JP2009184712A - Container for microwave oven and its using method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a container for an microwave oven which is capable of cooking various kinds of noodles in a microwave oven, causes moisture to spread over the entire noodle and easily drain hot water from the noodle, and its using method. <P>SOLUTION: The container 1 for a microwave oven includes a container body 2, a lid 4 removably attached to the container body 2 and an Otoshi-buta (a small lid directly put on food in a pan) 3 put into the container body to press noodles in it. The Otoshi-buta is provided with a plurality of holes 6 and legs 5 at its bottom surface, and can be used as a hot water draining sieve and a base for putting the noodles. The lid is used as a container, the Otoshi-buta is placed on the lid, and the container body covers the lid. Thus, the container is used with the container body as the lid. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a microwave oven container for cooking noodles in a microwave oven and a method for using the same, and more particularly to a container capable of cooking various types of noodles in a microwave oven and a method for using the same.

  Many instant ramen and yakisoba are prepared by pouring hot water and loosening noodles. These noodles are sold in a state of being packed in a bag or in a dedicated container, and are widely used because of their ease.

Moreover, with the spread of microwave ovens, as a method for cooking instant noodles, a container for pouring water and heating it in a microwave oven instead of pouring hot water is also used. In particular, in the case of fried noodles, it is necessary to cut off the hot water, and a container for dealing with it is also considered as a conventional technique (see Patent Document 1).

The noodles as described above are mainly dry noodles, but in order to cook raw noodles such as fried noodles and spaghetti in a microwave oven, a container for a microwave oven that can be cooked with a small amount of water is also required.
JP 2006-34665 A

  However, when cooking instant noodles in a microwave oven, if a conventional microwave oven container is used, the noodles will rise when water and noodles are placed in the vessel, and the microwave oven heats the upper side of the noodles. This causes a problem that the entire noodle cannot absorb moisture sufficiently because only the lower side of the noodle absorbs moisture.

Although a container for solving such a problem is also considered, even if such a container can cope with cooking of dry noodles, raw noodles cannot be cooked with a small amount of water.

Therefore, when cooking instant noodles, especially dry noodles with a microwave oven, the present invention can spread moisture throughout the noodles and can cook raw noodles, spaghetti, etc. with a small amount of water An object of the present invention is to provide a container for a microwave oven and a method for using the same.

The microwave oven container of the present invention is a microwave oven container comprising a container main body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container main body, and a drop lid for pressing the noodles into the container main body from above. The drop lid is provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface, and can be used as a table on which hot water colander and noodles are placed. The lid is a container, the drop lid is placed on the lid, and the container body is covered with the lid. It can be used.

In addition, when the container body is used as a lid with a step provided on the side surface of the container body and the lower side is narrowed, when the drop lid is placed on the lid used as a container and the container body is capped, The edge of the drop lid can be pressed by the step portion of the container body.

The method of using the microwave oven container of the present invention is a microwave oven container comprising a container body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container body, and a drop lid provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface. ,
When cooking noodles in water, put the noodles in a container body, place the drop lid on the noodles, put water in the container body, fix the lid to the container body, When cooking by heating, if you need a hot water drainer, drain the hot water with the above drop lid,
When cooking noodles with a small amount of water, use the lid as a container, place the drop lid on the lid, place the noodle on the drop lid, put water into the lid to the bottom of the noodle, The main body is covered, cooking is performed by heating in the microwave oven, and finally the hot water is cut off with the dropping lid.

In addition, when the noodles are cooked with a small amount of water when a step is provided on the side surface of the container body and the noodles are cooked with a small amount of water, when the lid is covered with the container body, the edge of the drop lid is the step portion of the container body. It can be pressed down.

The microwave oven container of the present invention is a microwave oven container comprising a container main body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container main body, and a drop lid for pressing the noodles into the container main body from above. The drop lid is provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface, and can be used as a table on which hot water colander and noodles are placed. The lid is a container, the drop lid is placed on the lid, and the container body is covered with the lid. By being able to be used, the noodles can be prevented from rising, and the noodles can be uniformly moisturized to improve the texture of the noodles.

In addition, when the container body is used as a lid with a step provided on the side surface of the container body and the lower side is narrowed, when the drop lid is placed on the lid used as a container and the container body is capped, When the upper part of the hot water colander is pressed by the step portion of the container body, the hot water colander can be firmly fixed during cooking.

The method of using the microwave oven container of the present invention is a microwave oven container comprising a container body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container body, and a drop lid provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface. ,
When cooking noodles in water, put the noodles in a container body, place the drop lid on the noodles, put water in the container body, fix the lid to the container body, When cooking by heating, if you need a hot water drainer, drain the hot water with the above drop lid,
When cooking noodles with a small amount of water, use the lid as a container, place the drop lid on the lid, place the noodles on the drop lid, put water into the lid until near the bottom of the noodles, Cover with the main body, cook in the microwave oven and cook, and finally cut the hot water with the drop lid, various instant noodles, ramen, yakisoba or spaghetti etc. Further, the types of noodles can be cooked, and both dry and raw noodles can be cooked, and all kinds of noodles can be cooked.

