I realize that most chains do. And if you get a burger and fries at a
Mexican place, they most likely will be. I also think that most places that
serve fries or even hash browns are going to serve frozen ones. And not all
frozen potatoes are bad. But given the yucky, faux Tater Tots that I bought
last week, I know that they can be.

What shocks me though is watching Restaurant Impossible week after week and
seeing just how common the frozen food is.

I also know of some people I used to work with who thought they could start
their own catering company. They merely went to a restaurant supply place,
bought frozen food and reheated it. They did make baked potatoes although
they were baked in foil and not even the whole potato. They surmised that
people would only eat half anyway. I take exception to the foil thing.
Yeah, my mom made them that way but I think it steams the potato more than
bakes. But other than those potatoes, they really made nothing. There was
salad. And this was in the days before you could buy bagged salad at the
store. But I'll bet the restaurant supply place had it. They also cut
oranges in half, put them on small plates then stuck toothpicks into them
that held cheese cubes. They probably bought them pre-cubed. I can't even
remember what all they served, but we were not impressed.

How hard is it to make real food? Sure, I buy frozen stuff now and again.
But mostly I prefer to make my own. And if I'm going out to eat, I sure as
heck don't want want to eat it!

I have also found that a lot of the people I talk to who recommend chain
places to me do not know that they are eating frozen food. They even act
shocked if I point out to them that the food *is* frozen and they don't
believe me.

So... What percentage of restaurants (aside from chains) do you think are
serving us frozen foods?