Food and Drink Frozen Pizza and Life - Page 11

**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.

NewChief · 07-29-2014, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

This is true. Also true: Kansas City's is still markedly better.

As I've said before, I rarely get to sample the KC scene because our relatives we visit there really aren't into good food (other than BBQ) or drinks. Our friends in St. Louis we visit, on the other hand, are huge foodies and our visits there pretty much center on food. I'd love to experience what KC has to offer, but I usually get take out pizza while sitting in a living room watching ESPN.

Stewie · 07-29-2014, 12:34 PM

For a frozen pizza I prefer Aldi's Self Rising Supreme Pizza.

For another quick/cheap option I'll pick up a Papa Murphy's Faves cheese pizza ($5) and add my own toppings.

VAChief · 07-29-2014, 01:21 PM

Early 80's undergraduate years I lived on Fox Deluxe pizzas you could get 3 for $1 on sale. They were basically a facsimile of tomato sauce, meat and a cardboard crust, but it beat hunger.

Mr. Laz · 07-29-2014, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Papa Del's will freeze their deep dish and send it to anywhere in the US. Expensive as ****...but thaw that baby for 3 hours, cook for another 35 minutes...and heaven awaits.

wow ... just looked

80 bucks for a pizza w/shipping

**Fire Me Boy!** · 08-10-2014, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

I expect a report back.

Hey. Bump.

07-27-2014, 08:13 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3238491 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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07-29-2014, 12:34 PM	#152
Stewie MVP Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: West of the Equator Casino cash: $1829901	For a frozen pizza I prefer Aldi's Self Rising Supreme Pizza. For another quick/cheap option I'll pick up a Papa Murphy's Faves cheese pizza ($5) and add my own toppings.
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07-29-2014, 01:21 PM	#153
VAChief Comfortably Numb Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Virginia Casino cash: $5155842	Early 80's undergraduate years I lived on Fox Deluxe pizzas you could get 3 for $1 on sale. They were basically a facsimile of tomato sauce, meat and a cardboard crust, but it beat hunger.
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