Method for preparing an expanded food product
OwnerGeorge E. Allisoninventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus for preparing vapor-burst, non-fat-fried fast food comprising a confining means comprised of two or more cooperating surfaces which are joined together to form said confining means and containing a suitable water-containing, expandable mixture substantially filling said confining means, whereby the confining means is capable upon heating of rupturing due to increased vapor pressure of liquid in the expandable mixture to permit the expandable mixture to suddenly expand through the ruptured area.
Claims13
A process for preparing an expanded food product which comprises providing a mercantile container and structuring said container to include on its surface a pre-designated area that is self-rupturable due to internal pressure sufficient to rupture said area, filling said container with a water-containing, edible, expandable mixture, and heating said mixture-containing container, said mixture containing sufficient water and said heating being at a sufficient temperature for a sufficient length of time to cause the vapor pressure of water in the expandable mixture to increase sufficiently to cause the confining means to spontaneously self-rupture in the pre-designated area and cause the expandable mixture to burstingly expand through the ruptured area to produce a substantially intact, expanded product.
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