gotta luv Tater Tots, a frozen food staple  http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0207Pe29MlBgAqrWjzbkF/SIG=12klb3ns3/EXP=1282461007/**http%3a//www.oreida.com/images/products/small/Tots/TaterTots-b.jpg

and frozen corn dogs ain't bad as long as you cook in the oven and not the microwave, otherwise they won't be crunchy
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gotta luv Tater Tots, a frozen food staple   http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0207Pe29MlBgAqrWjzbkF/SIG=12klb3ns3/EXP=1282461007/**http%3a//www.oreida.com/images/products/small/Tots/TaterTots-b.jpg

and frozen corn dogs ain't bad as long as you cook in the oven and not the microwave, otherwise they won't be crunchy
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makes me want to have lunch later. But I'll just stick to my sub sandwiches.

gotta luv Tater Tots, a frozen food staple   http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0207Pe29MlBgAqrWjzbkF/SIG=12klb3ns3/EXP=1282461007/**http%3a//www.oreida.com/images/products/small/Tots/TaterTots-b.jpg
Tater Tots was a hot lunch constant when I was in school.  You'd get 'em next to the main tray compartment, which was for American Chop Suey (or American Slop Chewy) or something called "cutlet."
:o

and frozen corn dogs ain't bad as long as you cook in the oven and not the microwave, otherwise they won't be crunchy
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That sent me Monty Python reminiscing.  This time it's the Whizzo Assortment chocolate box sketch:

Inspector Praline: Next we have number four, 'crunchy frog'.
Mr. Milton: Ah, yes.
Praline: Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?
Milton: Yes. A little one.
Praline: What sort of frog?
Milton: A dead frog.
Praline: Is it cooked?
Milton: No.
Praline: What, a raw frog?
(Superintendent Parrot looks increasingly queasy.)
Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.
Praline: That's as may be, it's still a frog.
Milton: What else?
Praline: Well don't you even take the bones out?
Milton: If we took the bones out it wouldn't be crunchy would it?

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Sometimes we used to have the Elio's frozen pizza.  My parents knew they were crap, but they were just sooooo good.  By today's standards, they'd be bottom of the barrel, but Elio's was tasty thawed stuff in the seventies!

http://www.ellios.com/Pic/Products/Photo/cheese09fpo.jpg

Sometimes we used to have the Elio's frozen pizza.  My parents knew they were crap, but they were just sooooo good.  By today's standards, they'd be bottom of the barrel, but Elio's was tasty thawed stuff in the seventies!

http://www.ellios.com/Pic/Products/Photo/cheese09fpo.jpg


That actually looks really good!!

I tend to like the bottom of the barrel frozen pizzas better than the so-called gourmet ones.  I'll take a $1.25 Celeste Pizza-For-One over a California Pizza Kitchen or Freschetta any day!

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Sometimes we used to have the Elio's frozen pizza.  My parents knew they were crap, but they were just sooooo good.  By today's standards, they'd be bottom of the barrel, but Elio's was tasty thawed stuff in the seventies!

http://www.ellios.com/Pic/Products/Photo/cheese09fpo.jpg


Have you tried Stouffers?

That actually looks really good!!

I tend to like the bottom of the barrel frozen pizzas better than the so-called gourmet ones.  I'll take a $1.25 Celeste Pizza-For-One over a California Pizza Kitchen or Freschetta any day!


I agree.  If it has calamari on it, it's not pizza.  If it's vegan, it's not pizza.  Nothing against calamari -- or vegans -- but pizza is supposed to be cheesy, gooey, greasy, and fun -- not health food or haute cuisine!
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Have you tried Stouffers?


Tried 'em all!  Bachelor life, you see!  The additives in some of Stouffer's products make me feel kinda funny though.

Sometimes we used to have the Elio's frozen pizza.  My parents knew they were crap, but they were just sooooo good.  By today's standards, they'd be bottom of the barrel, but Elio's was tasty thawed stuff in the seventies!

http://www.ellios.com/Pic/Products/Photo/cheese09fpo.jpg


I still get a box of the from time to time.  I'm a big fan of cheap pizza. and I love square slices too, which in the area I used to live in Western Ohio a couple years ago, you might as well have said I like to wear underwear on my head.  They thought it sacriledge to make square slices of pizza.

