National TV Dinner Day! (1002 views, 3 replies)
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I remember those good old TV dinners. I wish they come back. they was mighty tastily .what we got today ain't as good they add a lot of stuff in it ,that you don't really know what you are eating ,because they cut cost to make more money and charge you for doing it.To me the old ways of TV dinners are the best.
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<br> <br> "TV Dinners" - 1983 - ZZ Top <br> <br> In 1953, C.A. Swanson & Sons introduced a new product called “TV Dinners” and changed the prepackaged meal industry forever. The Smithsonian Institute inducted the original Swanson TV Dinner tray into the Museum of American History in 1986. Today we celebrate this piece of American cultural history with National TV Dinner Day every September 10th! <br> <br> Several smaller companies had conceived of frozen dinners, but the first to achieve success was Swanson. The first Swanson-brand TV Dinner was produced in the United States and consisted of a Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread dressing, frozen peas and sweet potatoes packaged in a tray like those used at the time for airline food service. <br> <br> <br> <br> The name "TV dinner" supposedly came from the shape of the tray it was served on. ...
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@caseyanne The TV Dinner Video by ZZ top was pretty cool. I also never heard of TV dinner day before reading this forum.