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US 2003/0118698 A1Published application
Laterally standardized stuffed potato food product and method for making
OwnerLarc E. Lindseyinventor
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Abstract
A laterally standardized hollowed out potato has an opening through a wall of potato communicating with an interior cavity, with a filling within the cavity. When the potato is resting on one of its relatively broader sides, the opening faces upwardly, so that a liquidy filling is reliably contained. The laterally standardized nature of the potato facilitates mass production, as well as a consistent sidewall thickness.
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A stuffed potato food product comprising:
- a laterally standardized hollowed-out potato having a wall of potato material, said potato having two ends with a longitudinal axis extending between said two ends, a pair of opposed relatively broader sides generally parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axis, each of said relatively broader sides generally defining a respective plane of stability, and a pair of opposed relatively narrower sides generally parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- said potato being trimmed to a standardized oval or flat-oval shape in plan view so as to define a standardized periphery, with vertical walls perpendicular to one of the planes of stability defined by one of said relatively broader sides;
- said potato having an opening through said wall in the other one of said relatively broader sides, and an interior cavity having a cross-sectional extent larger than said opening;
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- a filling within said cavity.
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A method of preparing a stuffed potato food product, comprising the steps of:
- providing a potato having two ends with a longitudinal axis extending between the two ends, a pair of opposed relatively broader sides generally parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axis, each of the relatively broader sides generally defining a respective plane of stability, and a pair of opposed relatively narrower sides generally parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- employing a cutter to trim the potato to a standardized oval or flat-oval shape in plan view so as to define a standardized periphery, with vertical walls perpendicular to one of the planes of stability being defined by one of the relatively broader sides, thereby producing a laterally standardized potato;
- employing a rotating potato-hollowing bit to hollow out the standardized potato, leaving a wall of potato material, an opening through the wall in the other one of the relatively broader sides, and an interior cavity having a cross-sectional extent larger than the opening;
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- introducing a filling into the cavity through the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.