I still get a box of the from time to time.  I'm a big fan of cheap pizza. and I love square slices too, which in the area I used to live in Western Ohio a couple years ago, you might as well have said I like to wear underwear on my head.  They thought it sacriledge to make square slices of pizza.


Sicilian-style pizza is square.
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I agree.  If it has calamari on it, it's not pizza.  If it's vegan, it's not pizza.  Nothing against calamari -- or vegans -- but pizza is supposed to be cheesy, gooey, greasy, and fun -- not health food or haute cuisine!
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Tried 'em all!  Bachelor life, you see!  The additives in some of Stouffer's products make me feel kinda funny though.


like MSG?  ???

like MSG?  ???


I dunno.  I don't dare to read the side panel with the ingredients!
:o

I'm not particularly sensitive to MSG but in large amounts it makes me feel weird.

Sicilian-style pizza is square.
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huh!  I didn't know that.

Banquet Frozen Tv Dinners.

huh!  I didn't know that.


It's also baked differently.  Ask your local pizzeria.  Sicilian has to be more than square so square pizza is not necessarily Sicilian.
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I remember these,It also came out with a hamburger too.

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I remember these,It also came out with a hamburger too.


Those aren't frozen.  This is frozen: 
http://imgs.tootoo.com/img01/products/429/280/3429280.JPG

WOT? Rabbit?

Those aren't frozen.  This is frozen: 
http://imgs.tootoo.com/img01/products/429/280/3429280.JPG

WOT? Rabbit?


That doesn't look like rabbit.

Those aren't frozen.  This is frozen: 
http://imgs.tootoo.com/img01/products/429/280/3429280.JPG

WOT? Rabbit?


That doesn't look like rabbit.


Haven't you ever heard of rabbitsicles?  :o :o :o

Haven't you ever heard of rabbitsicles?  :o :o :o


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Then again, wabbits is pwactiawwy chickens.

Haven't you ever heard of rabbitsicles?  :o :o :o


As I always say, meat has to come from an animal.  That means killing, skinning, and gutting it.  If want to sell it as fresh but you can't get it to market immediately, rapid freeze is quite necessary.  If there is anything about this you don't like, I suggestion you go vegetarian.
:o

As I always say, meat has to come from an animal.  That means killing, skinning, and gutting it.


Wait, what?

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I mean, seriously!  Nobody told me!

If there is anything about this you don't like, I suggest you go vegetarian.

http://www.thevrabec.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Vegan-vs-Carnivore.jpg

Fortunately, there was nothing about it that I didn't like.

Haven't you ever heard of rabbitsicles?  :o :o :o


Nope.

As I always say, meat has to come from an animal.  That means killing, skinning, and gutting it.  If want to sell it as fresh but you can't get it to market immediately, rapid freeze is quite necessary.  If there is anything about this you don't like, I suggestion you go vegetarian.
:o


Hey, it's no skin off my ass.


Now, the skin off of cows' and pigs' asses, that's a different story.

And that's why I don't eat hot dogs.  :o :o :o

I made this new-ish frozen pasta dish from Red Baron (pizza people).  It was supposed to take 29 minutes in the oven, but was still cold in the middle, stuck it back in another 20 minutes...still cold.  I put the sucker on broil but was afraid of burning it after all that time so I just took it out and scooped it onto a plate and microwaved it to death.  It tasted pretty good, but I think I'll just make dried pasta in less time next time.

I made this new-ish frozen pasta dish from Red Baron (pizza people).  It was supposed to take 29 minutes in the oven, but was still cold in the middle, stuck it back in another 20 minutes...still cold.  I put the sucker on broil but was afraid of burning it after all that time so I just took it out and scooped it onto a plate and microwaved it to death.  It tasted pretty good, but I think I'll just make dried pasta in less time next time.


Yeah, Stouffer's "microwave" French bread pizza.  Same thing.  I could make my OWN French bread pizza from scratch in less time -- including harvesting the wheat!
:D

http://www.whudat.com/news/images/sarah-palin-turkey-slaughter-big.jpg

This is what puzzles me about my fellow suburban omnivores.  They got all upset about seeing those turkeys butchered behind Sarah Palin.  Granted, it was a lousy location for a press conference, and if I were Sarah, I wouldn't want to get too close to the turkey butcher!  Easy mistake.

