Microwavable french fries are prepared by with at least one step in which potato strips are treated in a hot water solution containing starch to form a starch layer in the top surface layer of the potato strips, and by subsequent frying and freezing. A box for cooking the microwave french fries includes top, bottom and side panels that have at least one susceptor board substantially covering them. Prepared potato strips are oriented in the box during packing to be parallel and the box opened and...

An improved extended mounting bracket for a french fry press. The mounting bracket generally comprises a back plate with two opposing protruding side brackets. The side brackets are integrally attached along the opposing edges of the back plate by welding or the like. Both side brackets are formed with upper and lower notches adapted to slidably receive and anchor a conventional french fry press. The extended mounting bracket extends the french fry press over a proper waste receptacle such as a ...

An espagnolette or espagnolette-lock for a door or the like, having a control mechanism including, on the one hand, a springy mechanism for automatically restoring a operating rod into locking position and, on the other hand, a locking device capable of maintaining this operating rod in its unlocked position upon opening of the leaf. The locking device consists of a lever fitted in the casing, about a spindle perpendicular to the plane of the latter, so as to be capable of tilting between an ina...

A potato product includes potato pieces possessing unique color characteristics through the addition of a food grade color selected from, individually or in combination; xanthine, monoazo, pyrazolone, triphenylmethane, or indigoid color compounds or aluminum salts of xanthine, monoazo, pyrazolone, triphenylmethane and indigoid color compounds extended on a substratum of alumina hydrate. The potato pieces can be formed potato pieces produced by, for example, extruding a potato mixture in which is...

A system for automatically filling cans with elongated products, comprising a chamber for filling an empty can and located above the can in a stationary filling position and a device for projecting successive groups of parallel elongated products through a side opening of the chamber as the filling chamber is moving downwards, the invention being in particular applicable to the filling of cans with French beans or carrots.

The present invention provides improved compositions for coating of potato strip products having an as is solids content which comprises not less than about 20% by weight ungelatinized crosslinked tapioca starch.

A type of semiconductor device with a configuration characterized by the fact that an electroconductive film (90) is formed beforehand in connection to step (54a) of insulating film (54), and an electroconductive layer (63) with step from the aforementioned electroconductive film is coated to form the side contact of the memory cell. Even in the case when breakage takes place in electroconductive layer (63), the electrical conduction is still maintained via substrate electroconductive film (90),...

A frozen French fry potato product is made by applying to exterior surfaces of partially fried French fries or the like, that have been frozen, a thin coating of fat which enables oven reconstitution by the consumer to simulate deep fat frying. Such coating is preferably applied by spraying minute globules of liquid oil or fat onto the frozen surfaces, resulting in a discontinuous but substantially uniform and visually unobtrusive coating of solidified oil or fat globules superficially adherent ...

A toy includes a clam shell case having a hingedly coupled base and cover member which in the open configuration supports the remaining toy components. A hand crank operated shredder is securable to the open case and is operative to receive and shred a plurality of chewing gum sticks to form elongated ribbons of chewing gum. A holder replicating a conventional fast food french fry envelope or carton receives the chewing gum ribbons to provide the appearance of a pair of french fry orders from a ...

The present invention provides a self-adhesive tip guide application device for applying tip guides during a French manicure. The present invention allows the user to use both hands in applying the guides to a nail. The device includes an elongated frame having a series of arms extending substantially perpendicularly away from the frame. Each arm contains at least one releasably secured arch-shaped tip guide. The frame also contains a releasably-secured release liner. When removed, the frame can...