/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4494917]

Frozen food that is actually good thread?

Stoffer's lasagna. Anyone that calls me a pleb doesn't know shit about frozen food. That shit is better than anything your momma can make,

[Anonymous No.4494920]

>>4494917
>Anyone that calls me a pleb doesn't know shit about frozen food.
mega pleb

>2013
>any frozen food ever

[Anonymous No.4494922]

Stouffers is pretty good. Could be better. Their french bread pizzas are good for "just got off work and am NOT cooking".

[Anonymous No.4494924]

>>4494917
>doesn't know shit about frozen food.
Got me, guilty as charged. I know nothing about it because I don't touch that fucking shit.

Learn to cook, college boy.

[Anonymous No.4494928]

[Anonymous No.4494930]

>>4494928
>jose ole

>how it sounds when said out loud

[Anonymous No.4494933]

>be in 7th grade
>send dad out for jose ole beef taquitos
>"its in a yellow box"
>over an hour goes by and the store is less than a mile away
>comes back with a banquet pot roast and mashed potato tv dinner in a red box
>wut

[Anonymous No.4494940]

Honestly, the worst thing in the world is frozen pizza. Not ONE brand is even remotely "ok". NONE. ALL IS BAD.

[Anonymous No.4494949]

Okay.. Okay. Going to play devil's advocate here.
I'm a chef. Like, a real chef. I keep frozen lasange in my freezer. (Not Stouffer's though. Safeway brand is actually better). I keep one in the freezer per month, plus a box of garlic toast. BECAUSE, goddamn it, there are a few nights I don't' want to have to cook, but I get home too late to go out. AND, that's still better than eating fast food. It really is, don't fuck with me on that. I know ingredients. Anyway. OP, if you're eat it once in a great while (say once a month or so) you're fine. But for godsake, learn to cook because you can make much better food from scratch.

[Anonymous No.4494944]

>>4494940
Red Baron is definitely OK.

[Anonymous No.4494951]

>>4494949
>Safeway brand is actually better
I doubt that. Maybe I ought to try one time and see, but that sound far fetched.

[Anonymous No.4494954]

>>4494949
*lasagne*

I'm tired....

[Anonymous No.4494956]

Bbq pork buns, not as good as fresh, but still prob the only decent frozen food
Throw them in a steamer for 15 minutes and you've got steamy delishousness

[Anonymous No.4494958]

>>4494949
>494949

Anyway, I do cook when I can, but money is always an issue. I make Philly Cheese Steaks from scratch about once a month, which is about the most "from scratch" meal I actually do.

[Anonymous No.4494959]

>>4494951
Go compare the two, ingredient for ingredient. That's one way I decided. The main detraction is that the Safeway brand only has two layers of noodles, while Stouffers has three, but Safeway uses better ingredients.

[Anonymous No.4494971]

>>4494959
I like Stoffer's "Meat" lasagna more than anything, because it has less of that Italian kick to it, which actually works out really well. Sometimes something mild is better, think lightly sweetened tea, for example.

Every other brand is over spiced in comparison to my personal preferences.

[Anonymous No.4494975]

>>4494956
Are those those thinks Bourdain was eating on his Korea Town episode of Parts Unknown? I want one.

[Anonymous No.4494987]

>>4494971
Well, you're certainly entitled to your own preferences. However, that sweetness is exactly what I hate. Sugar has no place in savory dishes. Stouffer's adds a shitload of sugar to their foods. I can't stand it.

[Anonymous No.4494991]

>>4494987
Even though it's there, it doesn't really stand out too much to me. Whereas the spicy aspects of other frozen lasagnas jump out at my taste bubs with a knife and rape the fuck out of them.

[Anonymous No.4495008]

>>4494975
I have no idea.
But they are fucking great.

[Anonymous No.4495050]

>>4495008
I looks delicious as fuck from what google is showing me.

[Anonymous No.4495053]

>>4494975
That place that he thought should of been out of business because of how empty it was? I thought that was hilarious.

[Anonymous No.4495056]

>>4495053
He said that? The same place he said they looked like buttholes?

[Anonymous No.4495059]

>>4494940
Mccains new recipe is pretty good.
Crust turns out nice and crunchy.

>tfw americlaps probably dont have mccains

[Anonymous No.4495066]

>>4495059
>tfw americlaps probably dont have mccains

I don't think so, actually. Only McCain I heard of in Murika was this bitch's sugar daddy of one campaign season.

[Anonymous No.4495070]

>>4494940

Freschetta Brick Oven

[Anonymous No.4495076]

This is my frozen food guilty pleasure. It's probably not even technically food but I fucking love them.

