happy national tv dinner day!
so much fun and so easy!
on christmas 1968, the apollo 8 crew feasted almost just like home on frozen tv dinners. mini bottles of brandy were included but they opted out to play it safe – no space hangovers, and left them unopened.
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credits:
adweek, smithsonian.com, banquet, swanson foods,mental floss
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Oh don’t they look…..err…yummy…. 😉
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i absolutely loved them as a kid. now….not so much )
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Wow, blast from the past Beth.It’s almost a history of my life – I was born in 1958, so I’ve been with TV dinners almost from the start. Imagine – I remember most of the history of this product cause I was around when it happened. Whew. I feel both comfortable and old at this realization.
Cool post Beth.
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me too, paul )
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Ahaha, sometimes I ain’t bother to cook.them…Omg, I just admitted that? Thank you, Beth.
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hah!
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Haha!
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yeh – )
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Oh Lord, they were SUCH a treat when I was a kid! A million years ago, that is.
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i absolutely used to love them!
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Beth, this brought back happy memories. When we were kids, Thursday was shopping day and my parents would go out, get groceries and go eat at a restaurant, leaving us TV dinners at home! We loved that. ❤
Diana xo
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what a wonderful memory )
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Wow, I just had a Salisbury steak flashback. Please pass the frozen mac-n-cheese?
The TV dinner was my first introduction to cooking. My cooking has slowly improved since then. 😉
Great history lesson.
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Mine has been achieved at about the same pace )
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I’ve never actually eaten a TV “dinner” but I know a lot of people that have practically lived on them. FUN post!
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they were ‘special treats’ that we grew up with and we looked forward to them )
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They were treats for us as well! We all fought over who would work at our great grandmother’s house cleaning, because when we were done, we got these. Better than money to us kids! Loved your memories post.
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and what a fantastic reward –
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This reminds me of a great story! I worked as an interpreter for Russian Jewish immigrants in 1979-1982. They arrived as fantastic cooks of fabulous meals. But they used to host us for a dinner after they had settled in and become accustomed to “American Life”. I remember looking forward to a real Russian Grandmother feast one night, and arriving to find ten guests and ten TV dinners. So so Sad!!!!
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that is hilarious – they were truly “americanized” )
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May as well make it an official TV Dinner celebration…
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perfect )
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Radio dinners would just not be the same….
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All those knobs ‘n things…,
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I’ll still go to the Hungry Man fried chicken in a pinch, Beth. Turkey or beef with gravy if I must. You know, in a rush to make my bowling league and my dear wife Karen is busy. I guess what I’m saying is, some are better than others and even steps above the grade of edible.
I didn’t realize they’d dropped the Swanson name from the box. You so educate me. 🙂
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Hah!
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There’s a national day for everything it seems!
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indeed )
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ha! still have tv trays! for more elegant dining…
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me too, susie !
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So happy we had tv dinners when I was a kid or my full time teaching mom would have resorted to cereal and dad would have been bringing in the pizza (instead of bringing home the bacon!) Yippee for no radio dinners, too ha ha!
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yes, and i’ll bet they’d be delicious –
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