Fair point, but here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides and if you wanted to go from satisfied to “stuffed full” then you could whip up a quick side of Mac and cheese or something
Comment on "Family Size" has no meaning anymore
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
“Family size” simply means “can serve an entire family”. It doesn’t mean “Can stuff 4 American bellies full”. It’s hard to judge the size of the box in your photo, but I can see serving one of those enchiladas per family member, along with pasta and salad or something.
cm0002@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Well okay, maybe I wasn’t clear. I agree with you that you certainly aren’t getting enough nourishment for an entire family - and in fact, even if you have enough food volume for an entire family, this crap wouldn’t count as nourishment anyway. And you’re probably paying this box of goopy shit dollars on the pennies it cost to make.
I was just pointing out that, like most things the agro industry puts on boxes, “family size” has no legal meaning and therefore is technically correct depending on how you interpret it.
Incidentally, another thing that means jack squat on your box of dubious food is “Now with more cheese”. If they started out with zero cheese (and no, the stuff with a cheesy taste used in ultra-processed food isn’t legally cheese) then adding a flake or two of real cheddar makes it technically possible to say “Now with more cheese”.
Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I wonder if it would be legal in America to print “No cyanide!” on the box to make people pick it over other stuff from the sea of frozen garbage.
rImITywR@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“No added sugars”
“No added salt”
“No added preservatives”
Yup, no cyanide would fit right in.
M137@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Your 'Murican is showing, very clearly. Mac and cheese as a side to chicken enchiladas? How do you not realise the obesity mental illness level that is?
DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I’m old and I don’t think that’s true. Frozen entrees have ways been on the light side. And frozen dinners for one would be 3 oz of meat, and a couple of spoonfuls of boiled peas or something.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Mac and cheese with “cantina style”? Throw some Texas toast in there why don’t ya, and hit dairy queen after
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides
American in his fifties here. No idea what you’re talking about. Family size has only ever meant “larger pack.” It has never meant “complete on its own with nothing accompanying it.”
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
A family size meal should have enough to at least be the entree for four people. With enchiladas that means two per person, not one. It’s a corn tortilla with stuff rolled in it, barely larger than a taquito, you need two for it to not look like a depression meal (we’re already cooking frozen enchiladas, we’re there already, it doesn’t need to be rubbed in).
I’ve noticed that sizes are shifting. Party size is now what used to be family size and can actually feed four, sometimes it’s called mega family size or some bullshit. Family size now means two adults and maybe a child <10 yrs. I remember a family size lasagna had leftovers when I was a kid.
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Enchilada and pasta. GTFO
M137@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Then OP goes and suggests mac and cheese as a side for it, that’s many levels worse.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Like poutine and tamales.
nomy@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I’d fuck with tamale poutine.
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
You do realize this is to enchilada what Papa John’s is to pizza right?
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Cool, serve some Great Value alfredo and peas next to it.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Brits don’t eat as much as Americans do because all their food is shit
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Hope you manage to travel one day!
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Lmao good retort
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Naw, they have lots of good takeaway stuff. Hell, I’d almost kill for a decent fish-n-chips near me. Then they have those Indian takeaways… tandori? IDK now to spell it. Currys… hell yeah.
I imagine the Mexican food is shit and that’s probably 50% of my diet at this point.
Dima@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
*Curries unless you’re talking about the electronics retailer
If you’re just referring to the restaurants, I’d just call one of those restaurants and Indian (as in the cuisine) or maybe a curry house. Tandoori, Balti, etc. all relate to styles of cooking and may be used in restaurant names, but if I was referring to restaurants that serve Indian style curries in general, I would just call it an Indian.