[Anonymous No.4495080]

>>4495066
http://www.mccain.ca/en-ca/Pizza/RisingCrust/Pages/RCPepperoni.aspx

Their ultra-thin crust is pretty good too.

>huehuehuehuehuehue

[Anonymous No.4495081]

>>4495076
>wheels and cheese

[Anonymous No.4495083]

OFFICIAL FROZEN FOOD POWER RANKINGS

1. Mozzerella Sticks
2. Babycakes
3. Whole fruit ice pops
4. El monterey chicken taquitos
5. Tyson anytizers
6. Friday's loaded potato skins

9001. Hot pockets

900000001. Celeste pizza

[Anonymous No.4495084]

>>4495080
The thickness of the box makes me think that one might be ok. But I have yet to try a frozen pizza that was good.

[Anonymous No.4495098]

>>4495084

digiorno is ok, same with the california pizza kitchen.

I used to fucking despise frozen pizzas (tony's especially) basically anything from the school cafeteria made me want to hurl

[Anonymous No.4495100]

>>4495084
The box isnt that thick. Picture is fucked is all.

[Anonymous No.4495104]

>>4495098
>anything from the school cafeteria made me want to hurl

Those square sausage breakfast pizzas in the foil containers were fucking god tier. I wish I knew where to get them instead of paying little cousins to bring them home from school.

[Anonymous No.4495146]

>>4495083
Which frozen mozz sticks are the best?

Captcha: child-labor inerre

[Anonymous No.4495153]

>>4495146
Whichever Costco sells in a bigass box I forget the brand

Put those fuckers in a toaster oven 400F broil until they start jizzing. Eat with salsa or marinara

[Anonymous No.4495157]

>>4495104
No one else had these at their elementary school? You had no childhood.

[Anonymous No.4495202]

Safeway instore brand forzen food is pretty decent now. Their BBQ Chicken pizza is pretty good tier. Crispy thin crust with a not too sweet BBQ sauce and decent chunks of chicken and red onion.

[Anonymous No.4495209]

>>4495104
>>4495157
I had taco pockets and grilled cheese sandwiches in a plastic bag. I don't know how they managed to reheat them but they were pretty okay. Everyone fought each other to get in line before the taco pockets ran out on those days though.

[Anonymous No.4495234]

bought these on a lark. not bad actually. much more flavorful than i was expecting and the sauce is good.

there's a little mexican market a block away that sells frozen quail of all things. thinking of trying it just because... quail.

[Anonymous No.4495253]

These little faggots are delicious.

[Anonymous No.4495262]

>>4494940
>he hasn't had Red Baron's Buffalo chicken pizza
It's the only 'gross' processed frozen thing I buy from the store, because holy shit it is delicious and I just can't help it. I want one right now.

[Anonymous No.4495274]

>>4494940
Homerun Inn.

[Anonymous No.4495285]

Not a big frozen food guy, but I've enjoyed several of the offerings from the brand in the pic.

[Anonymous No.4495293]

>>4494956
Shit yeah... you can get these at any full service asian market. Beats the fuck out of hot pockets.

[Anonymous No.4495301]

>>4494951
The one thing I don't like about Safeway brand is the extruded noodle layers. That's shit tier. I'd rather make meat sauce and just toss ricotta and other cheeses and broken up lasagna noodles into the pot. Stir and nom.

[Anonymous No.4495332]

Totino's Party Pizza. $1.50 and they're better than most frozen pizzas. Easily modifiable too. Problem with most tomato sauced foods including restaurants is that they never cook the sauce long enough and leave the acid content too high.

Other frozen foods:
Marie Calendar's Pot Pies
Bird's Eye - Steamers
Peeled and Shelled Shrimp
Battered Cod
every now and then Corn Dogs are dope.

But will someone explain to me why the fuck people like Ikea meat (horse) balls?

[Anonymous No.4495346]

the fridays cream cheese poppers are pretty good but expensive

[Anonymous No.4495352]

>>4495346
jalapeno poppers are basically impossible to fuck up

[Anonymous No.4495393]

>>4494917
Dawww, the protestants think they know about pasta again. How very precious. What part of the midwest are you from, little boy?

[Anonymous No.4495407]

Frozen Spinach, peas, and brocoli are good.

Apart from that, in the UK there is a shop that sells only frozen food, but higher quality than you'd expect from frozen. Fairly pricey, but actually very nice. It's just called "cook", which is a fairly bad name for a place that sells pre-cooked food.

[Anonymous No.4495418]

>>4494956
I didn't know these existed, oh my god. I think I'm going to head over to my local korean market tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.4495426]

I like most of the ones that come in bags that you heat up on the stove. only problem is that they're pretty expensive.

