My grandma used to let us get a TV dinner each on grocery night. Mine was always fried chicken! She’d make us our TV dinners and pull out the TV trays and we’d sit and watch our shows and we thought we were living large! Those were the days ❤️
@MelodyMeanFace
3 жыл бұрын
If they were microwaved dinners your favorite would not have been fried chicken. Natural oven heat makes crispy chicken, microwave makes rubber chicken.
@bellasmom2013
3 жыл бұрын
The fried chicken was my favorite too.
@bellasmom2013
3 жыл бұрын
@@MelodyMeanFace We didn’t have microwave ovens back in the 1960s when we ate them.
@janiceharris5475
3 жыл бұрын
Great memories.❤️
@pjhey947
3 жыл бұрын
We loved them too! On the rare days my mother didn’t cook from scratch lol we thought is was a real treat to pick our own TV dinner. Even though my mother was a great cook. I’m 60 and we very rarely ate fast food ( only on a trip) and we didn’t really have pizza or Chinese until the mid 70s.
@mikehughes4969
3 жыл бұрын
I remember being ten years old eating a Swansons TV dinner and watching the Six Million Dollar Man. It didn't get much better than that.
@charles-y2z6c
3 жыл бұрын
Im in my 60's same story except it was Batman and the Munsters.
@timothysanders431
3 жыл бұрын
To the way way back machine, we got this .
@irvan36mm
3 жыл бұрын
I did the very same thing, eating Swanson’s Salisbury Steak dinners & watching Steve Austin. Good times!
@mikehughes4969
3 жыл бұрын
@@irvan36mm fried chicken.
@timothysanders431
3 жыл бұрын
Man I ate a many of these delicious meals growing up. We had a well stocked and organized freezer . Thanks mom and dad for the luxury of life. Couldn't have done it without you.
@charlieporch3181
3 жыл бұрын
A great time to grow up. It was a treat to have frozen dinner in front of the TV. Less dishes to wash. Good times.
@paulrossi4863
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up I ate Swanson tv dinners a lot, especially the Hungry Man version..😁👌
@charlesshreeve319
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I remember every one of those vividly from almost 60 years ago. Getting to eat dinner in the living room in front of the TV! Fun times as a kid!
@kfl611
3 жыл бұрын
Eating your tv dinner on the tv tray !
@greyeaglem
3 жыл бұрын
My mother was a widow and had to work. We had a live-in babysitter that I'm sure we were a handful for. I think in order to get some peace, she used to feed us in the living room on TV trays. We rarely had TV dinners. When I look back on that time, what I remember is eating sliced up hot dogs (no bun, just sliced on a plate) while watching the Three Stooges. I'm sure we ate other things, but that's the memory that sticks in my mind.
@trenthink
3 жыл бұрын
In 1986, they replaced the stamped tin-foil trays with microwaveable ones. I’m actually young enough to vaguely remember a time when one person could earn enough to support a whole family, and it was economical to have one spouse concentrate on taking care of the family, while the other worked. Can you even imagine?
@olivegreenpants7153
3 жыл бұрын
Aw gee and what if SHE wanted to work outside the home?
@jungleno.
3 жыл бұрын
@@olivegreenpants7153 then she could be the breadwinner and father can stay home and take care of the family…smarty pants. I don’t think she would like the stress that goes along with the responsibility of supporting a family, mortgage, home and car insurance etc.
@jesscvideo
3 жыл бұрын
The good old days 😀
@413smr
3 жыл бұрын
I may have saved one of the foil trays. If so, it's far back in a closet.
@michaelbriggs2894
3 жыл бұрын
America has become more expensive and more greedy, that's what happened
@kenhill3230
3 жыл бұрын
TV dinners were never gourmet, but those Swanson dinners were far superior to most of what they have now. I recall Stouffer's having excellent stuffed peppers back in the day, but these companies went cheap on the ingredients and they are not the same.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
@C. W. Sayre I love their stuffed peppers too & actually have a box in my freezer right now! 🤣Only thing is, they have gotten very small considering the large, overstuffed peppers that you used to get in a pkg. Companies sadly everywhere have cut back on portion sizes & in many cases, quality of product!
@amyfisher6380
3 жыл бұрын
It’s strange the things I remember. I recall an interview with Garry Trudeau, the creator of the comic strip “Doonesbury”. At the time he was still a bachelor. He described the success of Doonesbury by saying that when it came to meals, he went from Swanson’s to Stouffer’s. I think he meant that his frozen dinners improved in quality!
