# Self Destruction: Marie Calendar Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634 "2010-09-30T18:01:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/21 "2010-10-03T04:23:49Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > > [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > > > Pot pies are yummy, but not good for you. > > Hence the recent [recall of pot pies](http://www.theonion.com/video/hungry-fda-official-orders-massive-pot-pie-recall,14223/). I didn’t even have to watch that - just reading the URL made me crack up! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/22 "2010-10-03T21:52:18Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > > > So, do we die Young, Fat and Happy, or Old Thin and Bitter? > > False dichotomy. I’d like to avoid the incapacitating stroke that leaves me helpless and bed ridden for the remainder of my life. I’ll try to eat healthy, thanks. Another False dichotomy, you could just as easily have a stroke, regardless of what you eat, due to a genetic propensity and a million other variables… or you could die tomorrow any of a million different ways. Stop driving, if you’re worried about being permanently incapacitated or dying… you take more of a chance everytime you get in a car than eating a fuckin potpie. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/23 "2010-10-03T22:42:39Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > > False dichotomy. I’d like to avoid the incapacitating stroke that leaves me helpless and bed ridden for the remainder of my life. I’ll try to eat healthy, thanks. > > Another False dichotomy, you could just as easily have a stroke, regardless of what you eat, due to a genetic propensity and a million other variables… or you could die tomorrow any of a million different ways. Stop driving, if you’re worried about being permanently incapacitated or dying… you take more of a chance everytime you get in a car than eating a fuckin potpie. It’s official, the SDMB has no sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/24 "2010-10-04T00:23:51Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > > > False dichotomy. I’d like to avoid the incapacitating stroke that leaves me helpless and bed ridden for the remainder of my life. I’ll try to eat healthy, thanks. > > Another False dichotomy, you could just as easily have a stroke, regardless of what you eat, due to a genetic propensity and a million other variables… or you could die tomorrow any of a million different ways. Stop driving, if you’re worried about being permanently incapacitated or dying… you take more of a chance everytime you get in a car than eating a fuckin potpie. Well of course life is all all about relative risks! Who was suggesting otherwise? I alkso mitigate my risks while driving- seat belt, good tires etc. It’s all about playing the odds. I’d rather indulge on occasion and basically eat well and give myself the best chance of not having those problems. I get tired of seeing that meme- “I’d rather die happy than eat healthy”. People forget that there is other outcomes besides smiling and happy and then dropping dead. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/25 "2010-10-04T18:52:20Z")
Well, you know what I’m tired of? the cutesy memes- Self Destruction! A pot pie!-oohs ahhhs- My arteries are clogging just reading this, that’s soooo unhealthy I’sa a gonna die! I put on 20 pounds just reading this! Frankly it’s old hat, and in no way indicative of the reality- and the way I see it represented disjointed and with nobody even knowing half of what they speak about–it’s junk science. Frankly it’s a very unhealthy way to view food and nutrition. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/26 "2010-10-04T19:11:36Z")
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” - Thumper’s Mom. Sure makes it hard to have a thread if I have to account for people with different sensibilities, The ability for someone to misinterpret, and get special dispensation from the legal department. Dude, it’s a cheap chunk of bread, lard, salt, and turkey. It mis-represents itself as two servings…and healthy. Everything it said was a :dubious: statement. ‘Made from Scratch crust!’ It’s fast and convenient! But takes a quarter hour to nuke. ETA: The Thread title is what’s known as a ‘hook’. It pulls people in. Do I think I’m self destructing? Not more than 100% of the rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/27 "2010-10-04T19:21:45Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > As someone who would have to live on take out were it not for frozen foods, I can say that there are some decent choices out there. I like the [Amy’s Kitchen](http://www.amyskitchen.com/) brand a lot for example. Even the more mainstream brands like Lean Cuisine aren’t bad. The one area where they all do pretty badly though is sodium content. Not sure why that is. Fortunately I don’t seem to be too sensitive to a couple extra grams of salt. I like Amy’s Kitchen brand a lot too, but it bothers me that they are usually about twice the price of other brands of frozen entrees (Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Stouffers). When I see them on sale I will usually buy several to stock up—It’s hard to justify paying as much for a frozen meal as what I would pay for a similar take-out order. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/28 "2010-10-04T19:30:41Z")
> [@dzero](#): > > As someone who would have to live on take out were it not for frozen foods, I can say that there are some decent choices out there. I like the [Amy’s Kitchen](http://www.amyskitchen.com/) brand a lot for example. They have a broccoli cheese pot pie, which I like. Serving size: 1 pie, 213 grams Calories: 440 Total Fat: 22 grams, 34% RDA Saturated fat: 10 grams, 50% RDA Cholesterol: 45 mg, 15% RDA Sodium: 630 mg, 26% RDA Carbohydrates: 46 grams, 15% RDA Note that one way this does better than the Marie Callender’s turkey pot pie is in being smaller, 213 grams vs 468. It’s less than half the size of the Marie Callender’s, by weight. I think it still makes a satisfying lunch. Scaled up to the size of the Marie Callender’s pot pie (assuming calories scale up linearly with mass), it would have 968 calories. That’s not that different from what the Marie Callender’s turkey pot pie actually has. Portion size is clearly part of the problem with the Marie Callender’s pot pies, as it is with a lot of foods these days. > [@](#): > > The one area where they all do pretty badly though is sodium content. Not sure why that is. My theory is that salty food tastes good, and salt is cheap to add to processed foods. I have a similar theory to explain the prevalence of high fructose corn syrup in processed foods. ---
**Author:** ![heavyarms553](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@heavyarms553](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heavyarms553)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/29 "2010-10-04T19:51:49Z")
I don’t care about the nutrition, those pies are freakin delicious. I just don’t eat them very often. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/30 "2010-10-04T19:57:07Z")
It’s a cold, rainy day here and I had to open this thread about hot turkey pies. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634/31 "2010-10-05T05:45:37Z")
Again, Marie Callender makes a smaller, 10-oz pot pie. They often go on sale and I have to say, they’re really good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-destruction-marie-calendar-edition/555634.md?page=1)