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.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, VA

On 2/3/2015 5:56 PM, 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.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, VA
>
LOL, Bill! It would really only be a TV dinner if the mashed potatoes
are instant and you served it in a divided foil tray.

Jill

On 2/3/2015 4:56 PM, 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.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, VA
>

Make a white sauce and some toast. cut the turkey in pieces and put it
and the cooked peas and carrots in the white sauce. Serve over toast
and you have turkey a la king!

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

" > wrote in message
...
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.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, VA


-------------

sounds like the makings of Shepherd's Pie.

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 6:01:29 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> LOL, Bill! It would really only be a TV dinner if the mashed potatoes
> are instant and you served it in a divided foil tray.

I did think about serving it in some divided plates we have, just for the amusement factor, but probably won't do that. On the other hand, my wife is going to be late so her plate may end up in the oven covered with foil . . . ;-)

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, VA

On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:01:16 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 2/3/2015 5:56 PM, 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.
>>
>> Bill Ranck
>> Blacksburg, VA
>>
>LOL, Bill! It would really only be a TV dinner if the mashed potatoes
>are instant and you served it in a divided foil tray.

And salt the h*** out of it.

J.

On 2/3/2015 6:36 PM, JRStern wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:01:16 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/3/2015 5:56 PM, 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.
>>>
>>> Bill Ranck
>>> Blacksburg, VA
>>>
>> LOL, Bill! It would really only be a TV dinner if the mashed potatoes
>> are instant and you served it in a divided foil tray.
>
> And salt the h*** out of it.
>
> J.
>
I'm fortunate, even though my mother didn't like to cook we were not
served TV dinners. As kids we considered them to be a rare treat. That
was in the mid-1960's when no one gave a flip about salt.

Jill

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 5:56:46 PM UTC-5, 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.
>
> Bill Ranck
> Blacksburg, VA

I'm sure it was far better than any boughten tv dinner.

Did you manage to recreate that awful institutional white sauce too? What gives it that distinctive scent?

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 7:19:08 PM UTC-5, Kalmia wrote:
>
> I'm sure it was far better than any boughten tv dinner.
>
> Did you manage to recreate that awful institutional white sauce too? What gives it that distinctive scent?

No white sauce. I did buy a jar of turkey gravy because I don't have any of my own from Thanksgiving. I boiled and mashed some potatoes. Heated the turkey slices in the gravy and cooked the peas and carrots in the microwave. Pretty basic and simple, and yes, a lot better than the 'real' TV dinners of my youth. Not that we had all that many, and I remember the brownie was a later addition, the original was just the 3 items above. Much lower salt levels in mine as well.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, VA

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.
>
> -sw
>
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!

Jill

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> 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.

They've been in oven safe plastic for a long time. I remember feeling very
sorry for some kids when we first moved to Cape Cod. I'd gone to the
commissary to shop and a mom told her kids that they could choose from any
of the dinners that were 88 cents. I think they were Banquet. She
explained to them that they couldn't have anything else because their
household goods hadn't arrived yet and they had no way to cook anything
else. She made them buy enough for two weeks.

I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
fine. This was in the day before bagged salads.

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
> fine.

"TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.

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

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
>> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
>> fine.
>
> "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
> the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
> variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
> frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
> what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
> of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.

Awww that takes away all the fun of cooking

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
>> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
>> fine.
>
> "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
> the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
> variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
> frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
> what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
> of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.

Awww that takes away all the fun of cooking

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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
>> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
>> fine.
>
> "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
> the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
> variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
> frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
> what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
> of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.

I actually did like some of those. I have seen what is offered nowadays.
Nothing at all is appealing when I look at the ingredients of them.

> wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 13:07:19 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message
...
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel.
>>>> I
>>>> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
>>>> fine.
>>>
>>> "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
>>> the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
>>> variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
>>> frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
>>> what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
>>> of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.
>>
>>Awww that takes away all the fun of cooking
>
> Sometimes there are days when I wouldn't bother eating if I didn't
> have a couple of frozen dinners I could nuke. BTW I wish we had
> options like Marks & Sparks of meals ready to go. Had a wonderful duck
> breast dinner they made last time I was in the UK.

OK. I cook extra for the freezer but of course you need a freezer with
space for that, so if I really don't feel like cooking, I haul dinner out of
it.

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On 2/6/2015 9:22 AM, wrote:
> Sometimes there are days when I wouldn't bother eating if I didn't
> have a couple of frozen dinners I could nuke.

This is why I make my own frozen dinners.

Jill

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Gary" wrote:
> > "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
> > the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
> > variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
> > frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
> > what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
> > of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.
>
> Awww that takes away all the fun of cooking

Many retired people here and yes, they do have all day to cook. I will
too once I retire but when you go to work all day, you don't often
have the time or energy to make a great meal from scratch. That's why
I mostly home-cook large (with leftovers) on weekends. I can freeze
the leftovers and still have home-cooked during the week.