@93corvettebaby
3 жыл бұрын
4 stuffed peppers=2 lbs I don’t consider that a small portion
@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736
3 жыл бұрын
Stoffers is owned by Nestle.
@karolinesmail489
2 жыл бұрын
Ey
@gunnarbiker
3 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I would sit and watch Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Six Million Dollar Man, Incredible Hulk and the Dukes of Hazzard while eating these. Those were good days in life. 2021, not so much.
@bobmonroe3745
3 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the feeling of the aluminum tray and the forks we used to use reacting with all my fillings! LOL! anybody else remember that?
@natehawkins2910
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, a very weird metal-on-soft metal feeling! I remember that vividly!
@bobmonroe3745
3 жыл бұрын
@@natehawkins2910 yes! Perfect description!👍🏼
@soulfly4076
3 жыл бұрын
i do ! and my tube socks as well !
@bobmonroe3745
3 жыл бұрын
@@soulfly4076 ha ha! Yes!
@everready19373
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, thank you for that! I had forgotten all about that!
@johngallagher2313
3 жыл бұрын
In the early 70's I worked nights. TV dinners were a staple for me then. I liked them and still do but rarely eat them anymore.
@daviddavis4444
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 61 growing up in the 60's when mom got those we thought we were eating high on the hog on our TV dinners on our metal TV trays. Usually payday was the time to treat
@sharonc8138
3 жыл бұрын
TV dinners were so special in my family when I was young. Didn’t go out to eat much, 5 kids, expensive and probably nerve racking for my parents! This truly brings me back to my childhood in the dawn of 1971. I wish my kids could hop in the way way back machine and get a taste of this gentle decade in America.
@dietersmythe9649
3 жыл бұрын
A TV dinner was a treat for me after a cold day delivering newspapers & served in front of the TV of course! Thanks for the memories!!
@kbunky69
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when my parents had to go out it was a rare treat to have a TV dinner .. my mom always cooked and very rare that we had tv dinner or McDonald's or Burger King etc.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
Same with us! Too many kids for TV dinners ( 7 of us all together & 3 adults) so either my mom or Nana cooked! Definitely no fast food until I got a job @ 16 at the Burger King in the nx city! Then they would come through & get a bunch! My stepdad got job as manager of Arthur Treacher’s & loved their fried fish!
@blueeyedsoulman
3 жыл бұрын
I had to get a job in tenth grade and take the bus from school to work so Burger King became dinner and place to do some homework, but before that I remember these crazy dinners in a box. It seemed like just enough for a small child lol.
@danityvanityinsanity
3 жыл бұрын
Actually, home made is best. And the healthiest.😉
@michaelbriggs2894
3 жыл бұрын
@@danityvanityinsanity Yup, now it's not all covered with a bunch of sodium to preserve it and they also cheapened the ingredients so it doesn't taste as good
@vjhreeves
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same in our house!
@annettemalaski1967
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, yes! And those TV trays to support them! I still eat Swanson dinners. But the turkey story is priceless!
@SK-bb6ms
3 жыл бұрын
Remember the jingle "It's the next best thing to YOUR good cookin', Swanson makes it good"
@Felidae-ts9wp
3 жыл бұрын
Great memories of the 📺 dinners. Back in the 60s and 70s... The t.v. dinner trays..watching a favourite show on the black and white television...then a colour one.. Time does fly.
@Cryo837
3 жыл бұрын
In the 70's as a young bachelor Swanson's "Hungry Man" TV dinners were not that bad. I got the fried chicken usually. 5:02 - Pavlov's Dog here...I actually started salivating from remembering how much i used to love that particular dinner.
@t-squared6406
3 жыл бұрын
I ate a ton of those growing up
@ApartmentKing66
3 жыл бұрын
@@t-squared6406 I grew up on them too.
@Stewart1953
3 жыл бұрын
its where dumbass "karen" carlson's $$ came from stuff's crap
@hertzair1186
3 жыл бұрын
....yes, that one was a guilty pleasure.
@kimdavis2508
3 жыл бұрын
You were really something if you got a TV dinner. Good ole days.
@terrykrall
3 жыл бұрын
We got them only when my parents had an event and dumped a babysitter on us. Which was only once or twice. Loved them... back then. Haven’t had one in decades... but would probably. I DO still buy and eat Cpt’n Crunch a couple times a year, but never just before a dentist visit... he’d wonder if I have been eating fiberglass.
