There was nothing fancy about them. No garnish, no fresh ingredients, no clever packaging—just a foil tray and the promise of something hot to eat while watching cartoons or reruns on a boxy TV. Back ...
The metallic squeak of peeling back aluminum foil used to feel futuristic. My grandmother would slide a cardboard tray out of ...
The earliest TV dinners were slowly chilled and assembled in aluminum trays for oven reheating (faster cryogenic freezing and microwave-safe packaging didn't come until the 1980s). Nevertheless, these ...