eating tv dinners when you were a kid? I do. Each Sat. night my mom and step father went out. My brother and I eagerly looked forward to eating those tv dinners and watching the Scary Movie on tv. My faves were turkey and fried chicken... Swanson...
2007-12-09 12:45:33 · 36 answers · asked by Judith H 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Yes I do. And they were quite a treat! Loved, loved, loved Swanson fried chicken and mashed potatoes. yummmmy.
2007-12-10 15:04:21 · answer #1 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't eat TV dinners when I was a kid, but I fed plenty of them to my kids! They seemed to love them and it sure was convenient for me. I liked the roast beef myself with gravy and brownies or apple pie for dessert. The turkey and dressing were good too, and I also liked the Swanson chicken pot pies.
2007-12-09 16:11:20 · answer #2 · answered by Isadora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and I remember saving the trays for my aunt.
She and my uncle both worked (very unusual back in the early and mid fifties here in California) so she would cook all day Saturday and make up her own TV dinners to avoid having to cook dinner during the week(they had a hundred mile round trip commute every day). They also had two freezers... One about 20 cu ft upright that was used mainly for TV dinners and one chest type that must have been twenty-four cu ft.
I always envied my cousins getting to eat TV dinners every day.
Looking back... Maybe they weren't so fortunate...
2007-12-09 16:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by Chaplain John 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Husband says he remembers eating TV dinners and the weekend routine but I never tasted a TV dinner(that I'm aware of) until after I was married.
2007-12-09 15:24:45 · answer #4 · answered by kriend 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is one thing that was never ever inside of my parents house. I remember going to the store with mom and seeing them and always wondered what they tasted like.
It was after I got married and then divorced (17 years later) before I ever had one. Since I have been single, I have had my share of them.
Since I live close by mom and dad now (30') from their house, I have to be care full that she don't know that I get them. She would have a fit cause as she says "why pay someone else to fix a meal when you can make it cheaper your self". But living alone I don't like fixing all that stuff that goes into one, unless I am going to fix a dinner for them and myself. But I get hungry at night, so easy to just pop one in the microwave and in a few seconds you are eating a good meal. AND NO CLEANING UP!!!!!
2007-12-09 15:03:10 · answer #5 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, I was way before the TV dinner time.
I had never even tasted one, until 5 years ago and that was when my hubby, started doing the cooking.
I like the chicken and turkey pot pie. I don't like the beef pie.
The Stouffer's lasagna is very good.
I know of caterers using the family size for their clients.
We use them for family gatherings and wedding's and no one knows the difference from home made.
2007-12-09 14:37:10 · answer #6 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The turkey dinner was my favorite too. I remember eating those TV dinners on those TV trays.
2007-12-09 16:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we had them, there were 5 of us in the family and you could get 5 dinners for $1.00. I liked the turkey and dressing and the meatloaf ones. Back then the tray was filled with food and we really liked them.
2007-12-09 13:13:16 · answer #8 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup-That Swanson with the minuscule pieces of fried chicken-the nasty instant potatoes and corn? How did we ever think those were delicious?
2007-12-10 03:13:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep. In 1957 and they were made by Birdseye.The scary movie was some kind of creatue that came out of the swamp.They were both lousy than, and their even worse today.Than it was Jiffy Pop Popcorn time,oddly enough Jiffy Pop is still available today and still packaged in that blow up tin pan.Dot's candy is also still made,everything old is new again.
2007-12-10 00:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by catspit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