Debbie wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
> | On Mon 05 Sep 2005 07:59:37a, Debbie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> |
> |
> | > And of course we now have all the convenience foods that have been
> | > canned to make prep faster. Not to mention food combinations that just
> | > need 1 thing added to complete the meal.
> |
> | Yep, we need to add "food" to make those work! :-)
> |
> And not even good "food"! :-) There are some though that have the fixings
> in the box. I came across them last winter. The box contains a can of
> stew.. chicken, beef and a turkey variety too I think. In addition to this
> can is a package of biscuit mix. The cost was about twice it would be to
> buy a can of stew and the biscuit mix separately (not to mention the biscuit
> mix would do for more than 1 can of stew). People were buying them up
> making comments about what a good idea they were.
>
> Debbie

Reminds of that Banquet "Desert in a box" I purchased which was for
apple crisp, and when I opened it to make it I found it consisted of a
can of apple pie filling and a brown sugar topping packet. It was
terrible.