{"id":516,"date":"2004-12-08T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2004-12-08T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/12\/08\/the-irony-of-my-tv-dinner\/"},"modified":"2004-12-08T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2004-12-08T14:09:10","slug":"the-irony-of-my-tv-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/12\/08\/the-irony-of-my-tv-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Irony of My TV Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the past 5 days I’ve been staying with Matt in his new apartment (I’m moving into mine on Friday). All of my belongings are at the old condo so I just brought over enough clothes for the week and nothing else. Since I’m technically a guest in his place, I didn’t want to hog up (and mess up) the kitchen so I didn’t buy much food, either.<\/P>
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Last night I had class and didn’t get home until around 8PM. With no food in the house I opted to go to the local convenience store and pick up something for dinner. I selected the Swanson’s chicken, mashed potato, corn and brownie TV dinner. Five minutes in the microwave and my nutritious nuclear meal was prepared. It was then I realized the irony of having a TV dinner without a TV to watch (since I screwed up Matt’s cable installation date). <\/P>
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And, seeing as this sight is called “Adventures in Gastronomy” (and was initially created to showcase my meal preparation habits in an effort to humiliate me into cooking more creative things), I’m going to provide you with a review of my meal last night!<\/P>
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First, this was the first frozen dinner I’ve had in probably a decade (or more). True, I’ve purchased frozen vegetables or frozen chicken in the past, but they were separate. I’d not purchased an entire meal wrapped into one package. Second, I hate microwaves. I never use them. In fact, Matt and I went years without microwaves (and only had one in our last condo because it was built-in over the oven). We mostly used it to store breads and cookies so they didn’t get stale. <\/P>
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But my Swanson’s meal was quite yummy. And at only $3.49 (convenience store price…probably even less at a supermarket), I was pleasantly surprised to realize I was full when I finished. And it was reasonably healthy, too (the corn was plain…not in a butter sauce). This could be a good (and inexpensive) option for me on nights when I have class and get home late. But now I’m thinking how tragic it could be that I’m not even living on my own yet and I’m already resorting to frozen dinners. Next thing you know I’ll be wearing wife-beaters and boxer-shorts while watching wrestling on TV. But at least then my TV dinner will make sense.<\/P>
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