Edible Eggshells

[ValM]

I saw this article and thought it sounded like a very cool technique.

http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/wylie-dufresne-eggshell-2011-4/

I was curious if anyone had any experience working with Kaolin or where to source it. There is some stuff on Amazon, but nothing seems particularly food grade.

[Kerry Beal]

Xenex labs in BC carries USP grade Kaolin. You might find it in a pharmacy - it's used for diarrhea - kaopectate is kaolin and pectin - the kaolin provides a huge surface area for absorption of toxins.

Edited April 6, 2011 by Kerry Beal (log)

[Jeffery C]

Hopefully it tastes much better than the diarrhea curative. Maybe adding brown butter to a dose will help the medicine go down!

Edited April 6, 2011 by Jeffery C (log)

[aperture]

Bumping this to see if anyone else has advice for finding food-grade kaolin (for the edible stones in Mugaritz). Amazon seems to be mostly cosmetic, although I'm not sure what the difference would be.

[FeChef]

Would be cool to take some hard boiled eggs, remove them from there shell. Then put a skewer through it and dip it in this edible clay. Then you could decorate the edible shell for easter and tell everyone they can eat the entire egg.