[Anonymous No.4495441]

Amy's curry is great

[Anonymous No.4495449]

>>4494940
Goodfellas' takeaway range is decent. For what it is, it tastes good, and doesn't make you feel nasty afterwards. Okay, it's not 'authentic', but it's good enough.

[Anonymous No.4496638]

>>4495393
Aww, how cute, the 3rd generation American that still thinks he is Italian because his great great grand dad is from there. And he somehow thinks this makes him an expert on Italian food.

[Anonymous No.4496676]

Farmland sausage...jesus, that flavor.

[Anonymous No.4496683]

>>4494959
The Safeway fire roasted vegetable lasagne is pretty good, and I'm not usually a fan of veggie lasagne.

[Anonymous No.4496694]

99 pence.
Two meals.
Doesn't get better than that.

[Anonymous No.4496730]

>>4496694
>sugar
>"Saturates"
>salt

>no protein

>guidelines

[Anonymous No.4496732]

>>4496730
>implying I give a shit at 265 calories and 50 pence for an easy tasty filling meal

[Anonymous No.4496736]

>>4496694
those breads with cheese are like half a meal

[Anonymous No.4496739]

>>4496694
You can make better baguettes at home for a quarter of that price.

99.9% of frozen food is shit tier.

[Anonymous No.4496741]

>>4496739
I can't do it for 50 pence in 16 minutes.

[Anonymous No.4496742]

>>4496739
>You can make better baguettes at home for a quarter of that price.
>25 cents for two baguettes with cheese
I don't think so.

[Anonymous No.4496747]

>>4494917
>Stoffer's lasagna

First off.. pretty sure you misspelled it.. and so i'm pretty sure you don't know shit about frozen food.

Second of all you've never met my momma or had her lasagna.

Third, if you think frozen lasagna is good.. then you must like frozen marinara soup with a couple over done cripsy ass noodles sticking out the top.. and a shit ton of over cooked noodles floating in red cheese sauce. that shit is disgusting pleb.

fourth, the best lasagna is made with home made noodles that have never touched water. If you like frozen lasagna, then I guarantee you don't know shit about home made lasagna, pleb.

[Anonymous No.4496748]

Marie Calenadar frozen pies are excellent. I don't know why anyone would take the time to bake a pie from scratch.

[Anonymous No.4496754]

>>4494917
>That shit is better than anything your momma can make
You're either a nigger, a foreigner, or had an alcoholic mother that was to busy getting fucked by niggers to cook. God damn anon, lrn2cook

[Anonymous No.4496758]

>>4496747
>stouffers

fuck that, this is america

[Anonymous No.4496786]

>>4494956
Just tried these today.. pretty good.
I dont have a steamer or rice cooker so I poped em in the microwave covered in saran wrap as a ghetto steamer. worked perfectly

[Anonymous No.4497238]

>>4495253
Seconding this

I got them for my vegan diet phase and haven't looked back, not quite like burgers like every other fake burgers but trust me lots of flavor and texture to make up for it, I can't have this without some avocado and sour cream and a cold beer.

[Anonymous No.4497298]

>>4496786
>I dont have a steamer

Do you have a pot?

[Anonymous No.4497308]

anything by amy's or gardeins, esp. their bbq riblets. soooo good.

[Anonymous No.4497524]

Trader Joe's frozen Indian dinners are pretty fucking awesome.

Never cared for Stouffer's lasagna, but the mac and cheese is an occasional guilty pleasure.

[Anonymous No.4497532]

>>4497298
y'know what I was thinking of doing next time, get a pot and boil some water and put an oven rack thing you cook food on over the pot would that work?

[Anonymous No.4497594]

>>4497532
Ideally you want something in the pot, above the water, so you can put a lid on it and have steam circulating. Those steamers are $5 or less, but if you can't afford it, arranging other metals in the pot to suspend your food could work. I'd look at aluminum foil, used food cans, jar lids, and that sort of thing.

[Anonymous No.4497624]

Digiorno, hot pockets, totinos rolls, frozen pastas, frozen garlic bread and frozen juice is all god tier.

[Anonymous No.4497666]

I microwave frozen breakfast sandwiches a few times a week. Having a job that makes me commute doesn't give me the time to make a real breakfast.

They're not half bad. Not the greasy satisfaction like McD breakfast sandwiches, but cheaper and faster.

[Anonymous No.4497676]

>>4495083
>no jalapeno poppers with cream cheese
Ya blew it

[Anonymous No.4497681]

Chicken patties, French fries, onion rings, and assorted veggies don't count because those are a freezer staples. But frozen perogies are awesome. They go with breakfast, they go with dinner. Throw them in a fry pan or throw them in the oven.

