Patent Application
20180148244
The present invention relates to a food pack, and more particularly, to a food pack suitable for being cooked by using a steam heater.
There are many instant food with different flavors available in the market, and the ways for cooking these instant food are different. Some instant food can be ready by adding hot water, and some are prepared by microwave stoves or small ovens. Some food has to be cooked in hot soup or water, and some are heated in ovens. Nevertheless, the flavors of the instant food gradually cannot meet consumers' needs which change quickly.
The present invention intends to provide a food pack that is able to be cooked by using a steam heater, and the food pack provides flavor and style that are different from the existed instant food.
The present invention relates to a food pack which comprises a body and the body includes a hole so that a steam heater is inserted into the hole to heat the body.
Preferably, the hole is a through hole or a non-through hole.
Preferably, the body is noodles.
Preferably, the body includes multiple dumplings and raviolis. The dumplings and the raviolis are arranged as a ring.
Preferably, the body includes a layer on the top thereof. The layer includes frozen soup.
Preferably, the frozen soup includes vegetables, meat or sea food, spices and water.
Preferably, the body is a combination of noodles and soup, a combination of dumplings and soup, or a combination of raviolis and soup.
Preferably, the body is a combination of vegetables, meat or sea food, spices and water, wherein the water is frozen to maintain the vegetables, meat or sea food and spices therein.
Preferably, wherein a bag is provided to receive the body therein. The primary object of the present invention is to provide a food pack that includes a body with a hole, and a steam heater is inserted into the hole to heat the body. The way of preparing the food is different from the conventional ways such as using microwaves or traditional ovens.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
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Specifically, the body 110 of the food pack 100 can be noodles which may have different types of noodles such as spaghetti, salt-flavored noodles, rice noodles and the like. The noodles are wrapped to form a desired shape during making the body 110. The hole 115 can be a through hole (
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It is noted that after the body 110 is cooked, the bowl 220 is removed from the cooking machine 200 and the soup is put into the bowl 220. The soup 130 is a combination of vegetables, meat or sea food, spices and water. For example, the soup may include one of the vegetables, meat and sea food, and spice and water. The ratio or ingredients can be varied according to needs. The soup can be prepared and stored in a tank located in the cooking machine 200 or outside of the cooking machine 200.
The combination of the frozen soup 130 and the body 110 is then put in the bowl 220 and heated by using the steam heater 210. The steam heats the frozen soup 130 and the body 110. The vegetables, meat and/or sea food can be raw, in this case, the time for operation of the steam heater 210 has to be prolonged. The exact time for cooking can be tested and calculated, and the data of cooking time is stored in a data base. The time of operation of the steam heater 210 can be controlled manually or by operation to buttons of the cooking machine 200.
In another embodiment, the frozen soup 130 can be made to have the hole 115 as the body 110, so that when the frozen soup 130 is put on the body 110 in the bowl 220, the steam heater 210 is inserted into the two respective holes 115 of the frozen soup 130 and the body 110 to cook the soup 220 and the body 110. The flavor of the soup 130 is merged into the body 110 to provide better flavor to the ingredients.
When cooking the dumplings 110a and the raviolis 110b by using the steam heater 210, no other utensil such as chop sticks or spoons so as to prevent the dumplings 110a and the raviolis 110b from being broken during cooking.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
