Gregory Morrow wrote:

> The first teevee dinner would today cost (adjusted for inflation per the
> inflation calculator below) $6.52...pretty rich vittles!
>
> [ http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ ]
>
>
> http://www.tvacres.com/food_menus.htm
>
> "TV Dinners - The first commercially successful TV dinner was introduced by
> L.A. Swanson Food Company in 1953. For the cost of $1.00, the 12 ounce TV
> dinner included sliced turkey, gravy, buttered peas, whipped sweet potatoes,
> and cranberry sauce. The carton's front cover displayed a picture of a TV
> set. With the microwave oven becoming so commonplace in the 1980s,
> manufacturers of instant dinners began replacing the classic aluminum metal
> trays with those made of plastic, cardboard, and Styrofoam materials.
> Actually the first frozen dinners were made for the US Navy in 1944. The
> process of quick freezing food was invented in 1911 by Clarence Birdseye, a
> former government surveyor. His discovery was inspired by watching the
> Eskimos in Labrador preserve their food by freezing the food in the arctic
> air."
>
[snip]

I wonder what was in those first meals? Most of the ones now have
a huge laundry list of chemicals, which make them very unappealing
(to me).

--
Jean B.