page_title: TV dinner
hierarchical_section_title: TV dinner
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Aufgewärmtes Fertiggericht: Currywurst mit Pommes frites; 350 g, € 1,99 English: Ready to eat (defrosted) microwave food (TV dinner): Currywurst with French fries
context_page_description: A TV dinner 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.
  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 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 purchased frozen in a supermarket and heated at home.
  Now, most frozen food trays are made of a microwaveable and disposable material, usually plastic.
context_section_description: 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.
  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, most frozen food trays are made of a microwaveable and disposable material, usually plastic.
caption: A German TV dinner (currywurst with French fries)
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