A TV dinner (also called prepackaged meal, ready-made meal, ready
meal, frozen dinner, frozen meal and microwave meal) is a packaged
frozen meal that comes portioned for an individual. A TV dinner in the
United States usually consists of a type of meat for the main course,
and sometimes vegetables, potatoes, and/or a dessert. The main dish
can also be pasta or fish. In European TV dinners, Indian and Chinese
meals are common.[citation needed]The term TV dinner was first used as
part of a brand of packaged meals developed in 1953 by the company
C.A. Swanson & Sons (the name in full was TV Brand Frozen Dinner). The
original TV Dinner came in an aluminum tray and was heated in an oven.
In the United States, the term is synonymous with any packaged meal or
dish ("dinner") purchased frozen in a supermarket and heated at
home.Now,[when?] most frozen food trays are made of a microwaveable
and disposable material, usually plastic.Several smaller companies had
conceived of frozen dinners earlier (see Invention section below), but
the first to achieve success was Swanson. The first Swanson-brand TV
Dinner was produced in the United States and consisted of a
Thanksgiving meal of turkey, cornbread dressing, frozen peas and sweet
potatoes packaged in a tray like those used at the time for airline
food service. Each item was placed in its own compartment. The trays
proved to be useful: the entire dinner could be removed from the outer
packaging as a unit, the tray with its aluminum foil covering could be
heated directly in the oven without any extra dishes, and one could
eat the meal directly from the tray. The product was cooked for 25
minutes at 425 °F (218 °C) and fit onto a TV tray table. The
original TV Dinner sold for 98 cents, and had a production estimate of
5,000 dinners for the first year.[citation needed] TV dinner Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter