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

On Mar 4, 3:30*pm, 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

and full of a lot of crap that one shouldn't eat.

On Mar 4, 6:30*pm, 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


Sodium content?

On Mar 4, 4:16*pm, val189 > wrote:
> On Mar 4, 6:30*pm, 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
>
> Sodium content?

about 730 mg

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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In article
>,
Chemo the Clown > wrote:

> On Mar 4, 3:30*pm, 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
>
> and full of a lot of crap that one shouldn't eat.

But there are times when one does not care about that. Just like the
frozen fried chicken I can get locally for $4.50 for 30 pieces. We have
a local chicken place that, instead of wasting the fried chicken that
expires under the hot lamps, waits until the time is almost (but not
quite) expired, tosses 15 pieces into a bag and freezes it, then sells
it at a drastic discount.

Not the healthiest food, but it's cheap and tasty...
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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

Good to know. I avoid prepared convenience foods at home, but the better
ones are good for stocking my camper where preparation space is limited.

Omelet wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
>> On Mar 4, 3:30 pm, 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
>> and full of a lot of crap that one shouldn't eat.
>
> But there are times when one does not care about that. Just like the
> frozen fried chicken I can get locally for $4.50 for 30 pieces. We have
> a local chicken place that, instead of wasting the fried chicken that
> expires under the hot lamps, waits until the time is almost (but not
> quite) expired, tosses 15 pieces into a bag and freezes it, then sells
> it at a drastic discount.
>
> Not the healthiest food, but it's cheap and tasty...

And, if you peel the breading off, makes a tasty quick gumbo or chicken
and dumplings.

Reading from news:rec.food.cooking,
Chemo the Clown > posted:

> On Mar 4, 3:30+AKA-pm, notbob > wrote:
>
> > I was so impressed, next time I went to mrkt I made a point of picking
> > up more of same. +AKA-Another shocker. +AKA-On sale for $.66! +AKA-Real beef, real
> > crust, real gravy, really tasty, two thirds of a buck. +AKA-They're in
> > those crisping type pie pans, so the crust comes out as good as oven
> > baked. +AKA-Amazing. +AKA-Fer a little over a half a dollar, this is easily
> > the best food deal in the mkt. +AKA-Buy a doz, eat two at a time. +AKA-
>
> and full of a lot of crap that one shouldn't eat.

Interesting, isn't it, that you can find in frozen foods the same junk
that's put in canned or shelf-stable foods. I'd like to think that frozen
food is "preserved" simply by the fact that it's frozen, but producers of
frozen food seem to think freezing food, itself, doesn't actually preserve
it. Either that or they're trying to account for times when the frozen
dinners might become thawed and refrozen. <gasp>

Damaeus

Reading from news:rec.food.cooking,
notbob > posted:

> 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.

I try to avoid nuking unless it's something like melting butter, or
sometimes I'll heat up leftover taco meat in the microwave if I'm too
hungry to want to wait fifteen minutes for it to heat up in the oven. But
frozen pot pies MUST go into the conventional oven. I ain't eatin'
nobody's microwaved pot pie.

> 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.

Meh... I like home-cooked, fresh food as much as the next guy. But I also
like being lazy sometimes. I can make a damned good homemade pizza, and I
also am not ashamed to pop a $1.50 frozen Totino's pizza in the oven. If
I'm hungry, Totino's satisfies the hunger a lot faster than a homemade
pizza, and it's not like I was dumpster diving.

Damaeus

Stu wrote:

>>>>> Sodium content?
>>>
>>>>about 730 mg
>>>
>>> That's each, so you'd have over your maimum sodium intake for the
>>> whole day in just one meal.
>>
>>I wouldn't...I won't touch the things.
>
> I was replying to Bobs post, great way to clog up the arteries and
> work the hell out of the heart.

Sodium clogs arteries? I had no idea.

Bob

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> > But there are times when one does not care about that. Just like the
> > frozen fried chicken I can get locally for $4.50 for 30 pieces. We have
> > a local chicken place that, instead of wasting the fried chicken that
> > expires under the hot lamps, waits until the time is almost (but not
> > quite) expired, tosses 15 pieces into a bag and freezes it, then sells
> > it at a drastic discount.
> >
> > Not the healthiest food, but it's cheap and tasty...
>
> And, if you peel the breading off, makes a tasty quick gumbo or chicken
> and dumplings.

Or stir fry. And yes, I've done that. Peel the breading off of
commercial fried chicken and use the meat for other recipes.
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In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> suck. Except!! I wuz hungry and lazy and found a dinky Banquet pot
> pie in the freezer.
> nb

I may look into it; pot pie is Rob's go to meal when I'm not home for
dinner.


