You can actually get very cheap, very high quality cookware sets that include every type of container you need to cook a decent meal. Then you'll need some knives and a few other utensils, perhaps a timer so you won't burn things and finally an easy-to-follow cook book with basic recipes for food you'd actually want to eat. Voila - you're all set.

If you pretend it's kind of a chemistry experiment (which one could argue that it actually is), it can get rather interesting. In my experience, getting acquainted with the art of cooking is best done in privacy, but it's usually quite rewarding, since you learn pretty quickly what works and, more importantly, what doesn't. Did you know that rice produces kind of a pale blue smoke if you forget the water? It crackles, too. ;o)

Oh man, I only wish I could have afforded a digital camera when I lived in my 1st aparetment when I turned 18. I think I must have broken some law of physics by fitting so much matter into a small area (that matter being frozen food). I wasn't worried about Y2K a BIT.

Don't forget that a guy can score extra points with the girls if he knows how to cook something other then ramen and pop tarts. :P

Actually, you DO own a toaster. I know, because I bought it for you. You also have a George Foreman Grill that makes yummy steaks with practically no effort! But you have this funny habit of not completely moving out of places that you move into, so my guess is that they're hidden somewhere in the storage shed out back, or perhaps in Greystork's spare bedroom. :)

I have identified a George Foreman Grill, but I haven't seen any toaster. Of course that doesn't mean it isn't inside a box, somewhere.

Wait-a-minute, you mean that Ryan had a Foreman grill, and never moved it into our house? All those months, we could've been grilling on that thing... bah.

You never asked!

Yeah, that grill was awesome. I actually made myself steak and chicken and things that I normally would be completely incapable of making.

You don't need much gear to be a decent cook.

I didn't learn to cook until after I got married, so I can't testify to a cook's effects on single women. It works when you're married at least.

Good Eats on the Food Network was where I got into learning the chemistry and details of how cooking works.

Also, maybe cookingforengineers.com might be something to look into. egullet.com is a good message base too. They have some online cooking courses that are good.

Nice thing about cooking is that you can pick up some basics and apply them to a lot of different scenarios.

You can make a mean cheese sandwich on those things, too.

Or on an iron, if you're really desperate...

Like that commercial?

Just a big congratulations on a wonderful product. Since trying Marie Calendar's frozen dinners, all others have taken a back seat. We especially like the cheesy chicken broccoli bake and the superb quality of the meats used. Hopefully, we would like to see something in creamed dried beef line in the future.

I like the dinners, but the last few times have been disappointing. the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy and corn on the cob has been changed to chicken fried steak with white and yellow corn and mashed potatoes no gravy. the honey chicken with beans and mashed potatoes and gravy tasted like pressed chicken and not very tasty.

Today I bought my FIRST Marie Calenders product – chicken pot pies. Hubby and I will try them for dinner tomorrow night. They did some sort of review on the Today show recently and this was judges the ‘best frozen dinner’. So we shall see! I don’t usually do frozen dinners of ANY sort.

You should remove MSG from all of your foods. MSg gives many people bowel problems,some others their eyes act like they are having sun stroke. Your food is good your additives are harmful!

Wanted to let you know we love your cooking. My husband of 43 years would not eat any kind of a tv dinner until I got him to try yours. We agree they are seasoned very well and the meat portions are great and love the gravy. I also like the pot pies, they are awesome. We have some in the freezer at all times for those nights I come home after work and are just to tired to cook or we have a very busy evening ahead and no time to cook. Keep up the great work!!!!!
We are always looking for the new additions too and can’t wait to try them.

Buying Marie Callender’s frozen dinners it seems is taking a risk. They now expect everyone to the ability to make sure they hit 165 F before eating. Now who has a thermometer sitting around to assure they don’t poison you? Is it that they pack meals with a lot of bacteria in them? If not why the check to assure 165F? This is the one company willing to cause themselves problems by pointing out you should not trust their quality control!!!!

I do not care for the new turkey dinner by Marie Callender. The original was good. I don’t understand why the company changed it. They got rid of the stuffing and the greenbeans with cranberries. The new honey roasted turkey is gross. I wish I had of stopped by McDonald’s. It certainly isn’t worth having to worry about some stupid bacteria.

would love some coupons if you all have them

I would just like to say that country fried chicken dinner is the best I have ever tried, the potatoes are very goood and the carn is the best on the market , there is only one problem the chicken is also very good but half of it is hard like when something is microwaved too long . If you could fix that you would have the best dinner on the market
John Cathcar SR