Filed under the Super Forum's Cooking Supplies and Recipes lol. One of my most favorite meals my mother would make served in a nice aluminum tray...
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I miss the old aluminum tray dinners. Now everything is plastic for the microwave.
As I recall, Food Network has (or had) a Top 5 show. They did the top 5 from the 1950s. I was sorely disappointed that the TV Dinner did not make their list. Instead, the Diner's Club card did. I would venture a guess that the TV Dinner had a much, much bigger cultural impact than the Diner's Club card. Redi-Whip was included in the Top 5.
As I recall, Food Network has (or had) a Top 5 show. They did the top 5 from the 1950s. I was sorely disappointed that the TV Dinner did not make their list. Instead, the Diner's Club card did. I would venture a guess that the TV Dinner had a much, much bigger cultural impact than the Diner's Club card. Redi-Whip was included in the Top 5.
I used to eat the Swanson turkey TV dinners once in a while; remember liking them OK. We didn't have these often as my mother liked to cook, and preferred freshly prepared food.
this is great....I remember getting those.....theres were special ones for us kids, but I can't remember the names.....
also...snak pak pudding came out too
and jiffy pop
also...snak pak pudding came out too
and jiffy pop
How about Libbyland Dinners?
From Libby.
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From Libby.
Libbyland Dinners
Boy the 70's sure were great. Kids got to eat what they wanted. Too bad what they wanted actually tasted worse than school food and left you...
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It was the Swanson Turkey dinners for us too.
And it's such a shame that Swanson isn't even in the TV dinner market anymore. Several years ago they sold the frozen food division out to Pinnacle Foods.
And it's such a shame that Swanson isn't even in the TV dinner market anymore. Several years ago they sold the frozen food division out to Pinnacle Foods.
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On my flight to Germany 2 years ago, I had something quite similar looking! Except it was Chicken and rice. Same tray design/layout.
I have to say, for looking so cheap, it was VERY good food! +1 to Lufthansa!
I have to say, for looking so cheap, it was VERY good food! +1 to Lufthansa!
aldspinboy
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I can smell the gas oven heating up now lol , my mom bought those for me and my brother Swanson chicken dinners.
Robert sometimes we might have two... be carefull with the foil it is hot she would say.
Love the signature butter pad.
Darren k
Robert sometimes we might have two... be carefull with the foil it is hot she would say.
Love the signature butter pad.
Darren k
Fond Memories!
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I remember these well when my Mom did not want to deal with us. LOL! </span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Robert I can picture your face with excitement as a kid! Did your mom let you preheat the oven and put them in and monitor them? My mom would. I think this is why I like to bake. She would let me bake and monitor while she tended to the stove top. My other job was cleaning up the kitchen and loading the dishwasher. I would overhear her telling her friends how she never has to clean her kitchen because I liked doing it so much. Her friends would always ask how did she get me to do this. My Mom would reply; "I don't have a clue. He was just born that way"! My Mom and I still laugh about this today.</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I remember these well when my Mom did not want to deal with us. LOL! </span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Robert I can picture your face with excitement as a kid! Did your mom let you preheat the oven and put them in and monitor them? My mom would. I think this is why I like to bake. She would let me bake and monitor while she tended to the stove top. My other job was cleaning up the kitchen and loading the dishwasher. I would overhear her telling her friends how she never has to clean her kitchen because I liked doing it so much. Her friends would always ask how did she get me to do this. My Mom would reply; "I don't have a clue. He was just born that way"! My Mom and I still laugh about this today.</span>
mrb627
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4 compartment
The dinners I remember had the 4th dessert compartment. Usually baked apples or some sort of hot lava cake.
Malcolm
The dinners I remember had the 4th dessert compartment. Usually baked apples or some sort of hot lava cake.
Malcolm
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Amazing.
I was just thinking about them yesterday.
Was this the PreCursor to Preservatives ?
But they were Damn Good especially when they had the Apple Brown Betty in the Forth Compartment.
I was just thinking about them yesterday.
Was this the PreCursor to Preservatives ?
But they were Damn Good especially when they had the Apple Brown Betty in the Forth Compartment.
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Like Malcom, I also remember the dessert, and you had to cut the foil top over the desert and peel just that part back, in order to get the crust on the apple pie to get crispy.
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Too funny![this post was last edited: 3/27/2011-21:17]
When we had something like this, which was rare-
very rare, it was the red box Stouffer's dishes. Ma was an excellent cook, but sometimes after a day of teaching Home Economics/Domestic Science, enough was enough. After our housekeeper retired, we had Stouffer's more often, but no more than once a week.
I can remember a small flirtation with Swanson dinners, but just a small one.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
very rare, it was the red box Stouffer's dishes. Ma was an excellent cook, but sometimes after a day of teaching Home Economics/Domestic Science, enough was enough. After our housekeeper retired, we had Stouffer's more often, but no more than once a week.
I can remember a small flirtation with Swanson dinners, but just a small one.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Omaha - the home of the TV dinner!
My son went to Swanson Elementary School, we go to the Swanson public library in our neighborhood and can even take you by the Swanson family's home four blocks directly west of us. The Arkush family lived three houses down from the Swansons, they made the aluminum foil trays the TV dinners came in. Next to them lived the family that owned the pasta company that provided the macaroni for the mac & cheese dinners and side dishes in some of the meals.
My son went to Swanson Elementary School, we go to the Swanson public library in our neighborhood and can even take you by the Swanson family's home four blocks directly west of us. The Arkush family lived three houses down from the Swansons, they made the aluminum foil trays the TV dinners came in. Next to them lived the family that owned the pasta company that provided the macaroni for the mac & cheese dinners and side dishes in some of the meals.
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Greg....
Does Swanson Elementary have a connection to Swanson dinners?
I have always wondered why your "location" was "home of the TV dinner!
Drive by it almost every day, and would have never guessed.
Does Swanson Elementary have a connection to Swanson dinners?
I have always wondered why your "location" was "home of the TV dinner!
Drive by it almost every day, and would have never guessed.
Greg would that be the famous Skinner pasta that was made in Omaha?
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Cool to know the home town origins of the dinners!
Libbyland Dinners
Alan, I can't decide if I remember those or not. I seem to have some vague memories of cartoon style TV dinners in the early 70s but can't quite bring them deep out of the memory banks. I wonder if it was those or something else?
Alan, I can't decide if I remember those or not. I seem to have some vague memories of cartoon style TV dinners in the early 70s but can't quite bring them deep out of the memory banks. I wonder if it was those or something else?
As With Any Fine Dinner . . .
A TV dinner requires a suitable table.
A TV dinner requires a suitable table.