Further, when the noodles are cooked with a small amount of water when a step is provided on the side surface of the container body and the noodles are cooked with a small amount of water, when the lid is covered with the container body, By making it hold down by the part, it becomes easier to use.

  The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the microwave oven container 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) is the whole, and (b) shows a state in which each part is separated.

  A container 1 for microwave oven of the present invention is a container for cooking various noodles (ramen, fried noodles, etc.) in a microwave oven, and as shown in FIG. And a lid 4 that can be detachably fixed to the edge of the container body 2.

The drop lid 3 is provided with a plurality of holes 6 as shown in FIG. 2 on the bottom surface, and further with legs 5 as shown in FIG. By providing the hole 6, the dropping lid 3 can be used as a hot water colander. The shape of the hole 6 is not limited to the shape shown in the figure, and the shape, size, and number of pieces that can be drained can be appropriately selected.

The container 1 for microwave ovens of the present invention has a structure in which the lid 4 can be used as a container and the container body 2 can be used as a lid. When the lid 4 is used as a container, the drop lid 3 is used as a table on which noodles are placed. Specific usage will be described in detail later.

Although it does not specifically limit about the material of the container 1 for microwave ovens of this invention, In order to use it with a microwave oven, it is preferable to use heat resistant PP. Moreover, since the container 1 for microwave ovens of this invention can also be used repeatedly, it is preferable to use the material which not only has the above heat resistance but has predetermined durability. Further, the planar shape is not particularly limited, and can be a rectangular shape as well as a circular shape as shown in the figure.

A microwave oven container 1 ′ according to a second embodiment different from the microwave oven container 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the microwave oven container 1 ′, and is a cross-sectional view of the state where the lid 3 is used as a container.

As shown in FIG. 3, the microwave container 1 ′ includes a container body 2, a drop lid 3 ′ that can be accommodated inside the container body 2, and a lid 4 that can be detachably fixed to the edge of the container body 2. Consists of The container body 2 and the lid 4 have the same shape as in the first embodiment, but the shape of the drop lid 3 ′ is different from the shape of the drop lid 3 in the first embodiment.

In the present embodiment, when the lid 4 is used as a container, the drop lid 3 ′ is placed on the lid 4 and the container body 2 is covered as shown in FIG. 3. At this time, in order to hold down the drop lid 3 ′ by the container body 2, the height of the drop lid 3 ′ is increased, and the edge of the drop lid 3 ′ is pressed by a stepped portion provided on the container body 2. .

With such a structure, when the lid 4 is used as a container, the dropping lid 3 'can be firmly fixed.

  Next, the usage method of the container for microwave ovens of this invention is demonstrated. First, the case where cooking is performed using the container body 2 as a container and the noodle 7 immersed in water using the container 1 for microwave oven of the first embodiment will be described.

Here, the case of cooking dry noodles will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 4A, noodles 7 are placed on the bottom of the container body 2. Then, the dropping lid 3 is placed on the noodle 7 as shown in FIG.

When the dropping lid 3 is placed, water is poured into the container body 2. At this time, so that the noodle 7 is completely immersed in water, water is poured until the water surface 10 is higher than the bottom surface of the dropping lid 3 and does not overflow from the container body 2 when heated. 4 (see FIG. 4C). At this time, the noodle 7 tends to float from the bottom of the container body 2 due to buoyancy, but the noodle 7 does not float on the water surface 10 because it is pressed by the drop lid 3.

In this state, the microwave oven container 1 is placed in a microwave oven and heated at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time. Even during heating, as described above, the noodle 7 is held by the drop lid 3 (see FIG. 5A), so that the noodle 7 is not exposed from the water surface 10, and the noodle 7 Moisture is absorbed throughout.

When the microwave oven is finished, the microwave container 1 is taken out of the microwave oven, the lid 4 and the dropping lid 3 are removed, and as shown in FIG. The cooking of the noodle 7 is completed.

As described above, by using the drop lid 3, moisture can be uniformly contained in the entire noodle 7, and the texture of the noodle can be improved.

When the noodles 7 are noodles that require hot water cutting such as fried noodles, after the heating by the microwave oven is finished, the container 1 for microwave oven is taken out of the microwave oven, the lid 4 and the dropping lid 3 are removed, and FIG. As shown to (a), the noodle 7 is moved from the said container main body 2 to the said drop lid 3, and a hot water draining is performed.

After the hot water is drained, the noodle 7 is transferred from the dropping lid 3 to the container body 2. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), when the sauce 11 and the kaki 12 are sprinkled on the noodle 7, the cooking of the noodle 7 is completed.

Thus, the container 1 for microwave ovens of the present invention can cook noodles regardless of the presence or absence of hot water. Here, the method of using the microwave oven container 1 of the first embodiment has been described, but the microwave oven container 1 ′ of the second embodiment can also be used in the same manner.