[Anonymous No.4497687]

And forgot my picture.

[Anonymous No.4498361]

>>4495449
This.

Both Goodfellas and Dr. Oetker pizzas are better than the pizza from most of the shitty take-aways where I live.

Maybe >>4494940 hasn't tried those or is preparing them wrong. Or actually has amazing local pizzarias then he/she frequents?

[Anonymous No.4498371]

>>4498361
>Or actually has amazing local pizzarias then he/she frequents?
Nah, son. Papa Murphey's.

[Anonymous No.4498389]

>>4497687
i like to eat these boiled with butter and caramelized onions and hate them toasted
i only recently learned this is the "wrong" way

[Anonymous No.4498391]

these are perfect but not quite large enough
it's enough food if you have a piece of naan with it

[Anonymous No.4500946]

>>4498391
*dry heaves*

[Anonymous No.4500953]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f6N0ypfJoU

there are numbers you can call, OP. we're all here for you

[Anonymous No.4500969]

>>4498391
>people actually think this is Indian food
lol

[Anonymous No.4501013]

>>4495234
I used to eat the shit out of those...

Used to...

You know the feds shut down Chung's right?

Turns out their factory was a bad Simpson's joke as far as cleanliness.

Guess what YOU ate! :D

[Anonymous No.4501017]

>>4498391
You can make it yourself for what they charge for these.

[Anonymous No.4501046]

>>4500969
No one thinks it's Indian food. But it often is one of the best things in the store's frozen dinner section. I don't have a whole lot of non-takeout options in the area if I forget to bring lunch to work.

[Anonymous No.4501100]

>>4497532
I just put a colander in my saucepan of boiling water, then put whatever i want to steam on a plate then sit it in the colander and throw a lid on top. Works perfectly

[Anonymous No.4501113]

ice cream

[Anonymous No.4503917]

>>4500969
>implying anyone gives a shit

[Anonymous No.4503962]

>>4501113
>2013
>not making your own ice cream
can't be serious

[Anonymous No.4504050]

>>4501013
Dogs?

[Anonymous No.4504057]

>>4503962
>milk in bag with salt
>ice cream

[Anonymous No.4504094]

>>4495076
Good lord, I had these every day for lunch in middle school.

[Anonymous No.4504171]

>>4495076
mah nigga

I know how pleb they are, but damn. They have a taste that you cant even describe. It's addicting. You know it's shit when you eat it, but you still do.

[Anonymous No.4504267]

>>4494933
>>be in 7th grade
>>send dad out

Nigga's got some mad pull in the household, apparently.

[Anonymous No.4504273]

A couple of these with a little of the right kind of cheese added.. mm hmm.

The quality seems to be going down in recent years though, so sad.

[Anonymous No.4504287]

>>4494917
Disagree on the lasagna. It's so terrible it's comical. I had it once, took one bite and threw it out.

I do like stouffers mac and cheese though. I prefer homemade mac and cheese, but as far as packaged mac and cheese goes, it's the best.

[Anonymous No.4504328]

>>4495285
mah nigga.

[Anonymous No.4504358]

>no boston market mash potatoes and salisbury steak

[Anonymous No.4506228]

>>4494928
These are so good with sour cream.

[The 32 year old virgin !EkuQP7MeLE No.4506266]

>>4504273
>The quality seems to be going down in recent years though

same could be said for all food

[Anonymous No.4506643]

>>4494933
Weren't you just a bossy little shit

[Anonymous No.4506645]

>>4494940
Frozen pizza is the be all end all of i'm hungover/tired and not putting any effort into cooking something

[Anonymous No.4506658]

>>4495253
im not vegetarian but morning star does have some damn good burger products that i really enjoy

[Anonymous No.4506677]

>>4495332
>frozen pot pies

no. just no. shits gross breh. its just bland really.

i think /ck/ has helped me discover something interesting with this thread however: if you're gonna buy frozen food, restrict it to appetizers. poppers/mozzarella sticks from a box are not a terrible way to start a meal. they are so simple that its hard to really fuck up.

[Anonymous No.4508210]

>>4494917
No

[Anonymous No.4508217]

>>4494933
So your parents were divorced and he was trying to win your favor by doing whatever bullshit you asked? They probably split up because of you.

[Anonymous No.4508220]

>>4494940
>hating Red Baron
I'll admit its nowhere near as good as real pizza but for frozen shit its pretty damn good. Its my go to lazy meal.

