Author Topic: Frozen Food that is good (gourmet parvenus don't get salty) (Read 1990 times)

ToxicAdam · « **on:** July 22, 2014, 11:41:36 AM »

Healthy Choice Chicken Marsala

king of the internet · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:46:55 AM »

nachobro · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:47:29 AM »

Pretty much everything in the Trader Joe frozen section is really good. I think their tamales and potstickers are my favorites.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:49:10 AM »

Some people spend their mid 40s learning to ride motorcycles or chasing young women. ToxicAdam has spent his listening to pop and eating TV dinners.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:50:22 AM »

Only 6 Trader Joe's located in all of Ohio.

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on July 22, 2014, 11:49:10 AM

Some people spend their mid 40s learning to ride motorcycles or chasing young women. ToxicAdam has spent his listening to pop and eating TV dinners.

Hey, I just turned 40. There is still hope for me to turn it around.

Going to a Sara Bareilles concert this month, though. Maybe I am doomed.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:51:31 AM »

ITT: Riding the Strugglebus

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:54:19 AM »

What the hell is "marsala"?

king of the internet · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:57:48 AM »

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2014, 11:58:16 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on July 22, 2014, 11:54:19 AM

What the hell is "marsala"?

A wine. Usually you add butter and/or flour to it to make it a sauce.

king of the internet · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2014, 12:20:35 PM »

Honestly I don't eat this shit anymore but in my early twenties I basically survived off it. Went like four years without eating a home cooked meal made from scratch. I'm a miracle I didn't end up morbidly obese.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2014, 12:27:46 PM »

http://www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com/2010/08/trader-mings-bbq-chicken-teriyaki.html

http://www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com/2013/03/trader-joes-japanese-style-fried-rice.html

Trader Joe's Chicken and Pork Gyoza Potstickers

TJ's Aloo Chaat Kati Pouches

Maria Callender's Swedish Meatballs

Any of the Maria Callender's Comfort Bakes, Cheddar and Bacon Potato is my favorite

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2014, 12:28:35 PM »

$1 Banquet Frozen Dinners got me through that year of college when I didn't have a meal plan.

king of the internet · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2014, 12:32:24 PM »

I def fucked with the Banquet Chicken Fingers meal.

The brownie at the end was always a treat.

Squiddy · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2014, 12:48:51 PM »

Quote from: king of the internet on July 22, 2014, 12:32:24 PM

I def fucked with the Banquet Chicken Fingers meal.

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The brownie at the end was always a treat.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:01:22 PM »

Yea, I won't mess with that Banquet stuff. Gives me elementary school flashbacks.

Frozen food has improved in the past 5 years.

Amy's Bowls are great stuff, too.

Kara · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:06:14 PM »

Only posting in this thread because its title has a good vocab word.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:12:16 PM »

Good marsala wine is

But there's only one good producer left

Mupepe · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:12:26 PM »

Trader Joe's (and Amy's) frozen Palak Paneer or Chicken Tikka Masala is so fucking good.

demi · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:13:57 PM »

wendy's chili

Squiddy · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:19:33 PM »

While I don't care much for frozen meals, I eat frozen food all the time.

Frozen springrolls, frozen mozarella sticks, frozen pizzas, frozen vegetables (healther than fresh vegetables!), frozen veggie stuff, etc, etc.

Squiddy · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:30:22 PM »

Quote from: The Business on July 22, 2014, 01:23:09 PM

Quote from: Squiddy on July 22, 2014, 01:19:33 PM
frozen vegetables (healther than fresh vegetables!)

lol believe nonsense big food sells you, brehs

It's because the freezing process encapsulates all those vitamins and micronutrients when teh vegetable is in prime condition, so that you consume it at its freshest state as opposed to "fresh" vegetables that have usually been exposed to dirty oxygen for several days before it gets eaten.

king of the internet · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:30:44 PM »

I can still enjoy some morning star these days though. The links are overlooked imo.

Fifstar · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:31:19 PM »

Also plain frozen vegetables are mostly just as healthy as non frozen.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:35:32 PM »

Frozen vegetables taste like shit though so who gives a fuck

CatsCatsCats · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:40:06 PM »

Frozen meals are trash, of course, but amongst the trash if I have to pick I'd go with any one of them that uses the steamer design, where the steam from the sauce cooks the pasta or what have you.

Also, premade burger patties is disgusting and not even much more convenient. Throw some spice in a bowl with meat and roll balls, really that hard bros?

Fifstar · « **Reply #25 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:40:53 PM »

Eh, taste is not the problem but texture is bad with most frozen vegetables. Okay for gratin or quiches.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #26 on:** July 22, 2014, 01:42:34 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on July 22, 2014, 01:35:32 PM

Frozen vegetables taste like shit though so who gives a fuck

yea, if you shove it bareback into a bowl in the microwave. But if you boil the bag or use a microwave steamer it brings them back to life.*

* - except for broccoli. Nothing tops fresh.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #27 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:08:39 PM »

I'll eat frozen veggies when I'm feeling lazy, but I never just boil them. I'll saute them or something, to give them more flavor. But usually if I want veggies I whip out my fresh mushrooms, carrots, brocolli, etc and chef something up.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #28 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:10:42 PM »

The meat in those cheap frozen dinners is some of the most heinous "food" I've ever encountered, just absolutely nauseating.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #29 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:12:10 PM »

Nestle Tollhouse Ultimates

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #30 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:13:16 PM »

The only frozen stuff I consistently buy:

-pot pies
-chicken breasts
-some frozen fish (tilapia and sometimes salmon)

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #31 on:** July 22, 2014, 02:49:38 PM »

I love those frozen meals that can crisp up breading with space-age foil.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #32 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:02:32 PM »

Yea, those are pretty good. Flatbreads seem to do better than regular breads. Lean Cusine and Stouffers makes a panini that uses that foil, but the results aren't so great.

king of the internet · « **Reply #33 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:07:21 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on July 22, 2014, 03:02:32 PM

Yea, those are pretty good. Flatbreads seem to do better than regular breads. Lean Cusine and Stouffers makes a panini that uses that foil, but the results aren't so great.

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Mmmm...these are dank. The chicken club panini is my shit. Getting hungry now.

cool breeze · « **Reply #34 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:13:43 PM »

I don't know if they're still around but like over a decade ago I liked those french bread pizzas. hot cheese top, cold soggy in the middle, hard dry wooden crusts. the eight different textures took you on a journey. also marie callender's fettuccine alfredo. a bit like rubberbands in undiluted condensed mushroom soup, but it came in a premium paper tray. none of that plastic shit.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #35 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:27:19 PM »

i'll only touch frozen peas and broccoli and that is only after they've been pan fried in ghee/butter or roasted in the oven -- who the fuck microwaves or steams their vegetables? i've also found that whole foods frozen vegetables and fruits are on another level when compared to the standard shit you find at other grocery stores. frozen spinach is mostly disgusting but their whole leaf organic spinach is more than fine when used to make palak/saag paneer.

all the other frozen vegetables taste like shit.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #36 on:** July 22, 2014, 03:51:43 PM »

Adding frozen edamame beans to eraything

TEEEPO · « **Reply #37 on:** July 22, 2014, 04:19:33 PM »

i forgot about frozen edamame

korean burritos and fried rice

tiesto · « **Reply #38 on:** July 22, 2014, 09:45:33 PM »

These are really all I eat when it comes to frozen foods:

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Author Topic: Frozen Food that is good (gourmet parvenus don't get salty) (Read 1990 times)