The microwave cooking without water was performed with a Panasonic 9. The ingredients would be cooked using a variety of processes, including extrusion processing, drum drying, pressure cooking, microwave cooking and infrared cooking techniques.
For an item to be an antique it has to be at least 100 years old. Read the differences between antique, vintage, and collectible item for more information. The Wedgwood Company keeps thorough records of all the designs they produce.
Since the defining moment went back about 100 years, the office defined an antique as something made over 100 years ago. Duty was collected on objects younger than the century-old divider, and it still is. The beauty of this definition is that it's so elastic, says Michael. As the years move forward, so does the cut-off date that delineates an antique. In a stroke of luck, the Customs Service ended up doing us all a favor, says Michael of the new industry standard. The one-hundred-year mark may be crude, but it's helpful. We tend to think in terms of centuries.