Seriously, though, you like turkey on Thanksgiving?  Well, the bird has to get from the coop to your oven somehow.  If 50 million people want to buy a Thanksgiving turkey, then the farmers are going to have to butcher them day in and day out.  No way to make it look pretty. 
::)

Yeah, Stouffer's "microwave" French bread pizza.  Same thing.  I could make my OWN French bread pizza from scratch in less time -- including harvesting the wheat!
:D


Would it taste as good as Stouffers?

http://www.whudat.com/news/images/sarah-palin-turkey-slaughter-big.jpg

This is what puzzles me about my fellow suburban omnivores.  They got all upset about seeing those turkeys butchered behind Sarah Palin.  Granted, it was a lousy location for a press conference, and if I were Sarah, I wouldn't want to get too close to the turkey butcher!  Easy mistake.

Seriously, though, you like turkey on Thanksgiving?  Well, the bird has to get from the coop to your oven somehow.  If 50 million people want to buy a Thanksgiving turkey, then the farmers are going to have to butcher them day in and day out.  No way to make it look pretty. 
::)
Being from the Midwest as well as being a truck driver, I've been to plenty of meat-packing plants. And believe me, they aren't for the squeamish, I've experienced more than my fair share of disgusting sights and smells from those places, so that isn't anything I don't already know about.

I used to have to go to IBP and ConAgra plants, sometimes on 100 degree days, to have pig hides loaded into shipping containers that were eventually going to China to be tanned and made into leather. As you can imagine, the stench was quite horrible, but then I'd think about how those hides would fester for a couple months while they were being shipped across the ocean (even though they were caked in salt to preserve them), and I'd wonder about how awful it must have been for that poor bastard in China who had to open up that container after all that time.

Just as gross: The parking lots by the docks at those plants were so slick from being saturated with all that grease and animal fat that it was like walking on ice.

Indeed it was quite nasty but despite all that, I still have no problem with eating meat.

I miss Swanson's hungry man (square) pot pies and entrees (just meat & potatoes; no veggies). My favorite was the turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing.

Yeah, Stouffer's "microwave" French bread pizza.  Same thing.  I could make my OWN French bread pizza from scratch in less time -- including harvesting the wheat!
:D



;D ;D ;D

I have one of those up in freezer too (Stouffer's pizza), I'm not a big fan of pizza on frebch bread (too thick for my taste.) So I've kinda been avoiding making it.  Hubby bought it so I figured if he wanted it, he could make it for himself.  So far I think it's been in there a month, so it may be covered in glaciers by now.  ;D

I miss Swanson's hungry man (square) pot pies and entrees (just meat & potatoes; no veggies). My favorite was the turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing.


Those are good.

Being from the Midwest as well as being a truck driver, I've been to plenty of meat-packing plants. And believe me, they aren't for the squeamish, I've experienced more than my fair share of disgusting sights and smells from those places, so that isn't anything I don't already know about.

I used to have to go to IBP and ConAgra plants, sometimes on 100 degree days, to have pig hides loaded into shipping containers that were eventually going to China to be tanned and made into leather. As you can imagine, the stench was quite horrible, but then I'd think about how those hides would fester for a couple months while they were being shipped across the ocean (even though they were caked in salt to preserve them), and I'd wonder about how awful it must have been for that poor bastard in China who had to open up that container after all that time.

Just as gross: The parking lots by the docks at those plants were so slick from being saturated with all that grease and animal fat that it was like walking on ice.



I suppose it's like being in the undertaker business.  You either get used to it or quit!  I don't think I'd last a half hour in one of those rendering joints.  It's probably easier than you think for the Chinese guy.  He's had free will taken out of the equation for him!
:o

You should read Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."  I think you'd appreciate it more than most after what you've seen. 

You should read Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."  I think you'd appreciate it more than most after what you've seen. 


But that kinda stuff can't happen here.  Wait, that's the other Sinclair.

