SANDWICH HAVING AN EDIBLE CASING LINK

• Main Authors: AN, LI, GLYNN, RANDY, SWIGART, KYLE B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.06.2013
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEAT TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A food product having a pre-cooked loose meat filling along with a seasoning mix is provided in an edible casing. The edible casing is filled with the pre-cooked loose meat filling and the seasoning mix to produce a filled casing that is subsequently cooked to produce a meat link. The food product also may have a raw meat batter that is combined with the pre-cooked loose meat filling and filled into the edible casing along with the pre-cooked loose meat filling prior to subsequent cooking of the meat link. The pre-cooked loose meat filling may include discrete, not fully ground meat material including meat finely chopped, diced, chunks, shred, and splinters of meat, Alternatively, the pre-cooked loose meat filling may include cooked ground meat, though the pre-cooked loose meat filling will still have individual pieces larger than an emulsified product.