JPH1156279A - Frozen noodle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a frozen noodles that can be easily frozen and readily thawed with usual implements in a usual manner. SOLUTION: This frozen noodle 1 is formed roughly in a cylindrical shape, and not conventionally tabular. Further, a hole 11 is bored at the center axis in common. Accordingly, the frozen noodle can be readily placed in the pot and can be readily heated with hot water from the inside of the hole 11 whereby the frozen noodle can be efficiently restored in a shortened time. Due to the same reasons, the noodle can be efficiently frozen in a shortened time, when it is produced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to frozen noodles in which raw noodles or boiled noodles are frozen in bundles and returned with hot water or the like at the time of use. The present invention relates to frozen noodles that can be frozen and are easy to freeze.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Noodles such as udon, ramen, Japanese noodles, etc. are raw noodles or boiled noodles, then frozen, boiled or boiled or boiled to make boiled noodles, or eaten back. Frozen noodles are used. Frozen noodles can be served for one to three people (100 to 300 g)
Are bundled in a plastic bag or the like. When such frozen noodles are used in a restaurant, for example, the frozen noodles taken out of a plastic bag are put into a so-called "tebo", soaked in hot water, thawed and heated. FIG. 3 shows an example of the grain. The lever 3 shown in FIG. 3 is generally used in a dining room or a so-called standing noodle shop. The lever 3 is composed of a metal zigzag portion 31 having a hemispherical bottom surface and a cylindrical side surface, and a wooden grip portion 32 attached to the side surface of the zigzag portion 31 and protruding upward. Put noodles in zaru part 31, hold grip part 32 by hand, warm noodles while shaking and stirring with chopsticks in soaked part 31 in noodles, raise from noodles when noodles warm, and shake To drain the water.

[0003]

The conventional frozen noodles 33 are:
It is frozen in a flat rectangular shape, and as it is frozen,
Particularly, in the case of a large bundle such as 300 g, the bundle sometimes did not enter the zigzag portion 31 as shown. In order to solve this, it seems very simple to use a large warp, but a large warp is difficult to handle, and if the warp is large, for example, it is necessary to put it in a boiling pot at the same time Since the number of steps that can be made is limited to a smaller number, there is a limit to increasing the size. In addition, although it seems that such a square-shaped, specially shaped frozen noodle has an elongated and deformed opening, it is also commercially available.However, it is still difficult to handle compared to the cylindrical bottom with a rounded bottom. There is a problem that can not handle noodles that are not. That is, in a general cafeteria or the like, a combination of fresh noodles or boiled and chilled noodles and frozen noodles is often used. For example, during busy hours such as breakfast and dinner, quickly put out raw noodles and boiled noodles with hot water, and at other times thaw frozen noodles even if it takes relatively long time, etc. is there. Therefore, it is complicated to prepare and use two types of warps which can be used only for one of them, and the equipment is expensive.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide frozen noodles which can be thawed with a normal lever and can be easily frozen. Another object of the present invention is to provide frozen noodles that are easy to remove from a mold after freezing. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a frozen noodle which can be easily frozen into a fixed shape. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a frozen noodle which can be frozen efficiently.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a bunch of noodles in which a substantially cylindrical hole is formed along a central axis, and a substantially cylindrical hole is formed. The frozen noodles were configured so as to have a bent shape and / or a donut shape. By adopting such a shape, the conventional rectangular frozen noodles cannot be put into the pot or are difficult, but can be put into the pot and thawed easily.
In addition, since a cylindrical hole is formed along the central axis, compared to a case where the shape is frozen into a simple sphere, a cylinder, or a cube, for example, hot water can enter the hole and be thawed in a shorter time. . Under the same circumstances, of course, the time required for freezing can be reduced. Here, the noodles are usually made up of one serving to three servings (about 100 to 300 g), but the amount of noodles contained in one bunch can be varied depending on the type and purpose of the noodles. The noodles may be boiled noodles obtained by boiling raw noodles as long as they are not heated after being beaten. The types of noodles are typically udon, ramen and Japanese soba, but are not limited to these.

[0006] The generally cylindrical and substantially cylindrical holes of the frozen noodle according to the present invention are preferably tapered in opposite directions. Such a taper is formed by a shape that opens wide as it goes upward of a mold used for freezing frozen noodles, and it is easy to put noodles by using this mold, and it is easy to take out after freezing. Become. The approximate shape of the tapered frozen noodles can be substantially conical, and the tapered holes can be substantially conical. In order to facilitate removal from the mold, the outline and the conical shape of the hole are reversed in the direction of the bottom and the vertex.

[0007] The mold used for freezing is preferably a substantially cylindrical container having a substantially cylindrical upright portion erected from the bottom along the central axis, and one bundle of noodles is placed in this container. Filling,
By freezing the noodles while being stored in the container, the frozen noodles can be easily formed into a fixed shape. At this time,
When the standing portion of the container is hollow and the upper and lower surfaces are open, freezing can be performed from the standing portion, and efficient freezing is possible.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing one embodiment of a frozen noodle according to the present invention together with its mold.

