On 2/5/2015 9:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 16:37:50 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 2/4/2015 4:10 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2015 14:56:43 -0800 (PST), wrote:
>>>
>>>> The other day I took some frozen turnkey out of the freezer to thaw
>>>> in the fridge. It's some I sliced up from our Thanksgiving bird.
>>>> Yesterday I picked up some frozen vegetables because we were
>>>> running low and I got some peas and carrots because I had not had
>>>> any lately. So today I was thinking about making dinner and
>>>> thought I'd make some mashed potatoes to go with the turkey and
>>>> peas and carrots. It finally dawned on me I was recreating a TV
>>>> dinner . . . sigh.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't made it yet, but I'm going to.
>>>
>>> Don't forget the dry-assed brownie that sticks to the foil.
>>>
>> I just now read your very timely reply. I was perusing the freezer case
>> at the Family Dollar today as I made my way to the cooler to pick up a
>> gallon of milk. What did I spy but some sort of TV dinner featuring a
>> really big picture of a brownie!
>
> I guess those style of TV dinners don't come in foil any more (how tdo
> you cook them in a regular oven?). But I'm sure the brownie sticks to
> the plastic just as well.
>
> Looks like Bill needs to make "Apple-Cranberry Cobbler" to round out
> his classic 1970's Swanson TV dinner:
>
> <https://redtricom.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-19-at-7-24-49-pm.png>
>
> The Swanson's meatloaf and the fried chicken dinners came with the
> nasty brownie.
>
> -sw
>
I think this was a fried chicken dinner. I merely glanced at it and saw
the really big image of the brownie on the package.
Jill