In many households is quite a bit of plastic wrap (cling film, aluminum foil and / or food wrap) used to protect food (leftovers) somewhat against decay and drying out, or to keep ex. cheese odors to the subject.
Very useful, but it is especially not environmentally friendly waste, which moreover is not recycled in practice.
In the first half of the last century, "tinfoil" was not made of aluminum, but of a tin alloy called stanniool (hence the English name tinfoil). In Flanders and the southern Netherlands it was raised for 'missions'. Fathers Scheutists claim that it was melted for reuse. But there is no trace of evidence for this story.
A centuries useful alternative to aluminum foil and cellophane wrap is a bee's wax cloth or Bee’s wrap. A natural and environmentally friendly product. And without risk of plasticizers, etc. which migrate of the plastic into our food.
Of course, a pot with a lid, or a bowl with a dish on it is also perfectly usable. Or a bread box. But sometimes an alternative is handy to cover a pot, or pack a sandwich.
The idea is simple. Take a linen or cotton cloth, and impregnate it with wax. As you make textile waterproof. Given the low melting temperature of the wax it is hardly a problem.
You can warm beeswax in a bain Marie. The cloth you should preheat on the stove, in the oven or with an iron. Then you can 'paint’ wax on / in it.
Another method is grating the wax to be spread over the canvas, and then put it in the oven to melt and continue with spreading, brushing it.
You can roll up ready-made wraps and store them for use. After use, you can wash them with cold water. Use perhaps a mild, natural soap. A beeswax cloth can be used for a month or 10. Then you can possibly repeat the procedure. Or melt the wax out for candles.
Given the risks of mold and bacteria to transfer you better do not use it, or only once, to wrap moist vegetables, meat or fish.
To make wax smoother is often added some jojoba oil (at room temperature liquid wax from the seeds of the jojoba bush (Simmondsia Chinensis). And / or some resin (wound fluids from conifers). Both products would brake and slow down the development of mold and bacteria.
In Anglo-Saxon countries the Bee’s wraps are found in different sizes in the market.
A worthy alternative to single-use industrial produced environmentally harmful waste.
Alternative film
In many households is quite a bit of plastic wrap (cling film, aluminum foil and / or food wrap) used to protect food (leftovers) somewhat against decay and drying out, or to keep ex. cheese odors to the subject.
Very useful, but it is especially not environmentally friendly waste, which moreover is not recycled in practice.
In the first half of the last century, "tinfoil" was not made of aluminum, but of a tin alloy called stanniool (hence the English name tinfoil). In Flanders and the southern Netherlands it was raised for 'missions'. Fathers Scheutists claim that it was melted for reuse. But there is no trace of evidence for this story.
A centuries useful alternative to aluminum foil and cellophane wrap is a bee's wax cloth or Bee’s wrap. A natural and environmentally friendly product. And without risk of plasticizers, etc. which migrate of the plastic into our food.
Of course, a pot with a lid, or a bowl with a dish on it is also perfectly usable. Or a bread box. But sometimes an alternative is handy to cover a pot, or pack a sandwich.
The idea is simple. Take a linen or cotton cloth, and impregnate it with wax. As you make textile waterproof. Given the low melting temperature of the wax it is hardly a problem.
You can warm beeswax in a bain Marie. The cloth you should preheat on the stove, in the oven or with an iron. Then you can 'paint’ wax on / in it.
Another method is grating the wax to be spread over the canvas, and then put it in the oven to melt and continue with spreading, brushing it.
You can roll up ready-made wraps and store them for use. After use, you can wash them with cold water. Use perhaps a mild, natural soap. A beeswax cloth can be used for a month or 10. Then you can possibly repeat the procedure. Or melt the wax out for candles.
Given the risks of mold and bacteria to transfer you better do not use it, or only once, to wrap moist vegetables, meat or fish.
To make wax smoother is often added some jojoba oil (at room temperature liquid wax from the seeds of the jojoba bush (Simmondsia Chinensis). And / or some resin (wound fluids from conifers). Both products would brake and slow down the development of mold and bacteria.
In Anglo-Saxon countries the Bee’s wraps are found in different sizes in the market.
A worthy alternative to single-use industrial produced environmentally harmful waste.