Quite a comprehensive, and entertaining, review board. I never eat this type of meal, but I suppose there are lots out there who do. I can relate to this comment after having tried frozed pad thai one time a couple years ago (I nearly ran for the bathroom to hug the toilet):
A great frozen Pad Thai is kind of like angels or wood nymphs. You maintain a secret, romantic hope that it/they is/are out there, but you know it’s a longer shot than Moses parting the Red Sea.
I remember my sister and I fighting over who got the last Banquet chicken nugget and corn dinner. Good times!
The three meals I looked at were things you could whip up in nearly the time it takes to nuke the boxes. Make a big batch and freeze to nuke several meals later.
Why anyone would buy this stuff instead of making it is beyond me.
Except for the part where you throw on 2 1/2 cups of cheese. That's good very bad.
Why would anyone take the time to write/read the reviews instead of cooking real food????
I've never had a frozen meal that didn't taste like crap....
That's because you're such a miserable bastard the tv dinner turns to ashes in your mouth! ;p
ok, that's true too...
Any other fossils out there who remember the foil-wrapped TV dinners you had to cook in the oven? And peel the foil back from the apple cobbler?
Mmmm-hmmmm
Oh my yes.
Especially the turkey, or the fried chikin.
Certified bachelor chow of the first order.
I was very disappointed when they replaced the foil wrapping with that crinkly plastic stuff.
I liked the way the original TV dinners came in a box that looked like a TV.
Of course, the only proper dessert after TV dinners was Jiffy-Pop. Watching the baby-sitter make the stuff, with a jet of steam coming from the growing, magically-untwisting foil package was a thrill in and of itself.
That said, I semi-willingly actually eat the things reviewed on the site, 'cause I have often have no time to cook and only a 30-minute lunch break. Good site for future reference, argh.
I bet there would be a market for classic TV dinners. Aluminum trays covered in aluminum foil. Limited edition.
I bought a box of limited edition Alpha-Bits a few weeks ago.
When I was a young teenager, I went through a phase of eating Swanson Salisbury Steak dinners.
The very mention of this sends Proustian nasal memories racing through my brain. I can taste them RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT!
That's an awesome idea, dirtdirt. With the original artwork!
You'd want to eat your limited edition TV dinner off of a vintage TV tray, of course. Lots available on ebay.
Wait!
I forgot about these.
I want. NOW!
nnnnggggghh
*drools
I once had homemade duck pot pie with a 35-year-old bottle of red wine. Dessert was homemade ice cream with strawberries that had been marinating in balsamic vinegar and brown sugar. Ranks as one of my top five meals, lifetime.
Is this thread something I'd have to have a tv to know about?
Good ol' MCT.
Gotta top EVERYTHING!
*drools
Pity about the wine - hope the duck was fresher. And the pot!
Somebody left a bottle of wine in the lunchroom today. As I recall it was some kind of Vidal dessert wine from Canada. We opened it and had it in Dixie cups. Then we giggled over the word "raisinated."
goodvery bad.