Edible manually holdable food product with hydrophilic liquid absorbent insert

Abstract

A breadstick product includes a plurality of hard crusty members of edible material with optional inner shell layers. The outer shell or layers are filled with an interior filling of edible hydrophilic material. The edible hydrophilic filling material is absorbent, preferably a bread product or a dehydrated hydrophilic filling material. The outer shell and/or inner shell layers of the tangible breadstick product are a crusty shells, which are filled with the hydrophilic absorbent product, such as dehydrated bread, which can be submerged in hot liquids, such as coffee, tea or soup. The hot liquid is accessed preferably through the access holes in the crusty outer shell, while the crusty outer shell and/or inner shell layers their integrity when dipped and exposed to the hot liquid, such as coffee, tea or soup.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention can best be understood in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is noted that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments shown in drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is perspective view of a hole-making roller contacting a sheet of outer unbaked shell dough of a filled breadstick.

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the filling of each filled breadstick.

FIG. 3 is an end view showing the folding of the outer unbaked shell dough of a filled breadstick over the inner contents of each filled breadstick.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the breadstick as assembled in FIG. 3 in a baked condition.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the dipping immersion of a baked or fried filled breadstick into a liquid such as a heated liquid, such as soup, coffee or tea, or a cold liquid, such as milk.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the withdrawal of a liquid saturated baked filled breadstick into a liquid, showing the saturated portion thereof.

FIG. 7 is a legend showing alternative typical moist and dry fillings forming the filled breadstick.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a breadstick shell filled with a monoblock of absorbent bread type material;

FIG. 8A is a side elevation view of the monoblock of absorbent bread type material as in FIG. 8;

FIG. 9 is a detail view of a dehydrated fill material to be inserted in the breadstick of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a close-up perspective view of an embodiment for breadsticks filled with dry breakfast cereal; such as corn flakes, crisped rice and fruit flavored looped cereals;

FIG. 11 is a side view of a cylindrical breadstick open at each end, showing a pair of crimped ends;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an embodiment for a breadstick with no exterior holes other than at least one end hole;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an embodiment formed like a sandwich of respective upper and lower flattened layers, having an insert of absorbent material, wherein the absorbent material is bonded by a coating or slurry to the inner sides of the respective upper and lower flattened layers;

FIG. 13A is a cross sectional view of the embodiment as in FIG. 13;

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an embodiment for a breadstick product in the shape of a hot dog roll having a crevice for insertion of an absorbent insert therein;

FIG. 14A is a perspective view of an embodiment for a breadstick in the shape of a New England-type hot dog roll having a crevice for insertion of an absorbent insert therein.

FIG. 15 is a crossectional end view of a multiple layer spiral shaped breadstick product;

FIG. 16 is a crossectional end view of a multiple layer spiral shaped breadstick product with flat layers;

FIG. 17 is a crossectional end view of a multiple layer spiral shaped breadstick product of a multiple winged breadstick product;

FIG. 18 is a crossectional end view of another multiple winged breadstick;

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of nested, multiple shells interspersed with filling layers;

FIG. 19A is an exploded side elevational view of the breadstick as in FIG. 19, shown with an edible or non-edible rod stick holder, which can be hollow or solid;

FIG. 20 is a crossectional end view of a multiple bun breadstick product; and,

FIGS. 21, 22 and 23 are perspective views of breadstick products wherein the outer crunchy shell is made up of a plurality of crunchy elements.

Claims

1. A breadstick product comprising: a plurality of hard crusty members of edible material; andeach said hard crusty member being provided adjacent to at least one filling of edible hydrophilic material.

2. The breadstick product of claim 1 in which the edible filling material is dehydrated.

3. The breadstick product of claim 2 in which the dehydrated filling material is bread.

4. The breadstick product of claim 2 in which the dehydrated filling material is selected from the group consisting of jelly, jam, peanut butter, and cheese.

5. The breadstick product of claim 1 in which the hydrophilic material is selected from the group consisting of corn flakes, crisped rice, rice, bulgar, grains, dried fruits, potatoes, vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, fruit flavored looped cereals, starch based foods and combinations thereof.

6. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said plurality of hard crusty members includes a plurality of hard crusty outer shells each having an adjacent edible hydrophilic material therein.

7. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said plurality of hard crusty members includes at least one hard crusty outer shell having an adjacent edible hydrophilic material therein, and a central hard crusty spine portion.

8. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes multiple spiral layers of a continuous spiral shell interspersed with filling.

9. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes parallel layers of shells, interspersed with filling layers.

10. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes a plurality of shell wings interspersed with filling layers.

11. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes a plurality of nested geometric shell forms separated by filling layers.

12. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes a center spine portion covered by an absorbent filling, covered by one or more outer crunchy shells.

13. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes a plurality of thick, crispy, crunchy bun layers interspersed by filling layers.

14. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said breadstick includes at least one outer shell having a distal scoop shape, for catching food particles from liquid.

15. The breadstick as in claim 1 further comprising a manually graspable structural rod stick.

16. The breadstick as in claim 1 wherein said plurality of hard crusty members are separable and joined to said absorbent hydrophilic material.