@Chahlie
3 жыл бұрын
We lived on a farm, and these instant dinners were considered a special treat, just like homemade butter was considered inferior to margarine. Yikes. All that milk and eggs, and those ghastly Monarch puddings was what we got.... what a strange time it was.
@robertwilliams450
3 жыл бұрын
Yes but now that I'm older and a widower I miss the home cooked meal😥
@SnoopyDoofie
3 жыл бұрын
Nope. Nothing like home cooked food. Processed food tastes like crap compared to home made.
@soulfly4076
3 жыл бұрын
@@SnoopyDoofie bullshit //// sodium was ur friend back then hahahaha
@joelfrombethlehem
3 жыл бұрын
I do remember the 3 compartment aluminum trays as well as the 4 compartment trays before the plastic and paper trays were introduced. Happy recollections on Recollection Road. Always well done and thank you very much for these short videos.
@colleen7us
3 жыл бұрын
This was another great video. When I was a kid we used to get the pot pies as a treat when we had babysitters. And I still love them.
@robertwilliams450
3 жыл бұрын
I hated pot pies. Granted they were good but they are just above nuclear fission🤣
@barbarak2836
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertwilliams450 I ate many, many of those in college because they were so cheap. I haven't had one in the 40+ years since.
@oldprankster7606
3 жыл бұрын
I have never met a pot pie that I ever liked. That dislike goes back to my childhood in the 50s. Ugh!
@randallmarsh1187
2 жыл бұрын
@@barbarak2836 Has your poor tongue finally recovered?
@barbarak2836
2 жыл бұрын
@@randallmarsh1187 I think so, but I never, ever want a pot pie again.
@nicholaschard7143
3 жыл бұрын
I used to bring the aluminum trays to elementary school to mix water color paints for painting pictures.
@greyeaglem
3 жыл бұрын
And it sucked when your teacher said you needed to bring one and you didn't have any. Their other favorite was empty oatmeal boxes for drums etc. It always happened right after my mom threw away an empty box and opened a new one. We didn't have plastic containers like we do now, so she would call around to see if a neighbor had a box that was almost empty, or we'd be eating a lot of oatmeal. Didn't like it then and can't eat it now without gagging.
@rascal0175
3 жыл бұрын
I loved them. They were small and very tasty. The TV tray followed. I just noticed, that beef dinner was my favorite. It came with 3 small potatoes. It was delicious.
@michaelbelmontes4046
3 жыл бұрын
I really liked the Fried Chicken TV Dinner ! With Mashed Pats, Peas and Carrots and a Apple Pie of Sorts that remained piping hot for way too long for a little boys sweet tooth!
@coleparker
3 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@ENWWN
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. The apple pie - potential mouth roof burner. Brownie was awful.
@dragonmeddler2152
3 жыл бұрын
Never had a bad Swanson's TV dinner. Portions were a little skimpy but it all tasted great. My favorite was the fried chicken dinner.
@timothymorris1925
3 жыл бұрын
Part of my Saturday nights when I was a kid.
@gregggoss2210
3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Me and my brother also. Mom and Dad went to the mall and my brother and myself would watch any number of TV shows in reruns or prime time. Emergency, Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea, The Invaders, and on and on. Great memories.
@annb1
3 жыл бұрын
Yep in the 60s mom and dad would go out on sat. Night to dinner and leave me at home with the babysitter and TV dinner.......the best of times
@fob1xxl
3 жыл бұрын
I remember having the chicken dinner in 1954 when I was 9 years old. I had to BEG my mom to buy it for me. She was Italian and a great cook, so this to her was NOT FOOD ! I'd get my TV dinner, put in on a TV tray and watch "The Three Stooges" ! I liked the Turkey dinner too ! Now, it's more of Stouffers and Marie Calander's.
@felinemagic4473
3 жыл бұрын
The chicken was good but I loved the Salisbury steak (or as my brother called it - a hamburger in gravy). The hot apples with cinnamon were good too.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
I too loved the turkey dinner! My favorite actually was the turkey dinner, then I came the meatloaf dinner & finally the fried chicken , close third!
@spmoran4703
Жыл бұрын
Stick to Italian. The Mediterranean diet is proven to be tasty and healthy
@WysteriaGuitar
3 жыл бұрын
I used to eat these when I was a kid. They were really not that bad.
@kellylermasprague5417
3 жыл бұрын
The Mexican Enchilada meals were my favorite along with the one that had the little chocolate cake (Salisbury Steak or chicken )
@cartman4885
3 жыл бұрын
Man I remember how special it was for mom to cook the tv dinners we would break out the tv trays and watch tv it was great..................