But since neither of them are around, anyone else want a Hungry Man meal?  (Don't look at me.  Reading that brought back all kinds of retro memories about food.  You eat one of those every few months, and you'll suffer no ill effects.  And you'll appreciate the food you do cook, all the more.)

http://boingboing.net/images/tvdinner.jpg

http://boingboing.net/images/tvdinner.jpg


I hated The Chicken Dinner,the mashed potatoes were cold and lumpy and the chicken was too greasy,not enough meat.

I hated The Chicken Dinner,the mashed potatoes were cold and lumpy and the chicken was too greasy,not enough meat.


If you want to join the army someday, son, start living like a soldier now!

(^That's a joke.  Not you personally, Howard!)

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This is my favorite,Buffalo Chicken Strips w/fries,corn and chocolate brownie,1 LB of food.

My stepmother used to buy those TV dinners!

Remember the video for The Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone"?  It was on Youtube but got taken down.  Anyway, it's something like that with the hapless children and the disgusting frozen dinners and the chain-smoking alcoholic mom...
:D

My stepmother used to buy those TV dinners!

Remember the video for The Violent Femmes' "Gone Daddy Gone"?  It was on Youtube but got taken down.  Anyway, it's something like that with the hapless children and the disgusting frozen dinners and the chain-smoking alcoholic mom...
:D


When was this? ???

When was this? ???


The song came out in 1985.

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Another one of my favorites.

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Another one of my favorites.
Ready for Thanksgiving?

Kids these days.  Fancy plastic for their TV dinners, so it'll work in a microwave.  Those aren't TV dinners.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kSEMXAT4iWQ/SjWAj9RcM9I/AAAAAAAAAeo/HqdbCQ3B-jc/s400/Tvdinner.jpg

Those are TV dinners.

When I was a kid, TV dinners were packaged in aluminum, and you heated 'em with radiant heat, like, from that big oven, and they took 25 minutes at 425F.  They were marketed as convenient, becuase compared to the time it would have taken to clean, prep, and roast a turkey or a comparable slab of beef, 25 minutes from freezer-to-TV was fast. Uphill, both ways, lawn, off, git.

If there are any in your grandmother's freezer, go for it.  They're still good.

Ready for Thanksgiving?


only if you want a quick fix and don't want to go out.

Kids these days.  Fancy plastic for their TV dinners, so it'll work in a microwave.  Those aren't TV dinners.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kSEMXAT4iWQ/SjWAj9RcM9I/AAAAAAAAAeo/HqdbCQ3B-jc/s400/Tvdinner.jpg

Those are TV dinners.

When I was a kid, TV dinners were packaged in aluminum, and you heated 'em with radiant heat, like, from that big oven, and they took 25 minutes at 425F.  They were marketed as convenient, becuase compared to the time it would have taken to clean, prep, and roast a turkey or a comparable slab of beef, 25 minutes from freezer-to-TV was fast. Uphill, both ways, lawn, off, git.

If there are any in your grandmother's freezer, go for it.  They're still good.


the mashed potatoes didn't seem to be buttery enough so I put more slabs of butter on it,it tasted good.

Some of that stuff was like ready-to-eat military provisions.  Just heat it up.  It's some kind of muck!
:D

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One of my favorites,1 pound of food.

delicious beer battered chicken fingers and cheese fries

http://www.elbowroomdesign.com/musings/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hungry_man1.jpg

One of my favorites,1 pound of food.

delicious beer battered chicken fingers and cheese fries


Coors Light is really good for washing that stuff down!
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Coors Light is really good for washing that stuff down!
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nah,bottled water or a bottle of Coke.

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Another one of my favorites.


That seems like a homemade t.v. dinner put in a reused tray.  Seems like Thanksgiving dinner in a tray.  yum.

Thank god for the Schwan man and his truck of frozen goodness!  He just stopped at my house, and I think I looked at him like the savior himself.  Just bought chicken pot pies, chicken bites, roasted chicken drumsticks, BBQ chicken wings, crunchy chicken strips, quick bake crinkle cut fries, green bean fries, sweet potato fries, seasoned potato wedges, broccoli flowerettes, blue hake, and creamy mashed potatoes.  Man I love the schwan man!

