tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post3091609433769448781..comments2024-03-08T17:48:05.678-05:00Comments on Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: My Merit BadgeRodger the Real King of Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-44319825052645372802018-02-05T20:35:05.285-05:002018-02-05T20:35:05.285-05:00IT WAS THE CHICAGO WAY.IT WAS THE CHICAGO WAY.Rodger the Real King of Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-54783905958374899722018-02-05T14:50:57.890-05:002018-02-05T14:50:57.890-05:00'Sorry, Raja, but your story of fraudulently o...'Sorry, Raja, but your story of fraudulently obtaining your cooking merit badge reminds me of one of my favorite quotes. What you did wasn't cooking; it was <i>heating</i>, in the same way that Hemingway said, about the work of Jack Kerouac, "That's not writing. That's <i>typing.</i>"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12505066066594153737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-30743144304965375872018-02-05T14:28:45.688-05:002018-02-05T14:28:45.688-05:00French fries, onion rings, tempura! Anything bread...French fries, onion rings, tempura! Anything breaded yes!<br />You just have to watch the temps as it's a bit easy to overheat.<br />-Marc MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-40220834653477897012018-02-05T13:16:52.717-05:002018-02-05T13:16:52.717-05:00Oh yeah, congrat's on the merit badge! Smart m...Oh yeah, congrat's on the merit badge! Smart move for a clever kid.Juicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868538115353323238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-80336169713740082922018-02-05T13:14:34.224-05:002018-02-05T13:14:34.224-05:00Hungry Man chicken dinners were the only ones I wo...Hungry Man chicken dinners were the only ones I would eat back in the day, mostly because they didn't contain peas or carrots. Fried chicken, Corn, whippers, and a desert made my favorite dinner. Not so sure about the air-fryer idea after reading reviews at Amazon regarding low quality of the product materials, but if you are having fun with it, no matter what others think. Juicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06868538115353323238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-21332515233798875122018-02-05T12:19:29.727-05:002018-02-05T12:19:29.727-05:00By 1964 the novelty had worn off a bit, and compet...By 1964 the novelty had worn off a bit, and competition had set in: so when I was attending UNM I lived mostly on TV dinners costing $0.25. Sometimes there was a sale at Globe Discount City, and I could get 6 for $1.00!<br /><br />Somehow back then those TV dinners didn't make me fat. Maybe it was because I didn't have (and couldn't afford,) a TV!Eskymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947922645001422523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-57828454870273391492018-02-05T11:47:01.155-05:002018-02-05T11:47:01.155-05:00The TV dinner was indeed introduced in 1953. It&#...The TV dinner was indeed introduced in 1953. It's popularity really took off the following year during the Army-McCarthy hearings. One of the questions McCarthy asked of the Army, and which has never been satisfactorily answered, was "Who Promoted Peress?" Dr. Irving Peress was a dentist at Ft. Monmouth, NJ, part of the Signal Corps. Peress was promoted despite it being known that he had been a communist. So, who, knowing that, would have promoted him? <br /><br />Americans wanted to know the answer to that question, and put up with TV dinners rather than miss a minute of the hearings.Skoonjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745308345698069412noreply@blogger.com