"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/oddly...31352020071017
>
> And now let's toast schnitzel!
> Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:00pm EDT
>
> BERLIN (Reuters) - Not enough time to fry your own schnitzel? A German
> firm has come up with a frozen version that can be cooked in a pop-up
> toaster in just three minutes.
>
> "We came up with them because increasingly people want something that's
> convenient," said Dietrich Gumppenberg, spokesman for meat-producer
> Toennies. "Who has time to go to the trouble of frying something
> themselves?"
>
> The toasted version is made of pork coated in bread crumbs. It is sold
> frozen and can be cooked in any toaster in three minutes.
>
> Toennies unveiled the product, which has been two years in the making, at
> a food and beverage fair in Cologne Wednesday.
>
> "There has been a great deal of interest," Gumppenberg said, adding that
> several large grocery chains, including some in China, are considering
> stocking them. "The schnitzels don't ooze grease or burn when you put them
> in the toaster."
>
> "But how exactly that works will remain a company secret. We're patenting
> our invention."
How do you clean the grease out of the toaster?