In FIG. 1, a frozen noodle 1 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a substantially cylindrical hole 1 through which an upper surface and a bottom surface pass.
1 is formed in an empty shape. The substantially cylindrical shape of the outline and the substantially cylindrical shape of the hole have a common central axis a. This frozen noodle 1 can also be described as having a donut shape.
The frozen noodles 1 are frozen in bundles, and a bundle is usually from one serving to three servings (about 100 to about 300 g), but may be more or less. Generally, noodles are prepared by boiling raw noodles, boiled noodles, and then freezing them. However, it is also possible to freeze raw noodles as they are. As the equipment and apparatus used for freezing, those used for conventional frozen noodles other than molds can be applied. Although not shown,
The plurality of noodles constituting the frozen noodles 11 do not need to form a roll centering on the holes 11 and are entangled irregularly like ordinary frozen noodles.

The frozen noodle 1 having such a shape is molded using the container 2 as a mold. Since the boiled noodles are put in the container 2, the container 2 is preferably made of a material that does not deform at least in the range of −30 to 100 ° C. Here, the container 2 is made of thin styrene and the frozen noodle 1 is removed from the mold. The surface is corrugated (not shown) so as to be easily detached.

The container 2 has a cylindrical upright portion 21 extending from a bottom surface to a position directly upward along a central axis a. The upright portion 21 is hollow, and the lower portion and the upper portion are open. Thereby, when freezing the noodles put in the container 2, cold air can pass vertically through the standing portion 21, and the frozen noodles 1 are cooled from the inner surface of the hole 11, so that the noodles 1 are more efficient in a short time. The frozen noodles 1 can be manufactured.

The diameter of the container 2 increases as it goes upward, while the diameter of the upright portion 21 becomes smaller as it goes downward. Therefore, the general cylindrical shape of the frozen noodle 1 produced by the container 2 is tapered downward, and the cylindrical shape of the hole 11 is tapered upward. Due to this taper, frozen noodles 1
Into the container 2 and can be easily removed from the container 2.

The tapered cylindrical shape can be said to be conical. In this case, the general shape of the cone is that the upper side is the bottom surface and the lower side is apex, and the conical shape of the hole 11 is conversely the lower side is the bottom surface and the upper side is the vertex. It is configured to be. The size of the container 2 is, for example, such that the outer diameter of the upper end is 105 mm and the inner diameter is 95 m.
m, the diameter of the bottom surface is about 85 mm, the height is about 50 mm, the diameter of the upper end of the standing portion 21 is 25 mm, and the height is 45 mm.

The frozen noodle 1 is formed as follows.
First, a certain amount of boiled noodles is filled in the container 2. The noodles are frozen while being stored in the container 2, and when completely frozen, the noodles are removed from the container 2. The container 2 can be used repeatedly. The removed frozen noodles 1 are put into a plastic bag, for example, one bundle at a time, and are transported to a customer such as a dining room while being frozen.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a state in which the frozen noodle 1 shown in FIG. 1 is put in a barred portion 31 of the fly 3 shown in FIG. A part of the part 31 of the lever 3 is omitted.

As can be seen from FIG. 2, the frozen noodles 1
It can be easily accommodated in the corner portion 31 and, unlike the conventional plate-shaped frozen one in the form of a square, is a normal lever 3
Can be returned using. When the part 31 of the lever 3 is immersed in boiling water, the frozen noodles 1 are returned by the boiling water. At this time, the boiling water is added to the inner surface of the hole 11 in addition to the generally cylindrical upper surface, lower surface, and peripheral surface of the frozen noodles 1. Therefore, the frozen noodles can be returned efficiently in a shorter time than when frozen noodles are frozen into, for example, a spherical shape or a cubic shape.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be appropriately modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0018]

As described above, according to the frozen noodle according to the present invention, the frozen noodle can be thawed by a normal lever and is easily frozen. In addition, since the general shape and the hole are tapered or substantially conical, it is easy to take out from the mold after freezing. Furthermore, by using a container, it can be easily frozen into a fixed shape, and furthermore, by making the standing portion of the container hollow and opening the upper and lower noodles, it is possible to freeze more efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a frozen noodle according to the present invention together with a container serving as a mold.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway side view showing a state in which the frozen noodle of FIG. 1 is put into a lever.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a normal lever and a conventional frozen noodle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Frozen noodle 11 hole 2 Container 21 Standing part 3 Tebo 31 Zappa part 32 Grip part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A frozen noodle, wherein each bundle of noodles has a substantially cylindrical shape and a substantially cylindrical hole along a central axis. 2. The frozen noodle according to claim 1, wherein the substantially cylindrical shape and the substantially cylindrical hole are tapered in opposite directions. 3. Filling a bundle of noodles into a substantially cylindrical container having a substantially cylindrical upright portion erected from the bottom along a central axis,
The frozen noodle according to claim 1, wherein the frozen noodle is formed by freezing the noodle while being stored in a container. 4. The standing portion of the container is hollow,
The frozen noodle according to claim 3, wherein upper and lower surfaces are open. 5. Frozen noodles characterized by having a donut shape for each bundle of noodles. 6. A frozen noodle wherein each bundle of noodles has a substantially conical shape and a substantially conical hole formed along a central axis. 7. The frozen noodle according to claim 6, wherein the substantially conical hole has a substantially conical shape in which the direction of the bottom and the apex is opposite to that of the general substantially conical shape.