In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> As several of you know, we have frozen sewers (still) during this
> record setting Winter. Making dirty dishes is a real hassle, so we
> are living on canned and frozen foods that can be nuked or sandwiches
> which need zero clean-up.
>
> Mom loves Banquet frozen meals. They're cheap and she has little
> sense of taste. I refuse to eat the damn things cuz --well, cuz they
> suck. Except!! I wuz hungry and lazy and found a dinky Banquet pot
> pie in the freezer. What the Hell. I expected little except to calm
> my belly. Jes 5 mins in microwave and to my surprise, this little
> beef pot pie was astonishing. For what it was, it had a lot of beef.
> Only 4-1/4" in diameter, a mere 7oz fer the whole pie, it was actually
> good. Very beefy flavor, not too thick a crust --Marie Calender pot
> pies are easily one third crust-- and nice 1/2-2/3" cubes of real lean
> beef. Not much in the way of veggies, a kernel of corn and a pea or
> two.... but very tasty and, did I mention beef!
>
> I was so impressed, next time I went to mrkt I made a point of picking
> up more of same. Another shocker. On sale for $.66! Real beef, real
> crust, real gravy, really tasty, two thirds of a buck. They're in
> those crisping type pie pans, so the crust comes out as good as oven
> baked. Amazing. Fer a little over a half a dollar, this is easily
> the best food deal in the mkt. Buy a doz, eat two at a time.
>
> nb

Watch out. Those damned things are addicting. ;-d
I love them too...
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