Packaging of frozen pie or equivalent to reconstitute

摘要

A package for reconstituting a frozen foodstuff, such as a pot pie, formed from a precooked, lossy material filler food (60) having a preselected depth and covered with a layer of uncooked dough (80) which comprises a dish-shaped receptacle (10) formed of a microwave impervious material with a cavity (40) for the foodstuff and a peripheral rim (50) whereby the filler material within the cavity is shielded from direct microwave exposure except through the dough layer and a flat, self-sustaining essentially rigid microwave susceptor sheet (20) with an outer shape generally matching the shape of the rim of the receptacle wherein the susceptor sheet is supported on the dough in parallel, heat conducting relationship with the upper surface (82) of the dough and is spaced from the rim by the dough. The susceptor sheet includes a thin metallized layer (104) on a plastic film (102) laminated to a paperboard (100).