(added) People may ask, why sooo much chicken.  My husband works as a Unit Manager of a Sow Unit  and we have cattle, so beef and pork are takin care of - we don't have chicken ;)

Thank god for the Schwan man and his truck of frozen goodness!  He just stopped at my house, and I think I looked at him like the savior himself.  Just bought chicken pot pies, chicken bites, roasted chicken drumsticks, BBQ chicken wings, crunchy chicken strips, quick bake crinkle cut fries, green bean fries, sweet potato fries, seasoned potato wedges, broccoli flowerettes, blue hake, and creamy mashed potatoes.  Man I love the schwan man!


Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?
:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nMC6kLOYA

That seems like a homemade t.v. dinner put in a reused tray.  Seems like Thanksgiving dinner in a tray.  yum.


Happy Thanksgiving!

Some of that stuff was like ready-to-eat military provisions.  Just heat it up.  It's some kind of muck! :D


MRE (n): Meal, Ready to Eat; three lies for the price of one!

Actually, I've had the chance to sample MREs every few years.  They're actually a lot better these days than they used to be.  Given that you can take a few and stash them in your basement, the trunk of your car, your desk at work, under your bed, or damn near anywhere else for 5-10 years and still expect them to be edible, MREs are one of the more clever things humanity has invented.  MREs are like bottled water, but they actually contain flavor and nutrients!

When the {Earthquake|Flood|Hurricane|WW3|Revolution|Zombiepocalypse} happens, the frozen food gets eaten as it thaws, the canned food gets eaten next, and the MREs either get eaten last, or go in the backpack for the long walk down The Road.  In the event of flood or WW3, the cans will be contaminated with crud or lost in the mud, but the MREs, safely ensconced in their big plastic air bubbles, willl be floating for comparatively easy retrieval, rinse-off, and safe consumption.

And that little packet of Tobasco?  Like gold and silver, and unlike lead, those little packets of tobasco also make lousy bullets, but in an age where only 20% of the population smokes, and after all the non-MRE food is consumed, I tell you this: those little Tobasco packets will be worth more than gold!

MRE (n): Meal, Ready to Eat; three lies for the price of one!

Actually, I've had the chance to sample MREs every few years.  They're actually a lot better these days than they used to be.  Given that you can take a few and stash them in your basement, the trunk of your car, your desk at work, under your bed, or damn near anywhere else for 5-10 years and still expect them to be edible, MREs are one of the more clever things humanity has invented.  MREs are like bottled water, but they actually contain flavor and nutrients!

When the {Earthquake|Flood|Hurricane|WW3|Revolution|Zombiepocalypse} happens, the frozen food gets eaten as it thaws, the canned food gets eaten next, and the MREs either get eaten last, or go in the backpack for the long walk down The Road.  In the event of flood or WW3, the cans will be contaminated with crud or lost in the mud, but the MREs, safely ensconced in their big plastic air bubbles, willl be floating for comparatively easy retrieval, rinse-off, and safe consumption.

And that little packet of Tobasco?  Like gold and silver, and unlike lead, those little packets of tobasco also make lousy bullets, but in an age where only 20% of the population smokes, and after all the non-MRE food is consumed, I tell you this: those little Tobasco packets will be worth more than gold!


Well, they can't taste worse than Dinty Moore Beef Stew and that's all I ask, son.
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I used to eat fish sticks once in awhile but can't recall the last time I had some. fish sticks were served at least once per week in the school cafeterias

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Well, they can't taste worse than Dinty Moore Beef Stew and that's all I ask, son.
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Hey Dinty Moore Beef Stew is pretty good.

Freeze Pops keep the kids happy and your household budget in the black!

http://www.kiskofreezies.com/images/products/MF_REG_100CT_BOX_lg.jpg

Freeze Pops keep the kids happy and your household budget in the black!

http://www.kiskofreezies.com/images/products/MF_REG_100CT_BOX_lg.jpg


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Who remembers Otter Pops?

I only like my otters fresh, not frozen.  :P

I only like my otters fresh, not frozen.   :P


I otter be glad I'm not an otter, then!

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you got your scrambled eggs,your pancakes with gobs of butter,bacon and sausage links,now that's an ALL DAY breakfast.
all you need now is a cup of coffee.

