My expectations were already low based on the box’s physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    105·
    3 个月前

    “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.

        • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          3 个月前

          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.ukEnglish
            2·
            3 个月前

            Currys

            *Curries unless you’re talking about the electronics retailer

            those Indian takeaways… tandori?

            If you’re just referring to the restaurants, I’d just call one of those restaurants an 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.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      33·
      3 个月前

      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

      • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        28·
        3 个月前

        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.xyzEnglish
          14·
          3 个月前

          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.

            • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
              9·
              3 个月前

              We just had a case here (Denmark) where 2 companies were putting a “No PFOA” labels on their frying pans. But they’ve been told by authorities that that’s illegal, because it’s misleading advertising since PFOA is illegal in EU.
              Thy got off with a warning, but in case of repeat offenses they will be fined.

              But USA is much different, and many “confuse the consumer” strategies do not seem to be generally illegal “over there”.

            • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              3 个月前

              As someone with celiac disease, and how much stuff gluten is in (some French fries, soy sauce, tomato soup, etc), I don’t care how ridiculous it seems, I appreciate when manufacturers make it known their shit is gluten free.

              • youngalfred@lemm.eeEnglish
                5·
                3 个月前

                Yep - grated cheese is a good example. The stuff they put in to make it not stick together can contain gluten.

          • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            3 个月前

            “No added sugars”

            “No added salt”

            “No added preservatives”

            Yup, no cyanide would fit right in.

      • Dr. Bob@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        3 个月前

        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.

      • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 个月前

        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.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 个月前

        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.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 个月前

        It’s 300 calories per serving (4 servings per box). If you’re on a 2000 calorie diet, a meal is 500 - 700 calories, so this would be a snack or a dish that requires a side. Or eat the whole box yourself and it’s about the same as a Big Mac combo.

  • Marud@lemmy.marud.frEnglish
    49·
    3 个月前

    The real term here is : Family size but you’re divorced and it’s not the week the kids are with you

    • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      18·
      3 个月前

      “Cheesy queso” is there for a very specific reason: they can’t legally put “cheese” on the box because that has a legal definition, and there must be a minimum percentage of cheese in the product for the box to legally bear the word “cheese”.

      “Cheesy queso” has no legal definition. So even if the product only has 0.1% cheese in it - or no cheese at all - it’s not illegal to write “cheesy queso”.

    • heavydust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      I guess they write it like that because queso means nothing legally, and cheesy means “almost like cheese” to confuse customers while selling fake cheese.

    • cm0002@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      3 个月前

      It was actually ok, not terrible, but also not great. If it was a bit better I could have forgiven them on the portion sizes lol

    • Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      3 个月前

      Are you kidding. This is murica! Cheese is practically a waste product of our over subsidized dairy industry. Theres a reason that there’s 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in our strategic cheese reserves. Theres no reason those enchiladas couldn’t be 50% cheese product.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    3 个月前

    For my family of three, I’ve had to start buying “party size” of too many things.

    Family size cereal is ok though, since I’m the only one who eats it

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.

    Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?

  • Donkter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 个月前

    It looks like each enchilada +cheese sauce is like 500+ calories (I would bet closer to 700). All it needs is a small side to make a meal.

  • yessikgEnglish
    3·
    3 个月前

    Well, you are supposed to eat them with rice or some other side