TV Dinner Day

I don't really recall my first encounter with TV dinners. However, that raging gourmand within partook with relish and cleaned his little tin compartmentalized plate as if they weren't going to make anymore ... and the meal became one of those many things I added to my diet over the years.
 

Throughout the decades I have consumed "TV Dinners" in a variety of formats containing a multitude of fast foods from fried chicken through spaghetti and beyond and just tonight I feasted on a Stouffer's fish filet with mac and cheese. Those little orange boxes have been a staple for years.

Today is TV Dinner Day, a time to mark the emergence of the prepackaged meal and the decline of nutrition in the United States since that first C.A. Swanson & Sons product introduced some two years or so before I was born.

In the beginning they were metallic packages you popped into the oven for a half hour or so. Nowadays, they are plastic plates with film tops you nuke for a few of minutes in the microwave.

Regardless, TV dinners and that convenience they represent will remain a part of my life. I try to limit the portions and consume a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables along with them.

Happy TV Dinner Day !