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Like eating fries as you surf? Now, fry as you surf
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-23 08:47

A new cooking computer fries chips (French fries) to perfection. It's just the thing to complement your digital Turbo Schnitzelmaster. Both products were unveiled at Germany's largest restaurant industry trade fair recently.

With the digital potato frier, the operator - one could scarcely refer to a cook under these circumstances - merely chooses the desired degree of crispiness and adjusts the setting accordingly.

The Self-Cooking Centre, and other hi-tech kit for tomorrow's kitchen, was shown at Germany's Internorga restaurant industry trade fair in Hamburg recently.

Sensors monitor the humidity and temperature in the oven, which allows chips to be prepared without the usual fat.

Members of the public sampling the wares were impressed.

Internorga chef Joerg Schlottenbohm maintains that anyone can be a top cook under these circumstances.

The exhibition confirmed a trend that sees cooking becoming simpler, but the technology ever more complicated and expensive.

The coffee machine of the future, a Swiss model called Tiger, cleans itself and can be controlled via the Internet, so that fresh coffee is ready as you walk in.

An inventor in Bavaria has come up with something quite simple to tenderize meat.

The Schnitzelmaster, dreamed up by restaurateur Franz Kindermann, puts an end to bashing steaks with a mallet.

"It's a task for an idiot, but you don't let an idiot with a heavy mallet loose in any kitchen," Kindermann says.

His invention puts the meat through two plastic rollers, stretching and tenderizing it.

"It puts an end to the bashing, and the meat is in fact juicier," Kindermann says.

He has already sold around 2,000 of these simple gadgets all over the world, but has found that many chefs are put off by the fact that it is hand turned.

The new Schnitzelmaster Turbo version will thus have a small motor.



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