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On Mar 4, 6:30�pm, 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

I like Banquet pot pies too. I like to eat out the insides and then
eat the crust last. Don't tell anyone but I also like frozen pizza,
I eat a burrito for lunch everyday, and I use can goods when I cook.

On Mar 4, 5:30*pm, 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

I'm partial to Stouffer's chicken pot pie, myself. I just don't read
the sodium and fat content....

N.

On Mar 4, 6:30*pm, 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

Junk food makes it with the masses because it tastes good. Eat,
drink, and be merry, because someday you'll die, but in the meantime,
enjoy a few excesses. <g>

maxine in ri
By day I'm mistress Natural, just as healthy as I can be.
But at night I'm a Junk food Junkie, Good Lord have pity on me.

In article >,
Nancy2 > wrote:
>On Mar 4, 5:30*pm, 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
>
>I'm partial to Stouffer's chicken pot pie, myself. I just don't read
>the sodium and fat content....

I think I've only had Marie's CPP, but the excellent review might cause
me to pick up some emergency reserves.

I tend to not read the full ingredient lists, myself (or, more often, read
it and say "whatever").

Charlotte

--

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:04:27 -0800, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Stu wrote:
>
>>>>>> Sodium content?
>>>>
>>>>>about 730 mg
>>>>
>>>> That's each, so you'd have over your maimum sodium intake for the
>>>> whole day in just one meal.
>>>
>>>I wouldn't...I won't touch the things.
>>
>> I was replying to Bobs post, great way to clog up the arteries and
>> work the hell out of the heart.
>
> Sodium clogs arteries? I had no idea.
>
> Bob

when the sodium content of your blood gets up to about 90%.

your pal,
blake

In article
>,
Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Mar 4, 5:30*pm, 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
>
> I'm partial to Stouffer's chicken pot pie, myself. I just don't read
> the sodium and fat content....
>
> N.

<lol> I rarely read labels when I KNOW I'm buying junk food!
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On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:30:27 GMT, notbob wrote:

> 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.

You must have got a defective pot pie. The beef in out Banquet pot
pies are this pressed and formed "styrofoam beef" (you can see air
bubbles in the beef). I still eat them at $.44/each - had 12 in the
last 3 months of cold wether (2 at a time). But they are not made
with lean, whole muscle beef by a longshot.

-sw

On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:27 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> Uh, pardon me, but to me, a single one is PLENTY to make a single meal.
> Don't be a piggy Stu! ;-)

A single $.44 pot pie is not a meal. Even if it were $3.00.

-sw

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:19:21 -0500, blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:04:27 -0800, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Stu wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> Sodium content?
>>>>>
>>>>>>about 730 mg
>>>>>
>>>>> That's each, so you'd have over your maimum sodium intake for the
>>>>> whole day in just one meal.
>>>>
>>>>I wouldn't...I won't touch the things.
>>>
>>> I was replying to Bobs post, great way to clog up the arteries and
>>> work the hell out of the heart.
>>
>> Sodium clogs arteries? I had no idea.
>>
>> Bob
>
> when the sodium content of your blood gets up to about 90%.

You would have boiled to death if your blood could get that
saturated with sodium ;-)

-sw

Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:27 -0600, Omelet wrote:

>> Uh, pardon me, but to me, a single one is PLENTY to make a single meal.
>> Don't be a piggy Stu! ;-)

>A single $.44 pot pie is not a meal. Even if it were $3.00.

A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
for most people.

OTOH if one drinks 800 calories worth of caloric drinks per
day, that pot pie is exactly one of your three meals.


Steve

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:27 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>
>>> Uh, pardon me, but to me, a single one is PLENTY to make a single meal.
>>> Don't be a piggy Stu! ;-)
>
>>A single $.44 pot pie is not a meal. Even if it were $3.00.
>
> A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
> one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
> for most people.

Not all nutrition comes in form of calories. If you just count
calories (and fat), the average American will max out pretty
quickly.

But if you want 100% of the rest of the "good for you" stuff, then
it's nearly impossible to get 100% of those and not max out on the
kcals + fat first.

-sw

Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

>> A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
>> one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
>> for most people.

>Not all nutrition comes in form of calories. If you just count
>calories (and fat), the average American will max out pretty
>quickly.

>But if you want 100% of the rest of the "good for you" stuff, then
>it's nearly impossible to get 100% of those and not max out on the
>kcals + fat first.

This is true, but OTOH if you have 200 calories of complete
protein in the 2000 random calories you consume, you are at your
daily reference value for protein, and you are not going
to experience outright starvation. You may exhibit vitamin
deficiencies, symptoms of excessive fat or insufficient fiber
but these will develop pretty slowly.