@chrisnizer5702
Жыл бұрын
We didn't get to have them very often but they were always considered a special treat.
@appleforever6664
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, these videos brings back memories! Why is this channel not at 1 Million subscribers yet?
@LL-bl8hd
3 жыл бұрын
The turkey train story is a pretty amazing and hilarious image... I'm picturing some 1950s executive in a grey suit yelling at a train conductor, "I don't care where you go, just keep moving! If we lose these turkeys we're through!"
@felinemagic4473
3 жыл бұрын
My mom and dad worked opposite shifts when I was a child because of the lack of child care. Dad usually worked during the day and mom worked eves. So dad was left getting dinner on the table for himself and four children. TV dinners saved us (and my parents marriage 🙂).
@charlesshreeve319
3 жыл бұрын
That's either a great story, or a really sad one.......
@felinemagic4473
3 жыл бұрын
@@charlesshreeve319 Mom and Dad are gone now but for years and years we all laughed about those TV dinners. Life is made if fond memories.
@iceman6518
3 жыл бұрын
Those meals were super hero status. Family glueman to the rescue. Lol go out side dig a hole with a stick dinner in 30min then back out wait who has homework do it while I cook and leave me alone I'm busy here.
@WizzRacing
3 жыл бұрын
Trust me... The TV dinners saved many a marriage.. My friends mother could not cook for shit..I think his dad married her for her looks..
@Moni-xb7hl
3 жыл бұрын
Nice story. Greetings from Germany. 🙋♀️
@kemgreene2293
3 жыл бұрын
I remember those tv dinners; they were very good, back when this country used to produce quality food products.
@kfl611
3 жыл бұрын
No gmo's then or frankenfood.....
@jeffsilverman6104
3 жыл бұрын
I still have a Swanson classic fried chicken T.V. dinner from time to time. They're still tasty, and I like to play a game when I open the package called "identify the pieces" because unless it's a drumstick, they really don't resemble anything that come from a chicken. The corn and mashed potatoes are also still great, especially when you get them all buttery and salty.
@lmutch427
3 жыл бұрын
I love, love love your videos !!!!!
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
I do too! Best videos ever!♥️
@loveandfaith6517
3 жыл бұрын
My younger siblings had the experience of Swanson TV Dinners when Mom worked out of the home. She was grateful for them on occasion.
@glenng7085
3 жыл бұрын
Anyone remember Morton's brand TV Dinners? Regardless, Swanson's or Morton's.....the Turkey dinner was much better quality than today! As was the fried chicken, the meatloaf, Salisbury steak, macaroni and beef all delicious!!!
@jimconaty6218
3 жыл бұрын
You are certainly right about that. They were much better then.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true & so much better “back then!” Loved the turkey( my favorite), meatloaf, fried chicken & Salisbury Steak dinners too.... my favorites!
@jimconaty6218
3 жыл бұрын
@@karenstrycharz1499 they all were pretty much good. But I haven't seen any ham tv dinners in ages, do they still exist? And yep I fondly remember tv trays too. Probably stopped using aluminum trays cause who wants to wait for the oven when microwave ovens are faster.
@jimconaty6218
3 жыл бұрын
@@karenstrycharz1499 fried chicken was one of my favorites besides ham. The good old days , gone but not forgotten.
@natehawkins2910
3 жыл бұрын
Back when they used meat, not hydrolyzed soy protein fillers! I do however, remember the mashed potatoes as a bit granular and watery tho. But I loved them!
@roselyncampisi822
3 жыл бұрын
It was such a treat to me to have a Swanson TV dinner. Another one was jiffy popcorn in the pan and foil. So much beautiful memories!
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
I so remember that popcorn to & how it would get bigger on the stove! The best memories!
@johnzeszut3170
3 жыл бұрын
We could never master the Jiffy popcorn touch - it was always burnt on the bottom. I think we used a lot of a popcorn called "TV Time".
@kenbroadway6547
Жыл бұрын
i loved tv dinners as a kid in the 70s, and i still eat them now. Of course, the aluminum trays are gone...kinda miss those lol
@Nunofurdambiznez
3 жыл бұрын
Ate MANY many many tv dinners back in the day, in front of the TV with my family... then later on was chicken pot pies, REALLY loved those!
