Tony Brewer

I just don’t understand what has happened to Marie Callender’s. I used to really love her frozen dinners. Yes, they were higher in all of the stuff that is bad for you, but that is what made them taste good! And to have something convenient that tastes good, from freezer to microwave to table goes a long way when you are rushed and don’t have time or energy to cook from scratch, and you just can’t (or don’t want to) go to a restaurant or fast food place.

But just about a month ago we bought a couple of Marie Callender’s dinners and pot pies. Last night we pulled them out to eat them. We were just too tired and busy to cook. And they were terrible! I had the sweet and sour chicken – the veggies were bitter, the battered chicken was soggy. I checked the expiration date – it was not expired. I don’t know if I’ll try this product again. So disappointing!

It’s been a very long time since I’ve eaten “Fiddle Faddle.” Today on a spur of the moment urge I decided to buy a box. It was on sale for 50% off at the store I was in and I was in the mood for some junk food. So I bought a box and opened it up. Tasted like Cracker Jacks, but there wasn’t any prize! Just as well, those little prizes never were worth a darn anyway! Anyway, I had forgotten how good it was! I’m afraid to look at the nutritional information – probably a heart attack waiting to happen!

I’m usually up to trying different restaurants. Especially all-you-can-eat buffets! No, I’m not even remotely obese; I’m not the kind of guy who strikes fear in the heart of buffet managers! It’s just that if I go to a new restaurant that is a buffet, then I get the chance to sample a wide variety of foods that I might not otherwise order. After all, who wants to order a large plate of something that they’ve never heard of and might be something not to the diner’s tastes preferences?

I do have to admit, however, that even though I try to keep an open mind and try new foods, I still like my good ol’ American style steak and potatoes the best! Yes, with a big salad and some broccoli.

I’m glad that they just opened up a new Starbucks in town. It has a drive through which is an important feature for me. I hate having to go some where, find a parking place and then to stand in line. Being able to drive up and drive away with all that I want and need is more my style.

I have always wanted to purchase myself a brand new frost-free freezer. With so many food products that now need to be kept in freezers it is becoming a real challenge finding room to place everything that I am buying at the grocery store each week. I have asked my mother if she would go to Sam’s Club with me sometime in the near future to look and see what types of deals that may have on their chest freezers.

I’m hoping that my tax refund check will be coming shortly and I’d like to use some of that money to buy a few things that I have been needing around the place. I don’t have a membership at the local Sam’s Club, but my mother certainly does and she takes me there on occasion and I have a field day there with her. I like shopping with my mother, we have always had fun times when we hit the stores and I look forward to many more years of shopping with her in the future.