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| From Melbourne AMTA Conference/ Sightseeing |
So I'm back from Melbourne and it's been so long since I actually sat down at my pc and wrote a proper entry. I find myself wondering what on earth happened the past two weeks that led to such a severe deprivation of sleep that my head was pounding the whole of Tuesday.
It really didn't help that I had a presentation to do that Tuesday and no surprise, many things went wrong while I was preparing for it.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
When I got my marks back, my lecturer had drawn scribbles, black holes and wrote some cryptic message on my paper. And I got a crap mark, but at least I know he didn't draw those scribbles during my presentation- I saw him draw them during the presentation after me.
I actually have heaps to update about, but I shall leave the backlogs and move on to the burger review, because I have another two sitting in the freezer and it's really not as bad as what people think about it. But before that:
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
I shall post a random picture of the queen statue outside Townhall. She's looking rather dressed up.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
Double cheese burger! I know they sell this at petrol station (petrol is spelt with an "e" right? I know, despite English being my first language, I still get confused sometimes), but they are so overpriced! Franklins sells it for $2.99. Not sure how much a double cheeseburger is sold for at McD's, but $3 for a burger is not bad.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
Came frozen.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
With instructions. All it takes is 2.5 minutes in the microwave, out of the plastic wrapper of course, but on that special tray.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
They said it was flame grilled pattie, so those scorched marks had to be there.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
Overall appearance was quite nice- I'd have preferred my meat a little darker so you know it's been cooked through, cheese didn't melt totally but enough I guess (I put it in the microwave for 2.75 minutes just in case), no pickles, but a healthy amount of tomato sauce. Tasted pretty good actually, which is why I grabbed myself another two boxes.
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| From Weeks 40-43, 2010 |
Wow, the special tray had cracks in them, but it did deliver a crispy based burger, which is a nice surprise, because if you put bread or buns into the microwave, usually the bottom becomes soggy.
Shall come back and blog about Melbourne next time, but for now, I need to head off to work!
2 comments:
Maybe if you keep enough of those special trays you can line a plate with them so that when you heat up leftover pizza in the microwave they won't go so soggy...
From:http://www.asiafoodjournal.com/article-2493-goodbyetomicrowavehotspots-Asia.html
"A new feature is that the microwave can also be used to warm up crunchy products without making them soggy and soft. A revolution for the snack manufacturers. Spring rolls, fish fingers and other breadcrumbed products, but also chips, toast and pizza remain crisp thanks to cardboard packages with a metallised film or coating applied to the inside.
A new feature is that the microwave can also to warm up crunchy products without making them soggy and soft.
This type of film is called susceptor film. The built-in metal particles reflect the microwaves, thereby causing the temperature to rise sharply. An important aspect in the concept is that the steam must be removed adequately. For breadcrumbed products absorb this steam easily, causing them to lose their crispness.
Halma Packaging has a series of this type of packages in their product range, as representative of the Danish Trykko Pack. The susceptor film is applied to thin cardboard. The cardboard packages have holes allowing the steam to pass. For instance, there are round trays for pizzas and small sleeve-shaped coated cartons which are included in the packs of hotdogs and spring rolls. The metal particles form a pattern in the film so that the temperature does not rise indefinitely.
A ‘specialty cellophane’ is supplied to the fast food chain Big Al’s Express (UK) by UCB Films (UK). Inventor of the wrapping is Alert Packaging in Dublin.
The metallised film can be used to make a sealed pouch. The packaging has been chosen because of its excellent heat resistance. During cooking the temperature in the pouch may rise up to 220 to 250 degrees Celsius. The Quarter Pounder and Beef Burger in Bun are ready to eat, from frozen, in under four minutes. "
So you were kinda right about concentrating the microwave. Nice idea though I wouldn't keep the tray- too dirty, haha
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