A microwavable fried food product is prepared that possesses the crispiness of a restaurant-quality or conventional oven-cooked fried food product without employing special packaging during the microwaving process. The projection system can synthesize color for projectable images by combining or otherwise using the subsets of light patterns with an array of color elements to produce projectable images with color in at least the visible spectrum. The pressure wave generator can include a transducer coupled to a medium. At a rear side of the cathode is provided a filament.