[Anonymous No.4508261]

>>4495407
>Frozen Spinach, peas, and brocoli are good.

this

[Anonymous No.4508274]

This frozen water is pretty good.

[Anonymous No.4508385]

>>4497687
this
also: pic related
>divorced parents when I was 12
>ate this every Sunday at my dad's with my 3 brothers and my pops, also the creamed spinach souffle
>I get it about once a month
>the taste nostalgia is beyond compare
>don't give a fuck if it is garbage - I already know
>but I look forward to it
>I cook that shit up (with some extras - peccorino romano topping, etc) when my bros and I get back together even now 12 years later
>kind of a family tradition now that dad is gone
taste is about appreciation

[Anonymous No.4508435]

Let's see, Berkley and Jensen used to make fantastic pot pies. Better than Marie Callendar's. They were about as close to homemade as you can get without actually making it yourself. I can't even describe the crust's perfect balance in texture. The filling had all high quality ingredients too. They don't sell them anymore unfortunately. (not pic related, but they looked similar)
A lot of the Friday's appetizers are good, but expensive.
I haven't had pizza rolls in over 10 years, but I remember the sausage and pepper ones being good.

>>4497681
Pierogies are absolutely great. Broccoli and cheese are my personal favorite.

[Anonymous No.4508467]

I always keep a few frozen things stashed in the deep freeze, because there's always a day, here and there, where you just can't cook from scratch for whatever reason.
I've found this combination to be one of the better things. Cook the chicken alfredo until it's half done, then stir in the frozen veggies and whatever seasonings you like (I usually add garlic, onion, parsley, thyme, a touch of cayenne, and a shit ton of black pepper, and sometimes even a little lemon zest.) and then finish the cook time. Remove the cover, and cook another 15 minutes. You could even add cheese on top if you wanted to.

[Anonymous No.4508473]

>>4508467
forgot to say, just make sure you're buying the frozen veggies that don't already have pasta in them. You don't want that.

[Anonymous No.4508518]

I eat an unhealthy amount of these. I'm tired of them now, but damn are they good.

[Anonymous No.4508558]

Trader Joe's frozen french onion soup is actually pretty good. It's perfect when I'm too lazy to cook.

[Anonymous No.4508564]

Amy's and Artisan Kitchen both make good dinners that are filling and healthy as well as quite tasty

[Anonymous No.4508565]

>>4494917
>That shit is better than anything your momma can make,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Anonymous No.4508567]

>>4508518
Try making your own gyoza. They are easy to make, just take time to fold. It is pretty fun though, and you can make a couple hundred in no time and freeze them in small portions.

[Anonymous No.4509082]

Dim Sims

[Anonymous No.4509208]

I really enjoy most of Trader Joe's frozen food.

[Anonymous No.4509235]

>>4494940
something about tombstone when your hungover that, for me its so good.

[Anonymous No.4509271]

Gonna agree with everyone who's recommending Amy's. Their tamale pies are my favorite. SO damn good.

[Anonymous No.4509277]

>>4494930
wat

[Anonymous No.4509278]

>>4494940
Annies organic and amys gluten free dairy free

[Anonymous No.4509281]

>>4509271
My favorite is this pizza that is cheese-free. It's "sauce" is carmelized onions, then it has artichoke hearts and mushrooms and the crust is very satisfying. It's too expensive, though.

I went on an Amy's only diet for a couple weeks, but overall it was too bland.

[Anonymous No.4509286]

>>4494991
you must mostly eat when youre drunk. most frozen shite is bland and tasteless compared to anything, even leftovers

[Anonymous No.4509295]

>>4495153
ROFL TIL TEH START JIZZING
>JIZZING
>jizz

[Anonymous No.4509297]

>>4495274
their zass are pretty good

[Anonymous No.4509301]

>>4497687
oh, fuck. love these. pop them in the oven for a bit and then FUUUUUCK

[Anonymous No.4509302]

>>4508385
nice story man.

[Anonymous No.4509314]

>>4509271
grah i really want an amy's pizza right now

[Anonymous No.4509326]

Marie Callender is quite good. Their steamable meals are really quite nice. I recommend every one of them but the horrible fajita one.

[Anonymous No.4509370]

Stouffer's and Marie Calendar's. Accept no substitutes.

[Anonymous No.4510454]

Don't know if they still carry it, but Wal-Mart used to sell these little frozen dinners by Zatarain's, like andouille sausage and rice. They were pretty good.

Any time Costco introduces a new frozen food, it's usually excellent. Then the manufacturer is forced to cheapen it over the next few months because of Costco's pricing policies, so it turns to shit. Lesson: buy it a few times when it first comes out, then stop before you become dissapoint.