@MisterMikeTexas
3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me, when I was in first or second grade, I was visiting a friend who was about to have lunch before his nap (He was 3 years younger than me). He told me his mother was fixing him a "beef Popeye". The way he described it, I pictured Popeye's face created out of beef! 😆😆😆 He claimed it was singing "I'm Popeye the sailor man" as it was cooking on the stove! Later on when I told my mother my friend had "a beef Popeye" for lunch, she explained he meant "beef pot pie". Denny's used to have a decent chicken pot pie. Wish they'd bring it back.
@michellerjackson5776
3 жыл бұрын
@@MisterMikeTexas 😄
@medusagorgon9
3 жыл бұрын
Too young to have experienced the original introduction but I do remember watching old tv shows that featured them. Depending on the decade (50s, 60s or 70’s) it was either a desired treat dinner or a dreaded consequence of the wife/mom having to be elsewhere.
@m.e.d.7997
3 жыл бұрын
Love these throwback flashback vids!
@MisterMikeTexas
3 жыл бұрын
"Anyway, my TV dinner's almost done, It's a lonely Saturday night!" - Lou Reed
@ReturnToNormal777
3 жыл бұрын
God what a memory! I can still remember the taste of the ones with meatloaf in tomato sauce, mashed potatoes and green peas! My favorite would have been the the fried chicken with mixed vegetable and mashed potato. Wish they still had them available in the aluminum trays.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
Meatloaf & mashed potatoes tied as my favorite with their turkey dinners!! I too loved meat loaf dinners!!!! Loved the mashed potatoes in the “tomato sauce gravy!!!” Yum! Yum!♥️
@rodemarieaguirre8884
3 жыл бұрын
I was in awe the first time I had a TV dinner...best part of the 1960s growing up, another addition to my wonderful memories...it felt so special to eat out of a aluminum tray..that love went with me into adulthood....its still a special enjoyment even at age 66....thanks mom and dad....thanks Swanson!!!!!!
@Robnord1
3 жыл бұрын
Had these often growing up in the 60's, then pretty much lived on hungry man dinners, chicken pot pies, and later breakfasts in the 70's as a young single man. Not the healthiest, but what a time saver!
@roberth3094
3 жыл бұрын
I loved TV dinners. It was like a special treat. Instead of sitting down for dinner, we would get the TV trays out and watch TV while we ate .
@t-squared6406
3 жыл бұрын
Those designs were so much better,we ate them at the dinner table in front of a tv!
@gpackwood1
3 жыл бұрын
These early TV Dinners were tremendously helpful to me as a kid learning how much I appreciated & looked forward to my Mom's cooking.
@MisterMikeTexas
3 жыл бұрын
Salisbury steak! Enchilada! Good times!
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
Loved both!
@Patriot-American
3 жыл бұрын
Boy this brings back memories... good one's, g. I remember having these in the 60s, 70s and beyond. Times are different now with a very competitive market but Swanson's TV dinners set the stage and fit well with television era of those days. Good memories ... Thanks for these videos 😉
@pinkrose5796
3 жыл бұрын
I remember these!! They were actually a treat for us to be able to eat TV dinners and watch TV in the living room! Did this maybe once per month when we were kids and brings back great memories:) Turkey and stuffing was my favorite:)
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
It was my favorite too!!!
@thetinysideoftiny7625
3 жыл бұрын
WOW...this is crazy but as the different dinners were shown on the screen I INSTANTLY remembered EXACTLY what they tasted like...especially the turkey stuffing and the desserts! I remember these dinners tasting like real food...the turkey and fried chicken were my favorites and I loved the apple and cherry desserts. Thank you so much for making this video!
@pamelamays4186
3 жыл бұрын
Watching TV in the evening on a Friday night with my family with a TV dinner in front of me. The band ZZ Top recorded a song called TV Dinners.
@BELCAN57
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the "International" (Chinese, Mexican and German) dinners. They were my introduction to other cuisines.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh! I remember them too, 🤣now that you mention it. Remember eating some of these “exotic” meals! Ha!
@zzydny
3 жыл бұрын
Me, too. Not sure which company made it but I vividly recall the Veal Parmigiana dinner. Now that was considered something fancy.
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
@@zzydny Oh yes, I remember the veal parmigiana too, now that you mention it & loved that one, too! Forgot all about it until you just mentioned it but I remember my mom buying that one for my step-dad too. I really loved the Veal Parmigiana!!!
