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How to make cochayuyo paper

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#1 ·
Hi all!

Please help me. Cochauyuyo is a seaweed that is very common here in Chile. We use it plenty for cooking, I would like to make a sheet of paper from it just like they make Nori.

Here is a picture of how it comes in the supermarket when it's dry:

http://www.buencampo.cl/sites/default/files/cochayuyo2.JPG

know Nori is made just like paper, but have been unable to find any home recipies.

What I tried:

Put it in the blender, added some olive oil and then I put it between wax paper and used the iron till it dried. This didn't work because all the parts did not come together.

I also tried leaving it out to dry naturally, this didn't help either. I had a book on top of it so that it would be thin.

I think I would have to make some type of paste to get this to work but I have no idea on how to go about it. Does anyone have any ideas that they can share?

Thanks!
 
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#7 ·
I'm a hand papermaker and I think making it into a strong enough paper to roll up like nori is going to be a much more complicated process than you think it is. It will require some special equipment that can be bought and/or made pretty inexpensively.

That said, not all fibers will form the kind of hydrogen bonds needed to hold together as paper. Plant fibers usually need to be cooked in an alkalai to break them down and soften them before being pulped and suspended in water to be scooped up and strained through a mould and deckle. Many plant fibers require the assistance of a chemical formation aid to make the kind of bonds that will hold together as paper.

If you really want to work on it, I highly recommend one of Helen Hiebert's books on papermaking with plants.


 
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