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[Floyd R. Turbo]

[PJMcK]

1. Ugh!

No, thank you.

Besides, preparing and cooking food is half the fun.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. 😢

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. ah. pics of my mom's cooking prowess!

down the memory lane rabbit hole!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Yep! Women today just can't match mom's cooking!

[cwydro]

19. "Women today?"

Oh my.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Don't want it now

but I have good memories from childhood.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. 😋

[hunter]

6. My parents never, ever, bought anything like that. Probably because they had no money.

We didn't get any television food, no fancy breakfast cereals, no soda, nothing. My dad would buy bulk cornflakes and some kind of generic Cheerios that tasted like cardboard. Often we had these with instant milk, which cost less than fresh milk then because much of it was government surplus.

In the times we didn't have a television we didn't miss television food as much.

When we were staying overnight with my grandma in Los Angeles she'd sometimes give us television dinners as a "treat." We didn't know it was much easier for her to just throw some television dinners in the oven, and serve sugar frosted cereals advertised on television with fresh milk for breakfast.

My great grandmas would have been appalled. If there was meat on the menu they killed it, if there were vegetables they grew them, if there was bread they baked it. They'd serve pancakes and sausage and eggs for breakfast. As city kids we thought the eggs and sausage they served tasted strange. We didn't know factory farm eggs and sausage were a pale imitation of the traditional foods.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. The only time I had one was while visiting a friend.

[Wicked Blue]

8. I liked them better when they started including little desserts

like pudding.

My absolute favorite of them was the turkey dinner with stuffing, gravy, peas and the cranberry crumble.

[Duppers]

9. Same here.

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."

[Wicked Blue]

12. That is one heckuva smart kid!

I can sympathize with your situation.

I had a bout of chronic fatigue syndrome after pneumonia, back when my daughters were 8 months and 3 years old. For weeks, my husband would come home from work and heat up TV dinners for us. My 3-year-old helped by fetching diapers for the baby, since I couldn't do much except lie on the sofa.

[Duppers]

13. Omg! Wicked Blue!

I was diagnosed with CFS! That was way back in the late 70s, just when it was still very controversial & barely becoming accepted. Anytime I've had pneumonia, the flu, or any other bug, it's a factor in my recovery. Sometimes I don't know if I'm coming down with something or just having a bout with CFS/ME.
Q: do you have brain fog too?

I couldn't imagine having a 3yo along with an 8mo old baby + CFS. Poor you! Your hubby must've helped a lot! Mine not so much - he's a good guy but his career has always been a priority.

Anyway, yes, my son is still "one heckuva smart kid!" Has a PhD in physics and has created a 2nd career in AI as a data scientist, & is in his 30's now.

[Wicked Blue]

16. I'm amazed that you were diagnosed so long ago, in the late 70s

Unfortunately CFS is still controversial, and too many doctors tell patients that it's all in their heads.

You are so right about having CFS flare-ups after viral illnesses. I had acute bronchitis in the spring of 2019. It left me with fatigue that is only now beginning to go away, more than a year later. And yes, brain fog is definitely part of it.

Here's a link to some info on it. The biggest change I made was starting to take a B-complex daily. It took months to show effects but now the energy is starting to return.

https://draxe.com/health/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/

[Duppers]

18. Yep.

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I've been on a B-complex daily regimen for a few decades now - they really help! Don't think I could move w/o them.

I saw the famous CFS/ME expert & pioneer Dr. Paul Cheney in the late '80s. He, along with other docs, ran a clinic in NC; think he's retired now.

And regarding CFS still being controversial, indeed, it is, especially here in the "States."
I think most people still think it's a joke or a convenient haven for hypochondriacs. If they'd only do a bit of reading! In contrast, I found most people in England knew about & accepted Myalgic Encephalic Myelitis (their term for CFS) as being a real, irrefutable, uncontroversial chronic illness.
Our CDC says it is too:
https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html

And it is chronic; I've yet to find a person who says they've fully recovered.

Apologies to Floyd for hijacking his great TV dinner thread.

[Duppers]

14. P.S.

Welcome to DU, btw.

Just ck'd to see where you live & found that you're a newbie here.

[Wicked Blue]

17. Thanks!

I've lurked for a long time.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. 😋

[DeeNice]

15. The company I work for used to make those trays

Now we make automotive parts among other things. Same process.

[blaze]

20. For my Dad (I'm 67) tv dinners were a form of rebellion!

He grew up in a family that dressed (with ties and all) for Sunday dinner. He hated it!

So *OUR* Sunday dinners were tv dinners on tv trays in the living room watching tv!!!!

And I agree with the posters that preferred the dinners that included dessert!

[Wicked Blue]

22. Let's hear it for TV dinner desserts!

[OriginalGeek]

21. zz tv