@zzydny
3 жыл бұрын
@@karenstrycharz1499 I got to choose which dinner I wanted as an encouragement to eat quietly alone in my room so that the adults could have dinner without being bothered by the brat! Oh my. Good thing I liked Veal Parmigiana. I remember trying all the international dinners.
@ourgorlsfavoriteorangechic2711
3 жыл бұрын
@@zzydny Was that the one with green beans and Alfredo?
@doctorwhofan1989
3 жыл бұрын
It was amazing that Swanson was so dedicated to making sure that that leftover turkey did not go to waste. These days I don't know if many companies would care. They'd probably be like, "oh, well. Throw it all out."
@Nonduality
3 жыл бұрын
Featureman has a channel where he eats TV dinners, among other simple old-fashioned meals
@ApartmentKing66
3 жыл бұрын
There's not much Tom *won't* eat; he's had everything conceivable at one time or another.
@lonestar1637
3 жыл бұрын
I like his channel too.
@nomadman1196
3 жыл бұрын
And Don't Forget The Secrete Ingredient. 👍
@kesmarn
3 жыл бұрын
Terrific channel. The meals combined with his recollections of his Hollywood years are just the right way to relax.
@MisterMikeTexas
3 жыл бұрын
"I even like the chicken if the sauce is not too blue!" - ZZ Top
@johnlopez3996
3 жыл бұрын
Love that song from ZZ Top!
@aliarshad3012
3 жыл бұрын
"I even like the truck if it is no a Ford " Ali Arshad
@karolinesmail489
2 жыл бұрын
Tv dinners there's nothing left to eat🎸🎸
@alanmorris7669
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1970s when I was a kid, it was so much fun watching television at night while eating a TV dinner. Today, I prepare my own dinners. Walmart sells the Disposable Aluminum 4 Compartment T.V Dinner Trays with Lid. You get ten for $17. I keep my chest freezer full of them and eat them year-round.
@lanacampbell-moore4549
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 😊
@jaymartin3992
3 жыл бұрын
OK, this edition is in the upper tier of this series. How have I missed it since May? Been a long time since the Swanson glory days. Hits the bittersweet nostalgia button for sure. Much to be missed from that time that has gone away. Thanks, even if it makes me a bit sad.
@plumeria9990
3 жыл бұрын
In the early 60's, we had Mexican TV dinners often, because we lived in Hawaii and there were no Mexican restaurants. We were from Texas and missed the food. We ate at a table on our patio in front of the TV.
@kathylongino963
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the chicken with the brownie. That brownie was GOOD!!!
@airassault11
3 жыл бұрын
I had Swanson’s TV Dinner many times when I was growing up. The History Channel has a show “The Food That Built America” that talks about Swanson and the TV Dinner. Great show!!
@virginiaswafford7078
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when tv dinners came out in 1953 and cokes were a nickel in a returnable glass bottle. Ive always liked the turkey even to this day.the best times ever.
@rtrout57
3 жыл бұрын
I wish they would reissue these.
@davidkastin4240
3 жыл бұрын
Lofl
@mars188
3 жыл бұрын
i wish
@carolynmiles9281
3 жыл бұрын
TV dinners are still out there and pretty much taste the same as they always did. Actually there are a lot more of them since alot of people are wanting fast and various meals.
@mars188
3 жыл бұрын
@@carolynmiles9281 no hotdog and beans with cornbread stopped making it
@SeaJay_Oceans
3 жыл бұрын
You can buy replica collectable metal trays... Oven Safe, but not microwave friendly! :-) And my, oh my, remember the little TV Dinner Tray tables ? Folding metal legs, and usually some wood or floral pattern on top... still some original ones available on e - bay . . .
@delorestaylor8114
3 жыл бұрын
My grandma kept a few in the “deep-freeze” to eat while my grandfather was on the road working. Once in a while I got a TV dinner at her house. A real treat!
@ronaldbowman6059
3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the sixties and seventies I recall eating the Swanson dinners trays. Back when we were growing up my mother would cook most days, so it was a treat to receive mc Donald’s or a Swanson dinner. Now remember that was a simpler time when one parent would actually go out and work. And the mothers often stayed home to raise the family.
@birdsfan57
2 жыл бұрын
Grew up in the 60's and yes, going to McDonald's was a treat for us. A family of 4 could eat for less than a dollar. Hamburgers and fries were 15 cents. There was also no indoor dining, only a walk-up window (early-mid 60's). Always wished I could be older so I could work there and get to wear one of those goofy hats their employees wore. Those hats were considered a "badge of honor" back in those days. A teen was lucky if they could secure a job there.