That said, thankfully there are many tasty and health frozen meals
available these days.

I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
cover either.

Ophelia wrote:
>
> OK. I cook extra for the freezer but of course you need a freezer with
> space for that, so if I really don't feel like cooking, I haul dinner out of
> it.

I am *trying* to limit my meals to from the freezer lately. It's been
packed full for a long time and I DO need some space.

This week, chicken quarters for 59 cents per pound. That's the time
to make a good stash of chicken stock but I have no freezer space
available. I still have that unopened box of steaks in my freezer that
was a Christmas gift. Just not interested so far. I need to ignore
all the sale prices on things for several weeks and just concentrate
on the freezer things.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 2/6/2015 9:22 AM, wrote:
> > Sometimes there are days when I wouldn't bother eating if I didn't
> > have a couple of frozen dinners I could nuke.
>
> This is why I make my own frozen dinners.
>
> Jill

+1 or the old.... <AOL> ME TOO! </AOL>

> wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 14:35:38 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>> Sometimes there are days when I wouldn't bother eating if I didn't
>>> have a couple of frozen dinners I could nuke. BTW I wish we had
>>> options like Marks & Sparks of meals ready to go. Had a wonderful duck
>>> breast dinner they made last time I was in the UK.
>>
>>OK. I cook extra for the freezer but of course you need a freezer with
>>space for that, so if I really don't feel like cooking, I haul dinner out
>>of
>>it.
>
> I do that too but sometimes the cupboard is bare. Today I have my own
> soup for lunch, beef barley but when I come back in, can't be bothered
> to cook, don't have any made meals in the freezer so will resort to
> frozen boughten dinner or nowt Remember there is only me and the
> cat to consider, she has her favourite things.

Of course and if that is what you want to do ... go for it girl)


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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote:
>> > "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
>> > the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
>> > variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
>> > frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
>> > what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
>> > of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.
>>
>> Awww that takes away all the fun of cooking
>
> Many retired people here and yes, they do have all day to cook. I will
> too once I retire but when you go to work all day, you don't often
> have the time or energy to make a great meal from scratch. That's why
> I mostly home-cook large (with leftovers) on weekends. I can freeze
> the leftovers and still have home-cooked during the week.

I quite understand and I wasn't getting at you or anyone, I promise.


> That said, thankfully there are many tasty and health frozen meals
> available these days.
>
> I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
> cover either.

Explain 'the brownie' please?



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wrote:
> Remember there is only me and the
> cat to consider, she has her favourite things.

Only me and the ferret here and she only likes her official ferret
food (ground up, mixed with hot water to make a thick gravy meal) and
spoon fed 4 times a day).

I always offer her whatever I'm eating too (because she will smell it
and come over curious) but she doesn't like much of it.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> OK. I cook extra for the freezer but of course you need a freezer with
>> space for that, so if I really don't feel like cooking, I haul dinner out
>> of
>> it.
>
> I am *trying* to limit my meals to from the freezer lately. It's been
> packed full for a long time and I DO need some space.

Yes, it must be remembered that when you make meals for the freezer, it is a
good thing to actually eat them ... ;-)

> This week, chicken quarters for 59 cents per pound. That's the time
> to make a good stash of chicken stock but I have no freezer space
> available. I still have that unopened box of steaks in my freezer that
> was a Christmas gift. Just not interested so far. I need to ignore
> all the sale prices on things for several weeks and just concentrate
> on the freezer things.

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On 2/6/2015 9:51 AM, wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:35:42 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 2/6/2015 9:22 AM, wrote:
>>> Sometimes there are days when I wouldn't bother eating if I didn't
>>> have a couple of frozen dinners I could nuke.
>>
>> This is why I make my own frozen dinners.
>>
>> Jill
>
> So do I but it happens there are none today, the freezer is bare save
> for soup and I don't want soup again tonight.
>
I understand that, too. I don't understand people who scoff about
anything in the freezer case. We aren't sub-par cooks simply because
sometimes we buy frozen food.

Jill

Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Gary" wrote:
> > I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
> > cover either.
>
> Explain 'the brownie' please?

Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
them.

Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote:
>> > I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
>> > cover either.
>>
>> Explain 'the brownie' please?
>
> Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
> them.
>
> Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
> cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
> is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
> they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.

Sounds just about enough to me but then I am not a big dessert lover Why
is it being put down?


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On 2/6/2015 12:05 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>> > I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
>>> > cover either.
>>>
>>> Explain 'the brownie' please?
>>
>> Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
>> them.
>>
>> Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
>> cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
>> is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
>> they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.
>
> Sounds just about enough to me but then I am not a big dessert lover
> Why is it being put down?
>
>
It's being put down because it's a frozen TV dinner.

