[xandrius]

I'd say this is when you have perfect being the enemy of good.

I'm sure a whole scroll is expensive to create, cook and scan but sections of a scroll could be done for a fraction.

Also the realism of the papyrus is less crucial than the initial training of uncooked -> cooked -> recovered.

So, OP's suggestion sounds like a great first step to get more insights on what's possible and what's not relatively quickly.