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Article: Full steam ahead. (high-pressure steamers)(Column)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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FROM HIGH-PRESSURE TO VACUUM, STEAMERS ARE THE KEY TO SPEEDY, EFFICIENT AND HEALTHFUL COOKING.
Picture orders like this streaming into your kitchen: eggs Benedict for 800; hot dogs for 20,000; Southwestern spaghetti for 3,800; dim sum dumplings for 2,000. By the way, there's only an hour window to serve it all.
"When you need to get a huge amount of hot food out in a short period of time, steamers are the only way to go," says Sarah Ferranto, a menu-concept development specialist for the Well Bread Division of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sportservice.
Many operators find it hard to beat steam for flexibility. It defrosts, warms and cooks without ...