My hubby will sometimes get the little bitty frozen breakfast things (not the great big pound heartattack meals that Howard keeps posting.  lol)
But they still have alot of cholesterol, so he doesn't eat them very often, maybe as a treat when I just don't want to do breakfast out (I hate breakfast food).

http://www.auntjemimafrozen.com/products/images/ES_entrees.jpg

My hubby will sometimes get the little bitty frozen breakfast things (not the great big pound heartattack meals that Howard keeps posting.  lol)
But they still have alot of cholesterol, so he doesn't eat them very often, maybe as a treat when I just don't want to do breakfast out (I hate breakfast food).

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I like The Aunt Jemima breakfast foods,scrambled eggs small links of sausage and pancakes,that's a breakfast that will keep you full.

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you got your scrambled eggs,your pancakes with gobs of butter,bacon and sausage links,now that's an ALL DAY breakfast.
all you need now is a cup of coffee.


ALL DAY running back and forth to the hopper!
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ALL DAY running back and forth to the hopper!
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Don't forget Pepto Bismol.

I always thought a Beer Popsicle would be the best summer treat ever.  If I could just figure out how to make alcohol freeze at 0 degrees Celsius.  Uh-oh, might run into an Ice-nine problem there!

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I always thought a Beer Popsicle would be the best summer treat ever.  If I could just figure out how to make alcohol freeze at 0 degrees Celsius.  Uh-oh, might run into an Ice-nine problem there!

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Beer Popsicle? That sounds delicious.

Beer Popsicle? That sounds delicious.


Well, if you eat the popsicle, and then take the stuff that didn't freeze at 0 Celsius... you end up with a tactical nuclear penguin of a beer.  Do it repeatedly, and it'll be strong enough to sink the Bismark, and from there it's just one short step to the End of History.

Remember kids:  Freezing isn't distillation.  It's also not brewing, but we'll give these guys a pass on that :)

Well, if you eat the popsicle, and then take the stuff that didn't freeze at 0 Celsius... you end up with a tactical nuclear penguin of a beer.  Do it repeatedly, and it'll be strong enough to sink the Bismark, and from there it's just one short step to the End of History.

Remember kids:  Freezing isn't distillation.  It's also not brewing, but we'll give these guys a pass on that :)


At what temperature does ethanol freeze solid?
???

I don't know if it's an urban legend or not but I've heard of people keeping distilled spirits in their deep freezes.  If the alcohol gets to 30 degrees centigrade it could react with your precious bodily fluids creating ice and plugging your air passage.  It's one of those things I've always heard but never knew anyone to whom it happened...and I know people who've done craaaazy sh*t with alcohol!
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At what temperature does ethanol freeze solid? ???


-114C, but it's not that simple.  Unlike crystallizing solids out of supersaturated solutions (e.g. cooling a hot saturated sugar solution to room temperature, at which it's supersaturated and will form crystals around anything suspended in it, giving you tasty sugar crystal candy!), there's always some alcohol in solution with the water in both the frozen and liquid components, but the proportion varies as a function of temperature and alcohol content.


I don't know if it's an urban legend or not but I've heard of people keeping distilled spirits in their deep freezes.  If the alcohol gets to 30 degrees centigrade it could react with your precious bodily fluids creating ice and plugging your air passage.  It's one of those things I've always heard but never knew anyone to whom it happened...and I know people who've done craaaazy sh*t with alcohol!
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At 30C it'd be 80F.  No problem!  At -30C, which is probably what you meant, any liquid would be painful to drink, and you probably could get frostbite on the tongue or esophagus if you weren't careful.  There are better ways to get drunk, like... just acquiring a 40% ethanol solution (preferably one obtained by distillation and long-term storage in oak barrels) and consuming at at room temperature.  At -114C, a 200-proof alcopop would be hazardous to the tongue.  But so would anything else - that's colder than dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) at -78.5C.  We're talking "surface of mars" termperatures.

With the possible exception of Jaegermeister, which is served this way by tradition, I can't imagine why one would drink a distilled spirit at sub-zero temperatures.  The point of whisky and other distilled spirits is the flavor, and the flavor is conveyed by the aroma.  Chilling such a beverage would keep all those volatile compounds from evaporating; it'd be a waste of good booze.  (One notable exception: vodka, which isn't supposed to have flavor, can be, and often is, served from the freezer.)

