejmuk]

I noticed on some sites that someone's apparently slapped a patent on laser-engraving chocolate. The patent was filed 2006.

I've been lasering chocolate (as personal gifts) since 2001. According to the patent guy, you need to get a license from him to commerically engrave chocolate. Can someone really come along and patent a process like that??:confused:

[Dan Hintz]

There's a patent for lasering cigars, jeans, bricks, etc. Patents are only as good (or bad) as the amount of money both parties are willing to part with to defend for/against them.

Personally, none of those patents should have been awarded, and if vigorously attacked would most likely fall.

[Gary Hair]

3) Small nuts - don't know name on English - pretty new idea

Those are called Filberts or Hazel Nuts. Coincidentally, I have a huge orchard of them behind my house, they grow really well in the Oregon climate.

Gary

[Viktor Voroncov]

Yes, hazel nuts - I remember, thank's, Gary!

Concerning patents - I know at least 10 peoples here who engrave 24 hours/day on denim. Sure that they never thought about patents :)

[Joe Pelonio]

There's a patent for lasering cigars, jeans, bricks, etc. Patents are only as good (or bad) as the amount of money both parties are willing to part with to defend for/against them.

Personally, none of those patents should have been awarded, and if vigorously attacked would most likely fall.
True, patents are enforced by lawsuits from the patent holder.

I would avoid a commercial website offering a patented service, but still do it until you get a nasty letter.

Foods are a lot of fun to engrave, try sugar cookies.

[Harper Abbot]

I tried lasering the virgin mary into bread (big $$ on ebay! J/K) but didn't get the kind of results I wanted :) The bread didn't darken.

I'd think lasering a sheet of fondant could be totally rad.

[Andrea Weissenseel]

Chicken Fried Bacon with gravy :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbTO0GlONU

AND

To rub salt (pork) into the wound...

BACON MUG







YUMMMMMMMM :D:D OK lets see what's in the fridge :D

btw. I heard about a restaurant where they engrave their logo on steaks - haven't seen it though

[Andrea Weissenseel]

I'd think lasering a sheet of fondant could be totally rad.

I'll definitly try that out - that's been on my list for month, did have the time yet :rolleyes:

Andrea

[Dan Hintz]

The heat crisps the sugar in fondant... I bought my wife one of those large "food-safe" Cricut cutters instead.

[Robert Walters]

I heard about a restaurant where they engrave their logo on steaks - haven't seen it though

I have only seen the custom made branding iron that they place on the grill, built into the grill, or placed on top of the steak as it's being cooked.

[Andrea Weissenseel]

The heat crisps the sugar in fondant... I

Dan, do you mean that we can use our lasers as an candy machine ?? :D

[Chuck Stone]

There's a patent for lasering cigars, jeans, bricks, etc. Patents are only as good (or bad) as the amount of money both parties are willing to part with to defend for/against them.

Personally, none of those patents should have been awarded, and if vigorously attacked would most likely fall.

yeah.. I don't think any of those would survive the novelty or nonobviousness
requirements of patent law.

But once you take an existing government department and force it to become
self sufficuent when it is not used to being so, they drop the research and
enforcement people and focus on revenue intake.
In other words, take the fees for every application and let the patentees
courts and infringers fend for themselves.

[Mitchell Andrus]

I noticed on some sites that someone's apparently slapped a patent on laser-engraving chocolate. The patent was filed 2006.

I've been lasering chocolate (as personal gifts) since 2001. According to the patent guy, you need to get a license from him to commerically engrave chocolate. Can someone really come along and patent a process like that??:confused:

The thing with patents..... you've got to find the interloper, and then sue them for damages. If you aren't making much, there's not much to gain in court. The lawyers make more than the patent owner in most cases.
.

[Mitchell Andrus]

Engrave Fig Newtons for kid's parties. Funny sayings and the kid's names are top choices.
.

[Martin Boekers]

I tried lasering the virgin mary into bread (big $$ on ebay! J/K) but didn't get the kind of results I wanted :) The bread didn't darken.

I'd think lasering a sheet of fondant could be totally rad.

Sorry, but I have to post this now that it was brought up!:o


http://jesustoasters.com/

[Dee Gallo]

Sorry, but I have to post this now that it was brought up!:o


http://jesustoasters.com/

What?!! You have GOT to be kidding! That is hilarious!

[Kim Vellore]

Sorry, but I have to post this now that it was brought up!:o


http://jesustoasters.com/

And I bought a laser to just do that.....

[Jeff Saltzman]

Some of the first things I tested my laser on were tortillas and a banana, and I'll definitely offer a few plates of laser cut and etched food the next time I have a dinner party!