  Next, the case where the noodle 7 is cooked with a small amount of water when the noodle 7 is raw noodle will be described. Here, a method of using the microwave oven container 1 ′ of the second embodiment and using the lid 4 as a container will be described.

Here, since the lid 4 is used as a container, first, the drop lid 3 ′ is set on the lid 4 as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, the noodle 7 is placed on the dropping lid 3 '.

When the noodle 7 is placed, water is poured into the lid 4. At this time, water is poured to such a level that the water surface 10 is slightly higher than the bottom surface of the dropping lid 3 and the bottom of the noodle 7 is slightly immersed in water, and the container body 2 is covered (FIG. 7C). reference). At this time, the drop lid 3 ′ is pressed by the container body 2. Thus, in order to prevent the noodle 7 from being completely immersed in water, the drop lid 3 ′ is provided with a space for the water to be provided with the legs 5.

In this state, the microwave oven container 1 ′ is placed in a microwave oven and heated at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time. By heating, water boils and evaporates to cook the noodle 7 (see FIG. 8A).

When heating by the microwave oven is finished, the container 1 ′ for the microwave oven is taken out from the microwave oven, the container body 2 is removed, and the noodle 7 placed on the dropping lid 3 ′ is removed as shown in FIG. 8 (b). Transfer to the container body. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when the sauce 11 and the kakiku 12 are sprinkled on the noodle 7, the cooking of the noodle 7 is completed.

As described above, by using the dropping lid 3 ′ as a table on which the noodles 7 are placed, raw noodles such as fried noodles can be cooked with little water in the microwave oven container of the present invention. Here, the use method has been described using the microwave oven container 1 ′ of the second embodiment, but the microwave oven container 1 of the first embodiment can be used in substantially the same manner.

As described above, the microwave oven container according to the present invention uses a drop lid that can be used to place hot water colander or noodles, so that the entire noodles are uniformly moisturized to improve the texture of the noodles. As well as being able to cook various kinds of noodles such as ramen, fried noodles, raw noodles and dry noodles, use it as a very convenient microwave oven container that can cook various kinds of noodles in one container. Can do.

It is sectional drawing of the container for microwave ovens of the 1st Embodiment of this invention, (a) is the whole, (b) is the state which isolate | separated each part. It is a top view of a drop lid. It is sectional drawing of the container for microwave ovens of 2nd Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the usage method of the container for microwave ovens, (a) is the state which put the noodles in the container main body, (b) is the state which dropped on the noodles, and put the lid | cover, (c) It is sectional drawing which shows the state which carried out. It is sectional drawing which shows the usage method of the container for microwave ovens, (a) is a state in the middle of cooking with a microwave oven, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which has put soup and crisp. It is sectional drawing which shows the usage method of the container for microwave ovens, (a) is the state which has dropped and drained hot water with a lid | cover, (b) is sectional drawing which has shown the state which has put the sauce and glazing. It is sectional drawing which shows the usage method of the container for microwave ovens, (a) is the state which dropped and put the lid, (b) the state which dropped and put the noodles on the lid, (c) the state which put water and put the lid It is sectional drawing shown. It is sectional drawing which shows the usage method of the container for microwave ovens, (a) is a state which is cooking in a microwave oven, (b) is sectional drawing which shows the state which has moved the noodles to the container main body. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which has put the soup and the quick after heating with a microwave oven.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container for microwave oven 3 Container body 3 Drop lid 4 Lid 5 Leg 6 Hole 7 Noodle 8 Soup 9 Bright 10 Water surface 11 Sauce 12 Bright

Claims (4)

A container for a microwave oven comprising a container body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container body, and a drop lid for pressing the noodles into the container body from above,
The drop lid is provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface, and can also be used as a table on which hot water colander and noodles are placed.
A microwave oven container, wherein the lid is a container, the lid is dropped on the lid, the lid is used, and the container body is covered. When the container body is used as a lid with a step provided on the side surface of the container body, and the container body is used as a lid, the drop lid is placed on the lid used as a container and the container body is capped. The microwave oven container according to claim 1, wherein an edge of the microwave oven is pressed by a step portion of the container body. A method of using a container for a microwave oven comprising a container body, a lid that can be detachably fixed to the container body, and a drop lid provided with a plurality of holes and legs on the bottom surface,
When cooking noodles in water, put the noodles in a container body, place the drop lid on the noodles, put water in the container body, fix the lid to the container body, When cooking by heating, if you need a hot water drainer, perform the hot water drainer with the above lid,
When cooking noodles with a small amount of water, use the lid as a container, place the drop lid on the lid, place the noodles on the drop lid, put water into the lid until near the bottom of the noodles, A method for using a container for a microwave oven, comprising: covering with a main body, heating and cooking with the microwave oven, and finally draining hot water with the dropping lid. When the side of the container body is provided with a step and the lower side is narrowed, and the noodles are cooked with less water, when the container body is covered, the edge of the drop lid is pressed down by the step portion of the container body The use method of the container for microwave ovens of Claim 2 characterized by these.

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