Happy National TV Dinner Day! 😋📺

[Floyd R. Turbo]

The TV dinner can actually trace its history to airplanes, and a company called Maxson Food Systems that began manufacturing frozen meals that could be reheated in the sky in 1945, according to the Library of Congress. These “Strato-Plates” featured three compartments (for meat, a vegetable, and potato), and they were incredibly easy to heat and serve. These in turn inspired brothers Albert and Meyer Bernstein to start a company called Frozen Dinners Inc. in 1949, which sold frozen dinners in the Pittsburgh area under the brand name One-Eyed Eskimo. The concept didn’t go national, however, until 1954, when Swanson Foods, which was already known for its canned and frozen foods, started selling a frozen dinner of its own, which was launched with a huge marketing and advertising push as well as a snappy new name: TV Dinners.

https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/10-things-you-never-knew-about-tv-dinners-0

[dameatball]

1. We ate those occasionally back in the late 50's - 60's. Never cared for them much.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

6. Gourmet at it's finest! 😋

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Yunno, Floyd, I love ya like a brother...

but there's no way in hell I'm eating one of those repulsive abominations today.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Tomorrow? 😏

[Cirque du So-What]

12. Depends

If the only choice is a TeeVee dinner & dog food...ah, fuckit, I guess I'll peel back that foil and enjoy.

[a kennedy]

3. This is sad......we used to think they were special.....

ha ha, opening that tinfoil and seeing what was inside?? Yummmmmm. is that wrong?? We'd have them for "special" occasions. Thought we were on the upside of cuisine. How sick is that?? Ever look at the sodium count on those???? over 1200 to 1500 units!! That was a long time ago.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Usually had them at a friend's house! 😋

[In_The_Wind]

4. Those things can kill you!

Processed food can lead to severe problems with the liver and pancreas.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Life will kill you!

[GemDigger]

5. Jimmy Deans Breakfast bowls are actually quite good.

The rest.... not so much.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. I like JD's breakfast croissants! 😋

[GemDigger]

11. I haven't tried those yet.

I will take your word for it and give them a shot.