@coleparker
3 жыл бұрын
There is an old Woody Allen movie Broadway Danny Rose where he is a talent agent. In the movie, Woody's character always invited his clients on Thanksgiving, to come to his apartment where he would serve them turkey dinners.
@davidbundy1769
3 жыл бұрын
I always had the Haddok dinner and my Mom would make tarter sauce, early 60's. Great memory!!
@clemsonbloke
3 жыл бұрын
It's "Haddock"
@sg2823
3 жыл бұрын
I just found you.That was a really good presentation! Down to earth and informative.
@Jim-ie6uf
3 жыл бұрын
Man, we ate a ton of those when I was growing up.Mom had the same menu for each day of the week. Monday was hash, yuck, Tuesday was meatloaf, etc. As my brother and I got older, these were ideal, Mom didn’t complain. Seems it was generally Friday and Saturday nights, but that was 50 years ago. Aside from the occasional Marie Calenders pot pie, which are really great,I don’t eat much frozen food.
@tylerzorn6152
2 жыл бұрын
I can remember sitting in the living room with a TV tray and a TV dinner the aluminum trays and watching emergency or even chips or even the Six Million Dollar Man that was quite a good time I sure wish we could bring those times back
@lonestar1637
3 жыл бұрын
I am so hungry for one now. Not microwaved, but in the oven like then. Remember when almost every home had a set of TV trays? My mom saved up her S&H green stamps for ours❤️
@dobbins2550
3 жыл бұрын
Just sub'd. I miss the old days, things moved slower and culture wasn't manic and chaotic.
@jrussellcase
3 жыл бұрын
Swanson TV Dinners were awesome. And those TV dinner trays were great for setting those real heavy old televisions on...the ones with the "clunk clunk" channel knobs.
@markw208
3 жыл бұрын
Swanson’s TV dinners, my mom’s favorite (to avoid cooking)
@wookchang8852
3 жыл бұрын
Fond memories of my youth. Thank you.
@stevedeleon8775
3 жыл бұрын
As a 10 year old kid in 1969 my grandma had a Huge Freezer about (5ft long) she would buy TV Dinners..Frozen Pizzas..Ice Cream in Tubs..etc. She was able to buy multiple quantities when on sale 👍
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
She sounds like she was a great grandmother! Loved my Nana too & I think of her most ever day even though she has been gone almost fifty yrs! I am so well aware of the memories you leave behind with our own grandchildren, due to the fun, love & caring my Nana treated me with!♥️
@stevedeleon8775
3 жыл бұрын
@@karenstrycharz1499 Me too..everyday something I see or think about reminds me of Nana Lupe M.Leon..my mothers mom..RIP passed in 1985..
@JustFunandGames
3 жыл бұрын
My granny used to buy a brand called "TV Vittles". My favorite was the Possum Stew, Dandelion Greens, and Grits. I also really liked the Smoked Crawdad dinners. Sometimes, we would eat them together next to the cement pond.
@xenafletcher8442
3 жыл бұрын
Loved eating these when i was a kid up until the microwave when they changed to plastic trays they just didnt taste the same im sure it had something to do with more preservatives still like to get beef pot pies still put them in the oven
@bluebear6570
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the TV dinners quite vividly! I had them while watching my favourite TV series -M.A.S.H.!
@johnsiders7819
3 жыл бұрын
I used to feed myself after my mother went back to work she bought them for me to eat after school I saved the heavy foil trays and re used them when I went camping to cook on .things were so much more simple back then .
@photonotavailable7936
3 жыл бұрын
Ditto when my mom went back to college and my dad worked full time. I was a latchkey kid before there were latchkey kids.
@jefff6167
2 жыл бұрын
You’ve really got something here Recollections Man. Your content is solid, your voice work is spot on, the background music is perfect. I hope you reach a million subscribers and millions of views.
@neilschipper3741
3 жыл бұрын
You're great with nostalgia, remember Imperial margarine? I still use this every day, along with a occasional RC Cola.
@natehawkins2910
3 жыл бұрын
“Everything’s better with Blue Bonnet on it!” That jingle sticks with me 35 years later. Lol Mom always used imperial margarine too, tho!
@jerfacekilla
3 жыл бұрын
OMG RC Cola!!! When Coke came out with 'new' Coke, I switched to RC and never looked back!
@birdsfan57
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, remember the commercials where a crown suddenly appeared on the head of everyone who tasted Imperial margarine? 1960's...a great time to be a kid!