At a "laser party" (!) recently in New York, somebody made some adorable ham sandwiches :)
http://www.designglut.com/2010/07/laser-party-well-that-was-awesome/
Clever, possibly in bad taste... which may be why I like them so much ;)

[Robert Walters]

ham sandwiches :)
http://www.designglut.com/2010/07/laser-party-well-that-was-awesome/
Clever, possibly in bad taste... which may be why I like them so much ;)

If that is bad taste, I am just SO SCREWED! LOL

[Chuck Stone]

What?!! You have GOT to be kidding! That is hilarious!

from the mind of a SubGenius .. what do you expect? :p

[Bill Cunningham]

They would never be able to sue me for lasering chocolate.. The evidence would vanish in seconds, and if they don't look at my expanding butt, I'm homefree...

[Gordon Kircher]

I did this for my mother-in-law.... problem was..... I didn't tell her. I just let her find it.:eek: Apparently she doesn't have a sense of humor. I enjoyed it tho....:D

G

[Robert Walters]

I did this for my mother-in-law.... problem was..... I didn't tell her. I just let her find it.:eek: Apparently she doesn't have a sense of humor. I enjoyed it tho....:D

G

Gordon,

You are an EVIL person!
Not because you pranked your MIL, but because I didn't think of it first!

Can you post the file you used? :D

BTW, what was her reaction?

[Bill Cunningham]

I did this for my mother-in-law.... problem was..... I didn't tell her. I just let her find it.:eek: Apparently she doesn't have a sense of humor. I enjoyed it tho....:D

G

Is that a Natcho ? Or a Host :rolleyes:

[Gene Hobbs]

Robert
You think yours is bad. This one is an automatic heart attack

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

[Robert Walters]

Robert
You think yours is bad. This one is an automatic heart attack

http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/

Gene,

I have been trying to figure out how to *make* "Bacon Loaf" (like meatloaf, but with bacon) when I came up with the idea about 4 years ago, and there you go and provide a link to it!


So, do we engrave the Shroud of Turin on the bacon loaf, or some other theological symbol to go with our Jesus Toast?

[Gene Hobbs]

Robert
I'm not sure but I feel pretty sure if I ate it, I may not make it away from it alive. I have Crohn's Disease but I sure would like to try it.

[Matt Barinholtz]

Just some quick advice - laser cut or engraved nori - did some demo work for a regional high end restaurant - looks great, tastes TERRIBLE. Even garnish pieces had this...smell. Chef didn't approve.

[Robert Walters]

Andrea and Gene,

May I present... FRIED BEER!!! :cool:

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2010/10/05/salt-and-battering-at-the-state-fair-of-texas/?hpt=Sbin

(Though, I think they kinda gave away their secret when they said 'frozen beer' :eek:)

[Andrea Weissenseel]

*hehe* you could use lasered macaroni as a straw :D

[Homero Schön]

I will engrave 2400 beans on each side (horse beans in straight brazilian portuguese-english translation), the bigger ones.
On one side the logo from the institution, and on the other vows of hapiness like: Hapiness, freedom, wealth, prosperity.....
so subjectively the person is planting those thoughs/feelings...

This is a nice marketing tool for your client.

OH, sorry to be rude, this is indeed my first time posting and contributing with the board. We are an 18 year old company with 11 years of those providing laser cutting and engraving service and just registered the board.

Greetings

´ll post photos shortly

[Robert Walters]

I just did a tortilla with text, but it took 18 minutes.

On material like tortilla or bread where resolution really doesn't matter,
is there a way/method to speed up the process some?

[Dan Hintz]

Turn down the resolution of your printed image (more specifically, engrave at a lower dpi)

[Amy Shelton]

Mentos! Cool for weddings and baby showers. They have a pink color (strawberry) but I wish they had blue for baby boys.

[Emily Wilson]

oh those are totally sweet! I just love them.

[Dallas Traina]

Speaking of engraving food. I thought I would get some of us in the office into the Halloween spirit so I engraved some Jack-O-Lantern faces onto Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. See pic.
30 Watt laser, 70% power, 100% speed.

[Emily Wilson]

That lasered pumpkin is so Sa-weeet.
Lots of character! Reese cups are my favorite sin, but that pumpkin
looks like it would start to cry if you took a bite out of it.

I am gonna have to think of something-food-to laser, never lasered
a single food item yet. Being an auto focus addict, I think it is time for me to learn a new trick.

[Bill Cunningham]

There are also some interesting ideas here (http://www.adafruit.com/blog/category/laser/)
and some of the settings used here (http://ladyada.net/wiki/laserinfo/settings)
There was a post on the creek a few years back from someone that lasered beans, then when planted the beanstock had a personalized bean on it..