Food and Drink Frozen Pizza and Life - Page 8

**Rain Man** · 07-27-2014, 08:13 PM

I went to the grocery store tonight to hunt dinner, and decided that a frozen pizza was the way to go. The village cheered when I brought it home, and we used every part of it as part of our pact with The Great Creator in the Sky.

But anyway, back to the point.

Our grocery store arranges the frozen pizzas by price. On the far left, you've got the Totinos and other stuff that's food in name only. Then you move to the right with Tony's and then Red Baron and Home Run (blech) in the middle. As you move further right you get to the highest-priced stuff like DiGiorno and the overpriced California pizza kitchen.

As I stared at the pizza freezers making my decision, I had an epiphany about life. I thought back to my high school days when I was more or less a third worlder, and in those days there was no option but Totino's. I ate it and I liked it because it was a treat. I didn't get it very often.

Then I got into college and actually did okay on money, and I graduated to Tony's where possible, going the Totino's route only when money got tight. After graduation, when I got a real job, it was Tony's all the way for years.

Then I got married. Dual income, no kids, and frankly it wasn't an issue to pay more for a frozen pizza. I stood at the freezers tonight and grabbed a DiGiorno for $8.49, an act that would have been unthinkable for the first half of my life.

I'm in my prime earning years right now, making reasonable money with few financial worries. If I want to eat out of the right side of the pizza case, I can do it. No problem.

But a time will come when I can't eat out of the right side. I'll retire and I'll have to watch my money and my savings will dwindle, and at some point I'll start eating Tony's again. But this time I'll eat Tony's with the memory of once having DiGiorno. That might make my pizza night melancholy.

And the end of the story is inevitable. I'll be an old man sitting in my house watching TV, and I'll heat up my Totino's pizza and I'll consider it a treat because I don't get to have it very often. Eventually the police will do a welfare check because I'm not paying my property taxes, and they'll find my mummified body in a chair, holding a piece of mummified Totino's.

I wish they would rearrange that pizza freezer.

journeyscarab · 07-28-2014, 12:48 PM

Frozen Pizzas at Aldi are pretty tasty.

BlackHelicopters · 07-28-2014, 12:49 PM

We need a poll

**srvy** · 07-28-2014, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

That advertisement looks like it was straight out of a slave catalog during the 1850's.

Circa 1977 i believe.

**Donger** · 07-28-2014, 12:55 PM

I actually like the CPK Sicilian.

And, I think this wasn't where Rain Man expected this thread to go...

**Fire Me Boy!** · 07-28-2014, 12:57 PM

The people - myself included - that think Totino's is better than Digiorno are in the uncanny valley. There's real science here. I never like the premium frozen pizzas. I'd rather have real pizza or cheap frozen pizza.

WhawhaWhat · 07-28-2014, 01:01 PM

I love the Jack's Canadian bacon pizza. Jack's are my favorite frozen pizzas by far. I only by them when they are 5 for $10 though. Maybe 4 for $10 but that's as far as I go.

Mr. Laz · 07-28-2014, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

I'd rather have real pizza or cheap frozen pizza.

this

why try to go somewhere in the middle?

**Bearcat** · 07-28-2014, 01:30 PM

Outside of incompetence like overcooking it or having bald spots, I don't think I've had pizza bad enough that I wouldn't eat it again..... pizza snobs.

**gblowfish** · 07-28-2014, 01:34 PM

On Tuesday night Fun House on US 40 highway has small one topping pizzas for around $6. They're amazingly good.

shakesthecat · 07-28-2014, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Outside of incompetence like overcooking it or having bald spots, I don't think I've had pizza bad enough that I wouldn't eat it again..... pizza snobs.

I would tend to agree with this, but I've had Imo's.

Once

**Bearcat** · 07-28-2014, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by shakesthecat

I would tend to agree with this, but I've had Imo's.

Once

I've never had provel, but I've been told numerous times that I'm not missing out .

**Bufkin** · 07-28-2014, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by shakesthecat

I would tend to agree with this, but I've had Imo's.

Once

IMO's tastes like afterbirth, IMO.

Pitt Gorilla · 07-28-2014, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

The people - myself included - that think Totino's is better than Digiorno are in the uncanny valley. There's real science here. I never like the premium frozen pizzas. I'd rather have real pizza or cheap frozen pizza.

This. Red Barron fits the cheap role perfectly.

shakesthecat · 07-28-2014, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

IMO's tastes like afterbirth, IMO.

I'll take your word for it.

Mr. Laz · 07-28-2014, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

IMO's tastes like afterbirth, IMO.

so how did you originally taste afterbirth to get the reference experience?

07-27-2014, 08:13 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3278491 VARSITY	Frozen Pizza and Life I went to the grocery store tonight to hunt dinner, and decided that a frozen pizza was the way to go. The village cheered when I brought it home, and we used every part of it as part of our pact with The Great Creator in the Sky. But anyway, back to the point. Our grocery store arranges the frozen pizzas by price. On the far left, you've got the Totinos and other stuff that's food in name only. Then you move to the right with Tony's and then Red Baron and Home Run (blech) in the middle. As you move further right you get to the highest-priced stuff like DiGiorno and the overpriced California pizza kitchen. As I stared at the pizza freezers making my decision, I had an epiphany about life. I thought back to my high school days when I was more or less a third worlder, and in those days there was no option but Totino's. I ate it and I liked it because it was a treat. I didn't get it very often. Then I got into college and actually did okay on money, and I graduated to Tony's where possible, going the Totino's route only when money got tight. After graduation, when I got a real job, it was Tony's all the way for years. Then I got married. Dual income, no kids, and frankly it wasn't an issue to pay more for a frozen pizza. I stood at the freezers tonight and grabbed a DiGiorno for $8.49, an act that would have been unthinkable for the first half of my life. I'm in my prime earning years right now, making reasonable money with few financial worries. If I want to eat out of the right side of the pizza case, I can do it. No problem. But a time will come when I can't eat out of the right side. I'll retire and I'll have to watch my money and my savings will dwindle, and at some point I'll start eating Tony's again. But this time I'll eat Tony's with the memory of once having DiGiorno. That might make my pizza night melancholy. And the end of the story is inevitable. I'll be an old man sitting in my house watching TV, and I'll heat up my Totino's pizza and I'll consider it a treat because I don't get to have it very often. Eventually the police will do a welfare check because I'm not paying my property taxes, and they'll find my mummified body in a chair, holding a piece of mummified Totino's. I wish they would rearrange that pizza freezer.
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07-28-2014, 12:57 PM	#110
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	Frozen Pizza and Life The people - myself included - that think Totino's is better than Digiorno are in the uncanny valley. There's real science here. I never like the premium frozen pizzas. I'd rather have real pizza or cheap frozen pizza. Last edited by Fire Me Boy!; 07-28-2014 at 01:03 PM..
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07-28-2014, 01:01 PM	#111
WhawhaWhat MVP Join Date: Feb 2013 Casino cash: $1541116	I love the Jack's Canadian bacon pizza. Jack's are my favorite frozen pizzas by far. I only by them when they are 5 for $10 though. Maybe 4 for $10 but that's as far as I go.
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07-28-2014, 01:30 PM	#113
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07-28-2014, 01:34 PM	#114
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17666178 VARSITY	On Tuesday night Fun House on US 40 highway has small one topping pizzas for around $6. They're amazingly good.
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