Edible ‘Burrito Tape’ for Mess-Free Eats Invented by Johns Hopkins Students

New York Post ^ | May 19, 2022 | Adriana Diaz

[nickcarraway]

Sick of making a mess while eating a burrito? These college students were too. A group of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University unveiled a groundbreaking and mouthwatering invention called Tastee Tape, an edible adhesive to keep all your favorite ingredients tucked inside burritos and wraps.

The enterprising students — Tyler Guarino, Marie Eric, Rachel Nie and Erin Walsh — spent the school year perfecting the edible adhesive strips as part of their senior design project.

Walsh came up with the idea at the beginning of the semester when she bit into her burrito and struggled to keep her meal intact, Guarino told Baltimore news station WBAL-TV 11.

[nickcarraway]

JHU students create edible tortilla tape to fix wrap problem

Does this make it a Scotch burrito?

Here's the thing: burritos that are well-wrapped won't have a problem. They are solid. But a lot of places don't have workers who know how to wrap. I haven't been to Chipotle in years, but they were terrible at wrapping.

[nickcarraway]

[V_TWIN]

Chipotle has had so many tainted food issues I’ve never been in one.

We prefer Tijuana Flats.

[SaveFerris]

(I haven’t been to Chipotle in years, but they were terrible at wrapping)

Maybe a DJ scratching records would have helped...

😂🤣😜

[WMarshal]

That is a pretty good idea. At first I thought that they had made a really long and thin burrito.

[Mr. K]

MIGHTY TACO (Buffalo, NY fast foodery)

MMmmmmm!!!!

[Old Grumpy]

Good for these enterprising students! Hope they make a bundle from this! ;^D

[Born in 1950]

It’s like Jr. High science project.

Good luck girls .. oops, too late.

[GOPJ]

This is a good idea for an imperfect world...

[TheBattman]

Made of Soylent Green???

[Fresh Wind]

Will it work on pizza?

[immadashell]

Just remember, Hussein “won” the Nobel Peace Prize for less!

[M Kehoe]

I like my burritos messy.

I like my tacos messy.

I like pretty Mexican women messy too.

5.56mm

[cymbeline]

“That is a pretty good idea.”

A better idea is to eat it all in one bite.

[Erik Latranyi]

Here's the thing: burritos that are well-wrapped won't have a problem.

I agree. I have only had poorly wrapped burritos at home when I make them! Then I use a fork/knife on it.

[Erik Latranyi]

[Nifster]

Just learn to gold em properly

[Poison Pill]

Does this make it a Scotch burrito?

Ha! I like that.

But, I think if you put the words "scotch" and "tape" in the same paragraph describing your product you wound have a 3M lawyer on the phone by end of day.

[jacknhoo]

Well alrighty then.

[PUGACHEV]

Now this is something that definitely advances humanity, more than the discovery of some distant star, for example.