Microwave oven preparation of waffle
AssigneesE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Campbell Soup Company
InventorsHua-Feng Huang, Frederick E. Simon
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Abstract
A package for cooking a waffle in a microwave oven is provided, comprising a microwave transparent tray about 28 to 38 mm deep, a lossy susceptor film lid having defined reflectance and absorbance, placed about 3 to about 10 mm over the waffle, providing means for moisture to escape. The waffle is coated with an edible food conditioner, to provide improved microwave susceptibility to the surfaces of the waffle. The waffle may be cooked alone or in the presence of a sausage side dish.
Claims16
A package for cooking a waffle in a microwave oven, said waffle having a thickness of from about 20.6 to about 36.6 mm and having its top and bottom surfaces coated with an edible food conditioner to provide microwave susceptibility, said package comprising:
- (a) a chamber in which the waffle lies, said chamber having sides and a bottom formed from a rigid or semirigid microwave transparent material, said chamber having a depth of from about 28 mm to about 38 mm;
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- (b) a susceptor film lid having a microwave reflectance of from about 0.4 to about 2.2% and a microwave absorbance sufficient to raise the temperature of the lid to about 100.degree. C. within about 20 seconds and to from about 160.degree.-200.degree. C. within about 120 seconds when the oven is operating, said lid being positioned as the top of at least the portion of the chamber where the waffle lies and placed about 3 mm to about 10 mm above the top surface of said waffle.
A package for cooking a waffle in a microwave oven comprising:
- (a) a chamber in which the waffle lies, said chamber having sides and a bottom formed from a rigid or semirigid microwave transparent material, said chamber having a depth of from about 28 mm to about 38 mm;
- (b) a susceptor film lid having a microwave reflectance of from about 0.4 to about 2.2% and microwave absorbance sufficient to raise the temperature of the lid to about 100.degree. C. within about 20 seconds and to from about 160.degree.-200.degree. C. within about 120 seconds when the oven is operating, said lid being positioned as the top of at least the portion of the chamber where the waffle lies and placed about 3 mm to about 10 mm above the top surface of said waffle;
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- (c) a waffle having its top and bottom surfaces coated with an edible food conditioner to provide microwave susceptibility, said waffle having a thickness of from about 20.6 mm to about 36.6 mm.
A method for preparing a waffle contained in a disposable microwave cooking package having a microwave transparent tray and an electrically lossy film susceptor lid, comprising
- (a) providing the top and bottom surfaces of a waffle with an edible food conditioner exhibiting microwave susceptibility to the magnetic field of microwave radiation, said waffle having a thickness of about 20.6 to about 36.6 mm
- (b) freezing the waffle in the tray;
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- (c) positioning the lid onto the tray to cover at least the waffle, said lid being placed at a spacing of from about 3 mm to about 10 mm above the top surface of the waffle, said lid comprising a laminate coating of aluminum flake particles on paper or polyester copolymer, and said lid having a microwave reflectance of from about 0.4 to about 2.2% and a microwave absorbance sufficient to raise the temperature of the lid to about 100.degree. C. in about 20 seconds and to from about 160.degree.-200.degree. C. in about 120 seconds when the oven is operating.
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