But drinking 200-proof alcohol at room temperature wouldn't be pleasant either.  (The reason Everclear isn't 200 proof is because pure ethanol is so hygroscopic that it absorbs water from the atmosphere.  Unless you want to get fancy with vaccum systems, 190 is the limit imposed by chemistry.  And it still isn't pleasant to drink - it's essentially flavorless except for the pain of the cells of your mouth being forcibly dehydrated.)

The whole over-20% ABV beer thing that was the fad earlier this year was just an application of fractional freezing, which has been done by the Germans for centuries, but only done in a funny way by Brewdog.

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You first, amigo!

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You first, amigo!
oh yeah, we'll have a rip snortin' good time  ::)

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You first, amigo!


I'd like a side dish of refried beans to go with my burritos.

Howard must REALLY want to scent the room.  Let me just open up a window in here first.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/saeek.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/fart.gif



I haven't yet tried those restaurant brand appetizers in the frozen section, somehow I don't think they'll be as good as getting it at the restaurant (although likely that is what they use too...the frozen stuff microwaved)

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When Subway says they have "fresh bread," rest assured it was perfectly fresh when it was frozen!

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Howard must REALLY want to scent the room.  Let me just open up a window in here first.   http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/saeek.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/fart.gif



I haven't yet tried those restaurant brand appetizers in the frozen section, somehow I don't think they'll be as good as getting it at the restaurant (although likely that is what they use too...the frozen stuff microwaved)

Can't find the picture I need...

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Oh you need something like Odor Killer :D

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I tried these,they're pretty good but they don't keep you as full unless you have a cup of coffee to go along with it.

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I tried these,they're pretty good but they don't keep you as full unless you have a cup of coffee to go along with it.
Our School breakfast program serves these

It is frozen food night at our house - all Schwan foods.

Green Bean Fries
BBQ Chicken Wings
Chicken Bites
Crunchy potato wedges


Something for everyone

It is frozen food night at our house - all Schwan foods.

Green Bean Fries
BBQ Chicken Wings
Chicken Bites
Crunchy potato wedges


Something for everyone
sounds great. you and that Schwan guy really got a good thing going  ;)
but what are green bean fries?

Our School breakfast program serves these


How are they?

sounds great. you and that Schwan guy really got a good thing going   ;)
but what are green bean fries?
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They are breaded green beans, pop them in the oven... Never thought I would like them, let alone the girls (mysteriously a bag ended up in our freezer- dyam Schwan man) and we finally tried them.  ALL of us think they our da Bomb, girls ask for them often.  So O0 from me. 

How are they?
The kids like em. 

I prefer the schwan man pigs in a blanket - blueberry pancake batter around a sausage...

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One of my favorites,1 pound of food.

delicious beer battered chicken fingers and cheese fries


Of all the Hungry Man meals, that one is definately the best!

The kids like em. 

I prefer the schwan man pigs in a blanket - blueberry pancake batter around a sausage...

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Yum,they look delicious.

Of all the Hungry Man meals, that one is definately the best!


I love beer battered chicken and cheese fries.

Red Baron deep dish individual-size pizzas are pretty good. 

I love beer battered chicken and cheese fries.


So do my arteries!  Just can't let go of the stuff!
8)

So do my arteries!  Just can't let go of the stuff!
8)


The box says 1 pound of food,but are you actually full from eating 1 pound? ???

The box says 1 pound of food,but are you actually full from eating 1 pound? ???


Possible abundance of atherosclerotic oils in our processed foods!
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Possible abundance of atherosclerotic oils in our processed foods!
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I'm pretty full myself and then I don't have anymore room for the stupid frozen solid brownie in the middle.

I'm pretty full myself and then I don't have anymore room for the stupid frozen solid brownie in the middle.


That's nice, as I've been eating some Milk Duds!
:D

I'm pretty full myself and then I don't have anymore room for the stupid frozen solid brownie in the middle.


I always ate that first.  Damn...that's the best part!  Unless it had gravy or peas in it, which half the time it did.

I haven't had a Swanson's tv dinner in 25 years I bet.  I eat Lean Cuisine all the time, but those bastards don't give you a brownie.

I don't like frozen meals and neither do my kids, hubby likes some of the Healty Choice meals.

