T.V. Dinners
Can honestly say growing up never touched the stuff. Guess because Mother Dear, my grandmas, aunts and every other woman I would have come in contact with growing up were good cooks, and thus most every meal was prepared from scratch.
However as we children grew into our teens, Saturday night became a sort of "free for all" dinner wise, as everyone usually had something going on, thus grabbed what they could from the fridge or freezer. Can remember thinking how grand I was sitting in the living room alone (everyone else went out), one Saturday night eating my dinner on one of those trays watching the Carol Burnett Show. Sadly for me after CBS went off tuned into a movie that turned out to be "The Night of The Living Dead". My parents came home later that night to find me sleeping with every single light in the house on! *LOL*
Pot Pies:
Now those we did have! My mother belonged to a freezer plan from Macy's so our basement freezer and the one in the kitchen always had goodies. Remember Morton's and Swanson's as being quite good, but only like the chicken and turkey.
Kind of went off pot pies as an adult (do most of the cooking from scratch), but recently local supermarket had a sale on Marie Calander (sp?) pot pies. Since they were so *cheap* figured what can it hurt and purchased a few. Made the first via the old in the oven on a cookie sheet method, and while it was quite good 30-40 minutes is wayyy to long for "fast food" dinner. *LOL*
Next time tired the microwave method and have to say the pie was VERY good. Nice flakey but soft crust (my favourite part) and lots of chicken. Will keep my eyes peeled for the next time they go on sale.
There is an episode of the "Golden Girls" where Sophia wants to go back to her old apartment in Brooklyn,NY because she thinks she's getting dotty. Anyway through flash backs we see a young Dorothy trying to get her mother and father ready for some family event. Sophia made "Sal" a "TV Dinner", and he's eating it in front of the new TV Dorothy and Stan just brought them. Sophia says television is just a fad, to which quips they wouldn't call them "TV Dinners" then.
Guess you had to be there.
Comment About Airline Food Resembling TV Dinners:
Aside from a few brief periods during early air travel most all food is prepared on the ground and simply reheated before serving. The days of airline hostesses or perhaps a chef grilling rib eye steaks in the galley during flight are long gone. *LOL*