Method for forming an edible food container

A method of forming an edible food container from viscous dough which comprises the steps of:

• (a) mixing ingredients to form the dough;
• (b) forming the dough in a generally continuous sheet;
• (c) cutting the sheet of dough into generally parallelogram shaped pieces of a predetermined length and width having generally parallel sides and first and second generally parallel ends;
• (d) wrapping each piece of dough around a shaping surface of a shaping mandrel having a first end and a second opposite end, so that the first and second ends of each piece of dough engage each other to form a generally continuous covering of dough around the shaping mandrel, thereby forming an edible food container;
• (e) trimming away any excess of the shaped dough which extends beyond the ends of the shaping surface of the shaping mandrel;
• (f) showering the dough on the mandrel with caustic soda solution;
• (g) baking the dough on the mandrel;
• (h) cooling the dough on the mandrel;
• and
• (i) twisting the baked dough with respect to the mandrel to remove the edible container from the mandrel.