摘要:
A method and apparatus for introducing a fluid such as brine into pierceable, fluid-permeable bodies, such as meat bodies, moving along a predetermined path. The fluid is being introduced through an arrangement of hollow needles reciprocating into and out of engagement with the meat bodies and having fluid discharge openings adjacent to the needle points. The reciprocating movement is preferably performed at a substantially uniform rate without any considerable dwelling when the movement of the needles penetrated into the meat bodies is reversed. A number of stripping members arranged in side-by-side relationship are preferably separately movable up and down in relation to the conveyor so as to prevent the meat bodies from following the needles when they are moved out of engagement with said bodies. Means may be provided for interrupt supply of fluid to the needles as soon as they have been moved out of engagement with all of the meat bodies and to resume supply of fluid or brine immediately before one or more of the needles penetrate into the highest body. Furthermore, means may be provided for indicating clogging of one or more of the needles and for facilitating replacement of the same.
摘要:
An improved minced meat product is obtained by (a) chopping a meat into individual pieces the ratio of whose volume to surface area is less than or equal to 1, (b) curing the pieces with a salt material such as sodium chloride, (c) adjusting the fat content of the cured pieces to one of between 12-20 percent, (d) mincing the cured meat of adjusted fat content to form a minced binder component, (e) mincing a coarse component, and (f) mixing both minced components while maintaining their temperature below 22*C. This method avoids denaturation of the meat proteins and separation of jelly and fat from the meat, and also enables subsequent preservation at unusually high temperatures.
摘要:
A method of an apparatus for injecting a preservative or pickle such as brine into foods through injection needles or nozzles and by which the food is compressed and the injection made under simultaneous expansion of the food, said process being carried out in an apparatus with a closed chamber from which the food after the injection is moved directly to a container without allowing any substance of nutritious value to escape from the food.