Steve

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:27 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>
> > Uh, pardon me, but to me, a single one is PLENTY to make a single meal.
> > Don't be a piggy Stu! ;-)
>
> A single $.44 pot pie is not a meal. Even if it were $3.00.
>
> -sw

That depends on the individual. For me, 2 eggs is a meal and I feel
quite full. So is just ONE pot pie.

That's probably why losing weight has gotten to be easier. My stomach
has shrunk.
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In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
> > Sqwertz > wrote:
> >
> >>On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:35:27 -0600, Omelet wrote:
> >
> >>> Uh, pardon me, but to me, a single one is PLENTY to make a single meal.
> >>> Don't be a piggy Stu! ;-)
> >
> >>A single $.44 pot pie is not a meal. Even if it were $3.00.
> >
> > A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
> > one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
> > for most people.
>
> Not all nutrition comes in form of calories. If you just count
> calories (and fat), the average American will max out pretty
> quickly.
>
> But if you want 100% of the rest of the "good for you" stuff, then
> it's nearly impossible to get 100% of those and not max out on the
> kcals + fat first.
>
> -sw

That's what vitamin supplements are for. If you try to get all of your
vitamins from food, the majority of people will consume too many
calories... unless you eat a lot of high fiber veggies such as leafy
greens.
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Omelet > wrote:

>People in America have an unrealistic idea of proportions and the
>amounts of food they eat. That is why there is an epidemic of obesity...

You mean like north Americans eat an average of 4,500 calories
per day per person, and think that's perfectly okay? AND
complain about immigrants coming in to use our resourses?

Unemployment is 15%, household income down 30% but caloric input remains
at its historical all-time high. So much for fat = rich. More
like fat = hopelessly in hock to the international capital markets...

Just wait and we'll see what happens.

Steve

On 2010-03-05, Charlotte L. Blackmer > wrote:

> I think I've only had Marie's CPP, but the excellent review might cause
> me to pick up some emergency reserves.

You'll not get a good review from me. Granted, Marie's CPPs are very
tasty and have a lot of chicken (at least used to) and veggies.
Unfortunately, they have even more dough. I said at least 30% crust.
Including the top, bottom and side crust, I'd revise that to almost 50%
crust. I like the crust and eat it all, but MC just has too much,
specially considering the price. I not longer buy them.

nb

On 2010-03-05, Omelet > wrote:

> Watch out. Those damned things are addicting. ;-d

hmmmm....

I may start a pot pie diet. Three per day would be 1000 caleries and
salt would only be 300 mg over RDA. Maybe 2 per day and some fruit.
Cheaper than NutriSystem, and probably tastier, too.

nb

Omelet wrote:
> People in America have an unrealistic idea of proportions and the
> amounts of food they eat. That is why there is an epidemic of obesity...
>

Americans do have a problem with obesity. Also, Stu's body requires
more calories than ours. A man can eat 2200 calories per day while we
may eat 1600. Your nephews, within a two year time period, will double
their caloric intake. In a few years, they will eat your refrigerator
bare, so be prepared. :-P When my oldest son turned 12, we were
having lunch, he ate his tuna salad sandwich then he asked if I was
going to eat the other half of mine. That is when I knew he had reached
puberty.


Becca

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:46:23 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
>>> one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
>>> for most people.
>
>>Not all nutrition comes in form of calories. If you just count
>>calories (and fat), the average American will max out pretty
>>quickly.
>
>>But if you want 100% of the rest of the "good for you" stuff, then
>>it's nearly impossible to get 100% of those and not max out on the
>>kcals + fat first.
>
> This is true, but OTOH if you have 200 calories of complete
> protein in the 2000 random calories you consume, you are at your
> daily reference value for protein, and you are not going
> to experience outright starvation. You may exhibit vitamin
> deficiencies, symptoms of excessive fat or insufficient fiber
> but these will develop pretty slowly.

I'm eating three next time.

-sw

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:25:55 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> People in America have an unrealistic idea of proportions and the
> amounts of food they eat. That is why there is an epidemic of obesity...

If they'd stop making it taste so good, then we wouldn't eat so
much.

If we were eating 1750's food, I would probably just be eating for
sustenance.

No, maybe not. They had BBQ back then. And moldy rye, too! I
would a BBQ trippin' fiend.

-sw

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:05:33 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:19:21 -0500, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 18:04:27 -0800, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>>
>>> Stu wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>> Sodium content?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>about 730 mg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's each, so you'd have over your maimum sodium intake for the
>>>>>> whole day in just one meal.
>>>>>
>>>>>I wouldn't...I won't touch the things.
>>>>
>>>> I was replying to Bobs post, great way to clog up the arteries and
>>>> work the hell out of the heart.
>>>
>>> Sodium clogs arteries? I had no idea.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> when the sodium content of your blood gets up to about 90%.
>
> You would have boiled to death if your blood could get that
> saturated with sodium ;-)
>
> -sw

oh, good. i'm safe, then, from sodium cloggage.

your pal,
blake

On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:36:04 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> You mean like north Americans eat an average of 4,500 calories
> per day per person, and think that's perfectly okay? AND
> complain about immigrants coming in to use our resourses?

