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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4871565 | Method of producing retort packaged fish A method of producing retort food comprises the steps of subjecting broiled fish to hot-water processing in hot water at a temperature of 65° to 98° C. for 10 to 150 seconds; enclosing the resulting broiled fish in a packaging container in a sealing man... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4859481 | Method for producing fruit chips A method for producing banana chips which retain the inherent taste of fresh banana, have excellent appearance without quality repairment due to drying and without any browning. This method comprises the steps of (a) cutting bananas into small pieces; (b)... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4844938 | Method for producing roux A method for producing roux by drying flour until the moisture thereof is reduced to 0.5 to 10% by weight, adding fats and oils having a melting point of not more than 55° C. in a weight ratio of flour/fats and oils being of 1/5 to 1/0.25 and then heatin... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4842872 | Method of producing retort food A method of producing retort food comprises the steps of enclosing and sealing in a packaging container meat such as animal meat or fish meat broiled with a flavoring liquid containing a soy component in such a manner that the content of amino nitrogen or... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4809596 | Apparatus for swelling and drying foods under reduced pressure An apparatus for swelling and drying foods under reduced pressure in which the apparatus comprises a reduced pressure treating chamber connected to a vacuum pump directly or through a reservoir tank, a drying chamber having a pressure reducing means, a he... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4597945 | Sterilization apparatus A sterilization apparatus suitable for sterilizing food and medicines containing solid particles, which comprises a forcing device, a sterilizer, a backpressure tank and a backpressure device. The sterilization apparatus is sterilized beforehand under app... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4559963 | System for feeding liquid substances Two or more sets of liquid substance feed means are provided each which consists of a supply device, a transport pipe and a delivery pump. These feed means are connected through a valve to a single transport pipe and back pressure devices are provided in ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4537789 | Process for preparing retort tofu An improved process for preparing retort tofu, wherein the rate of rise in temperature, at the center of a raw material for retort tofu, is adjusted within a desired range during the term from the initiation of the retort treatment to an inflection point.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4524080 | Method of improving quality of wheat flour A novel method for improving the quality of wheat flour, wherein the novelty resides in bringing the wheat flour into contact with a non-equilibrium plasma. The dough prepared from the wheat flour processed by this method exhibits an improved viscoelastic... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4483879 | Method of preparing dried noodles A method for producing dried instant noodles containing less than 15% moisture as a final product. It is characterized by dehydrating raw noodles containing 35-45% moisture using super-heated steam and adjusting evaporation of water from the noodles at th... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4382967 | Method for preparing porous saccharide granules and foods therefrom Porous saccharide granules prepared by moistening saccharide granules and heating to crystallize the granules said porous granules having oil adsorbed therein and cake mixes and soups prepared with the use of said porous granules.... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4348421 | Process for reconstituting dehydrated food A utensil for reconstituting a two-component dehydrated dish includes three approximately cup-shaped container members having each a bottom wall and an annular wall transverse to the bottom wall and bounding an open side of the member opposite the bottom ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4279932 | Edible laminar sheet material and method of preparation A food product comprising a laminar sheet material comprising two edible sheets of different swelling properties, the two edible sheets being bonded together along at least a portion of the surfaces of the sheets. At least one of the sheets is capable of ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4267199 | Noodle soup mix A convenience food composed of dehydrated noodles and two packages of soup, the first soup being capable of maintaining the pH value of the liquid obtained after boiling the noodles with the soup at more than 7, and a second soup having an acidity suffici... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4234617 | Method for preparing instant cooking noodles Instant cooking noodles are prepared from a dough comprising a cereal flour and a hydrolyzate of a starch derived from a root or stalk of a plant having a D.E. of 1 to 10. The dough is rolled into a sheet having a thickness of less than 2 mm, the sheet is... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4096286 | Stable precursor for making an edible gel, and method of making and using the same A mixture of pectin, an edible mono- or disaccharide, an edible organic acid, an edible salt of an organic acid, and at least one further ingredient of the group consisting of fruit pulp, fruit juice, syrup, flavoring agents, coloring agents, and water, w... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4056566 | Acidic edible pectin hydrogel containing colloidally dispersed protein and metaphosphate ions for preventing coagulation of the protein An edible pectin hydrogel containing a colloidally dispersed protein for improved texture, and enough of an edible acid as a taste improving agent to cause coagulation of the protein, is stabilized by a content of sodium metaphosphate.... | 11/01/1977 |
