Apparatus and method for packaging foods
Abstract
Abstract FOOD PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY MEATS SUCH AS CHICKEN, AND OTHER POULTRY, FISH, ESPECIALLY SMOKED SALMON AND THE LIKE, ARE PACKAGED, COOKED AND PRESERVED BY SEALING THEM FIRST IN A GAS TIGHT, HEAT RESISTANT WRAPPER, SUBJECTING TO PRESSURE GREATER THAN STEAM PRESSURE AT COOKING TEMPERATURE TO COLLAPSE THE WRAPPER TIGHTLY ABOUT THE FOOD, COOKING AT A TEMPERATURE IN EXCESS OF 230* F. WHILE MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE, AND CHILLING TO NORMAL TEMPERATURE WHILE MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE. CHILLING MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED INDIRECTLY, AS BY CIRCULATING COLD WATER IN THE WALLS OF THE COOKING AND PRESSURE VESSEL, OR DIRECTLY BY SPRAYING DISTILLED OR MINERAL-FREE WATER DIRECTLY ONTO THE PACKAGES WHICH REMAIN COLLAPSED TIGHTLY ABOUT THE FOOD.
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- 👤 Thomas A Savidge
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