The present invention is directed to heat stable food ingredient compositions, ready to eat substantially sealed filled food products incorporating them, and methods of manufacturing said food products. Such food ingredient compositions include fillings which may be incorporated within one or more other components of a complex food prior to any of a variety of cooking steps required to manufacture various ready to eat filled food products from such components.

The present invention is directed to heat stable food ingredient compositions, ready to eat substantially sealed filled food products incorporating them, and methods of manufacturing said food products. Such food ingredient compositions include fillings which may be incorporated within one or more other components of a complex food prior to any of a variety of cooking steps required to manufacture various ready to eat filled food products from such components.

A method of commercial mass producing a dough product having a desired design formed thereon comprises directing a rope of dough along a conveyor, the rope of dough including an outer surface, creating a series of distorted initial designs upon successive regions of the outer surface of the rope and reshaping (e.g., cutting or crimping) the rope into individual food pieces. The initial designs created upon the dough rope are distorted in relation to the desired final designs. An individual food piece formed by the reshaping includes a periphery within which at least one of the distorted designs is transformed into the desired design by the reshaping.

A method of commercial mass producing a dough product having a desired design formed thereon comprises directing a rope of dough along a conveyor, the rope of dough including an outer surface, creating a series of distorted initial designs upon successive regions of the outer surface of the rope and reshaping (e.g., cutting or crimping) the rope into individual food pieces. The initial designs created upon the dough rope are distorted in relation to the desired final designs. An individual food piece formed by the reshaping includes a periphery within which at least one of the distorted designs is transformed into the desired design by the reshaping.

A optical communication system including a source device and an endpoint device. The source device include an array of laser diodes and is configured to drive the laser diodes to project a sequence of patterns into the field of view of the source device to define a set of serially-projected codes, each of which isolated to one respective angular division of the field of view of the source device. The endpoint device receives a serially-projected code from the source device which varies based which angular division of the field of view of the source device is occupied by the endpoint device.

A optical communication system including a source device and an endpoint device. The source device include an array of laser diodes and is configured to drive the laser diodes to project a sequence of patterns into the field of view of the source device to define a set of serially-projected codes, each of which isolated to one respective angular division of the field of view of the source device. The endpoint device receives a serially-projected code from the source device which varies based which angular division of the field of view of the source device is occupied by the endpoint device.

A stuffed waffle utensil and related methods of use that facilitate cooking, removal and handling of a stuffed waffle. The stuffed waffle utensil can include a ring-style utensil having a handle portion and a perimeter ring portion. The perimeter ring portion can define a circular wall between an upper wall surface and a lower surface. The lower surface can define an interior flange and aperture or alternatively, the bottom surface can define a continuous surface defining a grid pattern. The handle portion can be attached to an exterior surface of the circular wall such that it projects outwardly away from the circular wall. The handle portion can define a grip portion intended to make handling easy for a user.

A stuffed waffle utensil and related methods of use that facilitate cooking, removal and handling of a stuffed waffle. The stuffed waffle utensil can include a ring-style utensil having a handle portion and a perimeter ring portion. The perimeter ring portion can define a circular wall between an upper wall surface and a lower surface. The lower surface can define an interior flange and aperture or alternatively, the bottom surface can define a continuous surface defining a grid pattern. The handle portion can be attached to an exterior surface of the circular wall such that it projects outwardly away from the circular wall. The handle portion can define a grip portion intended to make handling easy for a user.