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Duppers

(28,094 posts)
9. Same here.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 04:13 AM
Sep 2020

Those things kept me going for a few yrs when I didn't have the time or energy to cook. That was a lifetime ago.

Then, yrs later, there's a memorable story about my 4yr who had watched me microwave these when I was in a pinch for time.

His dad was living in England for a few months when I suddenly fell horribly sick - high fever, vomiting, dizzy. My precocious little guy (was reading at 2) pulled tv dinners out of the freezer & fixed them for the 2 of us until his dad got a flight home. He was truly unbelievably helpful taking care of his mom.

I had no family within 400+ miles, hated the neighbors, & would drop dead before asking work associates for help. But my kid knew how to use the microwave, apparently, & how long to nuke Swanson tv dinners!

So, don't knock these time-savers because they can be "lifesavers."



😃🇺🇸📺🍽🗓❗️ [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 OP
Ugh! PJMcK Sep 2020 #1
😢 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 #2
ah. pics of my mom's cooking prowess! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2020 #3
Yep! Women today just can't match mom's cooking! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 #4
"Women today?" cwydro Sep 2020 #19
Don't want it now Cirque du So-What Sep 2020 #5
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 #7
My parents never, ever, bought anything like that. Probably because they had no money. hunter Sep 2020 #6
The only time I had one was while visiting a friend. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 #10
I liked them better when they started including little desserts Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #8
Same here. Duppers Sep 2020 #9
That is one heckuva smart kid! Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #12
Omg! Wicked Blue! Duppers Sep 2020 #13
I'm amazed that you were diagnosed so long ago, in the late 70s Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #16
Yep. Duppers Sep 2020 #18
P.S. Duppers Sep 2020 #14
Thanks! Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #17
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2020 #11
The company I work for used to make those trays DeeNice Sep 2020 #15
For my Dad (I'm 67) tv dinners were a form of rebellion! blaze Sep 2020 #20
Let's hear it for TV dinner desserts! Wicked Blue Sep 2020 #22
zz tv OriginalGeek Sep 2020 #21
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