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Can you guess what the heck is in these old frozen TV dinners?
Is that a vegetable or dessert?
Here's a generational divide — people who have had to cook a TV dinner in the oven versus people who have only ever used a microwave.
It's just not the same without delicately peeling back the foil around the specific little compartments, as per the instructions on the box.
Yes, kids, frozen dinners were once wrapped in metal. Do not attempt to microwave that!
Whatever your age, you can try to guess what's in these (relatively) quick meals from the packaging and ads. See if you can identify the mystery foods in these vintage TV dinners!
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What's the red stuff in the middle of this of 1966 Swanson frozen dinner?
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What's this stuff in a tray from a 1969 Swanson frozen dinner?
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What's this brown stuff in the upper left of the same meal?
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What's the main course in this same meal?
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What's this orange rectangle in a 1967 Swanson dinner?
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What's in the upper left of that same meal?
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What this stuff in the upper right of a Swanson Polynesian Style frozen dinner?
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What are these golden-brown globules in a Swanson Beef Dinner frozen meal?
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What is this mess in the top middle of a Swanson German Style frozen dinner?
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Finally, what is this purple stuff in the same meal?
Can you guess what the heck is in these old frozen TV dinners?
Your Result...
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When I was a kid, the big treat for me was to get the shrimp dinner for our dinner when my parents went out. My mom didn’t understand why I chose it, but it was one of the only times that I could have one of my favorite foods!
Brings back memories. I remember tv dinners seem to take forever to bake & were considered a treat. Every now & then we think about getting a TV dinner.
That was fun! My Sis and I still have these dinners on occasion when we are feeling especially lazy. Though they have changed greatly with more selections. 😊
That looks like Ambrosia in #2
My parents would go out for the night and my grandmother would babysit and we would have these for dinner. The turkey with the soup was my favorite. Brings back such wonderful memories.
I have fond memories of TV Dinners as a kid of the 70's.
You got 9 out of 10
How did you do? More importantly — are you more or less hungry now?
How did you do? More importantly — are you more or less hungry now?
I have no idea how I got all 10 of these correct. LMAO!
9 of 10. I remember eating these while watching Star Trek reruns at 6pm.
You got 10 out of 10
I guess if I was in prison, these would have to do...............and might even taste good.
They weren't especially fast-they generally took 45mins to heat up. But that gave you 45mins to do other things instead of meal prep. On the other hand they didn't really taste that good.
7 out of 10.
Eight out of ten. They used aluminum trays until 1983. By that time at least half the homes in America had microwave ovens.
I enjoyed the lasagna dinner, particularly the creamy Italian pudding. Does anyone remember the name of that pudding?
Tortoni Pudding?
Thanks. Now I remember.
You're welcome.
Tortoni Pudding (warm or cold) it was a treasure in that dinner.
8/10 they were so much fun - i mean the tv dinners
7 of 10..didn't like most of those. Mostly Turkey and Salisbury Steak...
I got 9 out of 10, they didn't use the meals I liked. I made some good guesses.
By the way I preferred Banquet.
10 out of 10, but as a bachelor I ate a LOT of these in the days.
I actually remember having TV dinners as a kid in the 80's that still came in foil and needed the oven. I think they tasted better than the microwave ones do now. It's not just the way they're prepared, I think the food quality was better.