@InFltSvc
3 жыл бұрын
My first TV dinner was when me and my cousin begged our grandmother to go into town to the then Acme and she did ! It was pure pleasure full of amazement as we ate it ... I remember she was not at all impressed and with good reason as NOTHING replaced her cooking
@carguybd
3 жыл бұрын
We were a poor family and could never afford Swanson, instead opting for one of their more plebeian competitors. Today I appreciate that upbringing because you appreciate pretty much everything. So often I am with friends and they just seem dissatisfied with the littlest thing, particularly in restaurants.
@natehawkins2910
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Dad bought IGA brand or other store brand TV dinners, but I loved them. My friends (and I too now) are pretty all well off now, and most do complain a lot about what’s served to them. I remember how we couldn’t afford Pop Tarts or Fruit Roll Ups or Corn Pops cereal and went with generic or without. But I loved it anyways!
@allmine853
3 жыл бұрын
I remember when my mother brought these home from the store. thought i had gone to heaven they were so good. Aned we were the kids eating them off tv trays in front of the television.
@elifoust7664
3 жыл бұрын
Friday night treat
@scottielover5415
3 жыл бұрын
Great presentation, well done. Thanks for the memories.
@LivingLife128
3 жыл бұрын
when we came to america in the 70's, mom and dad had to work long hours to survive . We kids survived on Ramen and TV dinners ,and took care of ourselves at a very young age. once in a while i open up a TV dinner and it brings me back to simpler times.
Swanson dinners were serious 'livin' in the 60s and early 70s. Team that up with a great movie on non-cable TV on a Saturday night and it became magical.
@freedomforever6718
3 жыл бұрын
My brothers and I ate quite a few of Swanson's TV dinners on those very folding TV trays. Funny how things change. I wouldn't eat one now.
@speedspeed121
3 жыл бұрын
I think the quality diminished over the years. When I was younger (late 70's to early 80's) I remember eating them and thinking they were OK.
@MrMenefrego1
3 жыл бұрын
I don't care what any Boomer-aged American says, if you were a kid eating a Swanson's TV Dinner back in the '50's-'60's you were one cool hombre! My mother was a truly gifted cook, but we still loved eating those Swanson's TV Dinners. Every year when The Wizzard of Oz was on TV, we were allowed to eat Swanson's TV Dinners, just once a year though! Such good memories. My family are all gone now, I'm the last survivor. When I get to heaven maybe God will allow us to watch The Wizzard of Oz and have some Swanson's TV Dinners to celebrate.
@choward5430
3 жыл бұрын
My mother never cooked TV dinners because my father, who was king of our house, wouldn't allow it. Matter of fact, we never had McDonald's as a family ever! I didn't eat McDonald's until I could afford it on my own. My mother made all of our hamburgers and we never had buns. We ate them with Wonder Bread!
@jrussellcase
3 жыл бұрын
There's something to be said for homemade hamburgers. We never appreciated them til we were grown.
@raallen1468
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. No TV dinners for us; we never ate out; took one 3-day vacation during my childhood. We ate sandwiches from a cooler & meals @ relatives' homes that we visited over those 3 days... We was POOR! 😉
@choward5430
3 жыл бұрын
@@raallen1468 "we never ate out." Can I get an Amen?
@shugardad
3 жыл бұрын
Wonder Bread! There is another video idea:)
@raallen1468
3 жыл бұрын
@@choward5430 And.... on our ONE family vacation, we slept in the car & on picnic tables @ a roadside park the 1st night, then slept on the wooden, uncarpeted floors @ relatives' houses we visited. 4 kids. We was POOR! 😉
@litaheffley6990
Жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏 brother 😢
@rmknicks
3 жыл бұрын
My parents would buy these occasionally and my favorite was the veal parmesan. It was so good (then)!
@karenstrycharz1499
3 жыл бұрын
I forgot about the veal Parmesan. I loved that too!♥️
@jerfacekilla
3 жыл бұрын
YES!! Still great. In fact, I preferred Swanson's $1.99 version more than the unnamed national Italian eatery's version! The breaded veal is awesome! I still buy a dozen of them when they're on special.
@bernardoconnor1502
3 жыл бұрын
The fried chicken and salisbury steak were my favorites. I loved when the mashed potatoes would have the little brown crust around the edges when cooked just long enough. I never ate the peas if they were the vegetable.
@jerrysullivan8424
3 жыл бұрын
The way that I eat a TV dinner now would be a snack. LOL! :)
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