French fries, mozzarella sticks and pizza rolls are popular in my house.
My kids like those cheap frozen pizzas, usually I'll add some extra cheese to them.  My son loves chicken fries.

I like the frozen pancakes but I don't buy them anymore, I just make my own and freeze them (it's cheaper  ::)).

That's nice, as I've been eating some Milk Duds!
:D



Do you like those brownies they put in those TV Dinners?

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:o :o :o

^ I think I'll pass on trying those.  They are probably loaded with MSG (MTV-Music-Awards-interrupting, Sucky, Guy)  :D

Do you like those brownies they put in those TV Dinners?


"They also gave you brown betty for dessert, which nobody ate, except little kids who didn't know any better, and guys like Ackley who ate everything!"

-- J.D. Salinger

(an imperfect quote from memory)

"They also gave you brown betty for dessert, which nobody ate, except little kids who didn't know any better, and guys like Ackley who ate everything!"

-- J.D. Salinger

(an imperfect quote from memory)


or sometimes pudding,Should you use a fork or spoon for that?

or sometimes pudding,Should you use a fork or spoon for that?


And guys like Ackley, who ate everything!

;)

And guys like Ackley, who ate everything!

;)


Who's this Ackley? ???

And guys like Ackley, who ate everything!

;)


;D

Who's this Ackley? ???


No worries Howard.  Max is just talking about the book "Catcher in the Rye."  There is a character in the book named Ackley who will eat even the grossest foods, and so Max was saying that only Ackley would eat the dessert in a TV dinner. 

Nobody called him "Bob" or even "Ack." Just Ackley.  If he ever gets married, his wife will probably call him Ackley!
;D

We've been eating alot of Edy's fruit bars (and she lets us!  ;D) (I crack myself up!)

Anyways, they are kinda like a healthier popsicle with real juice.  yum.

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Anybody try those Burger King frozen fries at the grocery store? They come in a angle shaped box.

Anybody try those Burger King frozen fries at the grocery store? They come in a angle shaped box.


No I haven't tried them yet but I've seen them around.

Anybody try those Burger King frozen fries at the grocery store? They come in a angle shaped box.


And guys like Ackley, who ate everything.
8)

Just bought some Klondikes at the store.  Haven't had one in years.  Couldn't resist.  I had no idea that there were so many different varities and flavors now.

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I know...one of those sounds good to me right about now. Had no idea about the different varieties/flavors either.

Just bought some Klondikes at the store.  Haven't had one in years.  Couldn't resist.  I had no idea that there were so many different varities and flavors now.

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Those are delicious.

Just bought some Klondikes at the store.  Haven't had one in years.  Couldn't resist.  I had no idea that there were so many different varities and flavors now.

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I can't quite forgive them for the awful commercials.  They are indeed delicious.  The only problem is you have to gobble them down.  You can't really saver them. 

I can't quite forgive them for the awful commercials.  They are indeed delicious.  The only problem is you have to gobble them down.  You can't really saver them. 


Our freezer is going nuts, the thermometer in there says it's 20 degrees below 0 Farenheit in there (I don't quite believe THAT but it IS awfully cold.)  Frost everywhere.  The Klondike I had tonight was so hard it nearly broke my teeth, but it DID last a long time.  Oddly enough (like everything) they just don't taste as awesome as I remember them tasting.  :-\\

I can't quite forgive them for the awful commercials.  They are indeed delicious.  The only problem is you have to gobble them down.  You can't really saver them. 


You have to eat them fast,cause they melt quickly.

You have to eat them fast,cause they melt quickly.


I meant "savor" not "saver"!
;)

I meant "savor" not "saver"!
;)



I guess you have saver on your mind.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



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I guess you have saver on your mind.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



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And a list of 300 zillion reasons why Dubya was the greatest president ever ever ever so there!
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And a list of 300 zillion reasons why Dubya was the greatest president ever ever ever so there!
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Since this is a thread about frozen foods-I guess cash fall into that category if your name is William Jefferson.



Cat

Banquet TV Dinners.

Since this is a thread about frozen foods-I guess cash fall into that category if your name is William Jefferson.



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Frozen dough?
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Frozen dough?
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They look like beanbag chairs.