Abstract:
Packaging for lobster, within which the product may be microwaved, including the use of pallet structure for positioning the lobster within the packaging to avoid penetration of the plastic wrapping film by shell structure. The packaging is vacuum sealed, flash frozen and distributed to be subsequently microwaved without rupture of the packaging until after microwaving.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a sweet potato that is individually packaged after curing for market and actual cooking. After the sweet potato has been harvested, cleaned and cured, it is then individually packaged by wrapping a heat-shrinkable plastic film around the potato. The wrapped potato is then subjected to heat and the plastic film is heat-shrunk around the entire sweet potato and forms a tightly bound plastic film around the entire sweet potato. This plastic film protects the sweet potato during transport and preserves the quality of the sweet potato for an extended time period. Lastly, the individually wrapped sweet potato is ready for immediate microwaving while contained within the same heat-shrunk plastic wrap.
Abstract:
Meat, particularly beef prime rib, of an elongated form having ends is, prior to cooking, shaped at its ends by substantially flat retaining elements whereby the ends are maintained substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the meat form wherein, upon cooking, the meat form will retain the cooked form having "squared" ends. A variety of devices may be employed to engage and shape the meat form ends, and in most instances, the meat form will be encased within a heat shrunk bag, and may also be encased within mesh netting.
Abstract:
The invention comprises a method for preparing a frozen comestible for consumption, comprising:(a) combining frozen food constituents with a substantially dry sauce concentrate;(b) adding a discrete portion of a microwave-power absorbing liquid medium to the combination; and(c) heating the combination with a source of microwave power.In a further embodiment, the invention also relates to a microwaveable, individual portion serving container, said container provided with a measuring closure, said container containing a frozen comestible comprising a quantity of frozen constituents and a substantially dry sauce concentrate, wherein said closure includes venting means to off-gas steam generated when said frozen comestible is combined with a microwave power absorbing liquid medium and heated with a source of microwave power.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a frozen edible composition combining a frozen core surrounded by and in contact with a frozen coating, wherein the composition can be exposed to microwave energy, in its entirety, so that the frozen coating becomes heated to a softened state while the core remains substantially frozen.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for heating food comprising heating in a microwave oven for at least 2 minutes a food package which comprises food placed in an injection moulded food container, made from a partially crystalline polyamide, optionally containing a compatibilized olefin-based polymer and/or a filler. The food container has wall and floor thicknesses of 1.6 mm or less.
Abstract:
A charge of popcorn and fat is placed in a flexible shipping container composed of a flexible bag having longitudinally extending centrally projecting side gussets. The charge is placed between the gussets and one side panel of the bag. Another aspect of the invention is a special package of collateral tubular configuration comprising first and second longitudinally extending tubular portions. One of the tubular portions is larger in cross-section than the other and a charge of popcorn and fat is positioned within the small tubular portion of the package.
Abstract:
Perishable goods containing water, especially foodstuffs, are packed aseptically in packages formed from impervious but flexible film and furnished with vents adequate for the escape of vapor during treatment at bake or part-bake temperatures at which goods in the package are pasteurized, the vents remaining open throughout the heating and subsequent cooling thereafter to prevent the package collapsing on the goods. The vents are positioned for security of subsequent closure in a closure seam first made to enclose the goods in the package and are constituted by interruptions in the seam providing a total cross-sectional venting area of more than 2.5 mms.sup.2. The vents are sealed after cooling. The invention is particularly applicable to the packaging of bakers' goods which are baked or part-baked in the package, which is preferably made from laminated polymeric film material. Preferably the vents, at least two in number, extend through a seam sealing a lid to a container forming the package, the seam being interrupted to provide the vents, by forming the seam over spacing members which are either subsequently withdrawn or are tubular to provide the vents.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a disposable microwave food shipping and heating container and a method of preparing food for microwave heating. The container includes a generally bowl-shaped or dish-shaped bottom portion to hold the food product. It has a bottom wall that is transparent to microwave energy and an upwardly extending side wall. The upper edge of the side wall defines an opening for filling the container with food and for removing food when it is to be served. A cover formed from sheet material extends across the opening of the container to seal the opening. Within the container is a low loss core formed from microwave transparent packaging material. The core extends vertically between the top and the bottom of the container to provide a tubular microwave influx passage through the food within the container.To prepare the package, a food product is placed in the disposable shipping container but the interior of the core is maintained free from food. The container and food product are then chilled. Chilling usually solidifies the food to a predetermined shape. A tubular passage extends through the food around each core. The food product is then distributed in the package and subjected to microwave heating within the package whereby microwave energy will readily pass into the package through the core to facilitate heating of the food especially that portion surrounding the core throughout the heating cycle.
Abstract:
A vacuum skin-package is provided formed from a substantially amorphous polyethylene terephthalate package member of less than 15% crystallinity and a polyethylene terephthalate-azelate package member with a product contained therebetween.