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 thanks for posting this

Looks yummi - and it's fried already

[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

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

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

AND

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

BACON MUG




Cardiac arrest included free with every order!

(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??

[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

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

AND

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

BACON MUG

YUMMMMMMMM OK lets see what's in the fridge

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

Andrea