TV Dinners

DAILY DIRT: We will forever be indebted to Clarence Birdseye, Rose and Jim Totino and others like them

May 28, 2023 | By Steve Eighinger, Muddy River News Minister of Culture and Doctor of Love

Daily Dirt for Sunday, May 28, 2023 All things considered, this might be my favorite hall of fame of them all … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 621 of The Daily Dirt. 1. The next time you are walking through the frozen food areas of your local supermarket, feel free to…

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DAILY DIRT: The long and winding story of the TV dinner

November 24, 2022 | By Steve Eighinger, Muddy River News Minister of Culture and Doctor of Love

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 457 of The Daily Dirt. 1. Have you ever wondered how those frozen TV dinners became such an integral part of American pop culture? Interestingly, there is a link to a long-ago Thanksgiving. “According to the most widely accepted account, a Swanson salesman…

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