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A frozen meal (also called TV dinner in Canada and US), prepackaged meal, ready-made meal, [1] ready meal (UK), frozen dinner, and microwave meal portioned for an individual. A frozen meal in the United States and Canada usually consists of a type of meat, fish, or pasta for the main course, and sometimes vegetables, potatoes, and/or a dessert.
Thomas' wife described him as a gourmet cook who "never ate TV dinners". [2] In recent years, Thomas' TV Dinner role was disputed by former Swanson and Campbell employees, frozen food industry officials, and Swanson family heirs, who said the product was created by the Swanson brothers, Clarke and Gilbert. [3] (M.
Swanson is a brand of TV dinners, broths, and canned poultry made for the North American and Hong Kong markets. The former Swanson Company was founded in Omaha, Nebraska, where it developed improvements of the frozen dinner.
1960s: Morton Ham Dinners. The popularity of frozen dinners continued rising during the 1960s, with stalwarts bursting onto the scene like Cool Whip and Green Giant buttered vegetables.
The frozen TV dinner's origin story begins with a half-million-pound mistake. In 1952, C.A. Swanson & Sons overestimated the number of Thanksgiving turkeys the American public would consume.
Betty Cronin (July 12, 1928–December 11, 2016) was an American bacteriologist and co-author of Campbell’s Great American Cookbook.Some call her "the mother of TV dinners", [1] though the development of the idea has several claimants. [2]
Banquet Foods is a subsidiary of Conagra Brands that sells various food products, including frozen pre-made entrées, meals, and desserts. [1] The brand is best known for its line of TV dinners. Banquet was founded in 1953, with the introduction of frozen meat pies. Banquet first hit the store shelves in 1955, offering frozen dinners.
Fortunately, I ended up pleasantly surprised by the Priano meal — and the large size of the shells was a bonus. The flavor was on point — the pasta didn't even need extra salt.