Jill

On 2/6/2015 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" wrote:
>>> I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
>>> cover either.
>>
>> Explain 'the brownie' please?
>
> Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
> them.
>
> Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
> cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
> is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
> they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.
>
The old TV dinner with the brownie was pointed at the family that needed
cheap meals and was geared towards kids. The premise always seemed to
be: you can get your kids to eat this <crap> if we also offer something
sweet!

This marketing premise dates way back. Fortunately my mother didn't
serve us TV dinners on a regular basis.

Jill

Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel. I
> >> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate just
> >> fine.
> >
> > "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
> > the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
> > variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
> > frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
> > what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
> > of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.
>
> I actually did like some of those. I have seen what is offered nowadays.
> Nothing at all is appealing when I look at the ingredients of them.

I think the answer to all your issues is just to get some therapy.
It's obviously YOU that is broken, not all the food products on the
market.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Julie Bove wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I had just gone through about a month of living in motel after motel.
>> >> I
>> >> never once bought a TV dinner or any kind of frozen food and I ate
>> >> just
>> >> fine.
>> >
>> > "TV dinners" really do get a bad rap these days. Yeah, no one liked
>> > the old original Swansons, Banquets, etc, but there is such a good
>> > variety of brands and dinners these days. IMO, anyone that groups all
>> > frozen dinners together and calls them all bad just hasn't looked at
>> > what's offered these days. There are many tasty and healthy choices
>> > of frozen dinners. Take a walk down the frozen dinner isle sometime.
>>
>> I actually did like some of those. I have seen what is offered nowadays.
>> Nothing at all is appealing when I look at the ingredients of them.
>
> I think the answer to all your issues is just to get some therapy.
> It's obviously YOU that is broken, not all the food products on the
> market.

I didn't say they were broken. I just happen to choose to eat real food and
not a lot of chemicals. I get enough chemicals in my soda.

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>> > I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
>>> > cover either.
>>>
>>> Explain 'the brownie' please?
>>
>> Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
>> them.
>>
>> Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
>> cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
>> is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
>> they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.
>
> Sounds just about enough to me but then I am not a big dessert lover
> Why is it being put down?

Because it's nasty. I used to buy something for Angela that had a brownie
in it. Was many years ago. The brownie would bubble up as you cooked it in
the microwave and most of it would wind up in the corn next door.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 2/6/2015 11:54 AM, Gary wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> "Gary" wrote:
>>>> I even like the brownie in some! heehh And it doesn't stick to the
>>>> cover either.
>>>
>>> Explain 'the brownie' please?
>>
>> Others here were putting it down so that's why I mentioned it. I like
>> them.
>>
>> Anyway, some frozen dinners provide a dessert too. It's often a tiny
>> cake-like brownie. If you're not familiar at all what a brownie
>> is...Just a chocolate cake basically. Not much dessert though..
>> they are usually only about 1.5 inches square..just a bite or two.
>>
> The old TV dinner with the brownie was pointed at the family that needed
> cheap meals and was geared towards kids. The premise always seemed to be:
> you can get your kids to eat this <crap> if we also offer something sweet!
>
> This marketing premise dates way back. Fortunately my mother didn't serve
> us TV dinners on a regular basis.

We had them every Friday. I only remember getting something with mashed
potatoes in it and there was only 2-3 bites of potatoes. Something else had
apple slices. And of course I got the one with the beans but it came with
three little wienies that I hated. I would trade those to my brother for
something else but I can't remember what I traded them for. I think the
bean one was 19 cents at U Market.

On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2:56:46 PM UTC-8, 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.

Get some of these metal mess trays to simulate the original aluminum
foil TV dinner trays:

http://www.amazon.com/Winco-6-Compar.../dp/B000UBBBEI

> wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2:56:46 PM UTC-8, 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.

Get some of these metal mess trays to simulate the original aluminum
foil TV dinner trays:

http://www.amazon.com/Winco-6-Compar.../dp/B000UBBBEI

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I can remember making them when I was a kid. We saved the foil trays,
washed them out, refilled them and covered them with foil. I can't remember
now what we put in there but it was most likely leftover Thanksgiving food.
We rarely had leftovers in the house except for occasional planned things
like meatloaf or pot roast. At any rate, we only did it once. I think the
end result wasn't very good.

Bove wrote:

>
> wrote in message
...
>On Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 2:56:46 PM UTC-8, 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.
>
>Get some of these metal mess trays to simulate the original aluminum
>foil TV dinner trays:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/Winco-6-Compar.../dp/B000UBBBEI

Those are much lighter weight/thinner metal than GI issue, and can't
be used in a microwave... for $9 you can buy a lot of compartmentized
styrofoam plates. I would rather freeze left overs individually in
plastic containers, those plates steal a lot of freezer space... with
frozen pizza, etc. I discard the over cartons, saves a lot of freezer
space.