That not a fair picture. i work for my food, and I also work to pay
taxes to [pay for welfare, food stamps, health care, and housing for
all asorts of people who *don't* work.

I pay 56X more for everybody else's health insurance than I do for
*my own* health insurance. I'll eat that extra goddamn pot pie if I
want to, before some homeless immigrant and the Government comes
knock out at my door and confiscates my refrigerator.

> Unemployment is 15%, household income down 30% but caloric input remains
> at its historical all-time high. So much for fat = rich. More
> like fat = hopelessly in hock to the international capital markets...

This is just ion tha last 2 years. I doubt the figures for caloric
intake are accurate, or that up date.

Besides, fatter, unhealthy food is cheap. It's the healthy food
that is expensive.

Comparing caloric intake to median income is not any indication of
anything.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:36:04 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> You mean like north Americans eat an average of 4,500 calories
>> per day per person, and think that's perfectly okay? AND
>> complain about immigrants coming in to use our resourses?
>
> That not a fair picture. i work for my food, and I also work to pay
> taxes to [pay for welfare, food stamps, health care, and housing for
> all asorts of people who *don't* work.
>
> I pay 56X more for everybody else's health insurance than I do for
> *my own* health insurance. I'll eat that extra goddamn pot pie if I
> want to, before some homeless immigrant and the Government comes
> knock out at my door and confiscates my refrigerator.


And don't forget that them dang Socialists are going to come and git
yore guns, too... and make it impossible for you to buy any ammo, and
they are going to indoctrinate yore chilluns in special camps and the
head of all this is really one of them Mooselems who wasn't even born
here. And we're all gonna have to be learned to talk Mexican and we
won't be able to wish each other a Merry Christmas and all the illegal
aliens will be on welfare while taking jobs away from 100% Red-Blooded
Mericans while we pay to raise their illegitimate babies and the gubmint
pays for all their abortions.

How will we ever survive?

George L

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:25:55 -0600, Omelet wrote:
>
>> People in America have an unrealistic idea of proportions and the
>> amounts of food they eat. That is why there is an epidemic of obesity...
>
> If they'd stop making it taste so good, then we wouldn't eat so
> much.
>
> If we were eating 1750's food, I would probably just be eating for
> sustenance.
>
> No, maybe not. They had BBQ back then. And moldy rye, too! I
> would a BBQ trippin' fiend.
>
> -sw

The easy access to good-tasting and/or high-calorie and/or
addictive food is a big factor, I think. If we all had to cook
our treats (and for that matter, put as much effort into that as
one had to in days of yore), we would be in better shape.

--
Jean B.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> The problem with that is that multivitamins, or singular vitamins
> aren't absorbed as well as vitamins found in food. There is also the
> problem of how vitamins and minerals work together, which nobody knows
> completely about, and how to get those combinations to work properly in
> a pill. It's better to get vitamins and minerals from food.


Although I do take vitamins, there are phytonutrients in foods, that we
are not even aware of, yet, at least this is what my doctor told me.
You have to eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, beans and whole grains
to make sure you are covered.


Becca

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Omelet > wrote:
>
> >People in America have an unrealistic idea of proportions and the
> >amounts of food they eat. That is why there is an epidemic of obesity...
>
> You mean like north Americans eat an average of 4,500 calories
> per day per person, and think that's perfectly okay? AND
> complain about immigrants coming in to use our resourses?
>
> Unemployment is 15%, household income down 30% but caloric input remains
> at its historical all-time high. So much for fat = rich. More
> like fat = hopelessly in hock to the international capital markets...
>
> Just wait and we'll see what happens.
>
> Steve

Will the results be a surprise?

My personal MAINTENANCE calorie intake is 1,200 to 1,500 kc per day. If
I eat more than that, I gain weight. But, I also have hypothyroidism.
If I want to lose weight, I have to cut to below 1,000 and it's not that
hard to do once you change your attitude towards food. It's been an
ongoing learning process.
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In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2010-03-05, Omelet > wrote:
>
> > Watch out. Those damned things are addicting. ;-d
>
> hmmmm....
>
> I may start a pot pie diet. Three per day would be 1000 caleries and
> salt would only be 300 mg over RDA. Maybe 2 per day and some fruit.
> Cheaper than NutriSystem, and probably tastier, too.
>
> nb

<lol> That'd probably work actually!
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