Washing up a thing of the past?

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A food company in Birmingham, England, has begun marketing fully edible bowls and plates.

The dishes are made of dough but a special industrial oven bakes the inside and outside of the bowls and plates to give them a stronger "double crust" to keep from getting soggy, the Daily Telegraph reported Monday.

David Williams, the managing director of Butt Foods, which developed the idea, said: "Our banks, our investors all thought we were crackers. But we've now proved them wrong."

Bread bowls emerge strong in Britain - UPI.com

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