# Tonight I had the first really good microwave meal of my life.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 7, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-i-had-the-first-really-good-microwave-meal-of-my-life/652243 "2013-03-07T00:19:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-i-had-the-first-really-good-microwave-meal-of-my-life/652243/21 "2013-03-07T20:28:14Z")

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Re Instant potatoes

Rushgeekgirl says ingreedients are

“Dried potatoes and a ton of preservatives”

I’d ask if this is your experience or just what you believe? I eat instant mashed because I looked at a package one day and found it contained nothing but potatoes.

Take a look at the grocery store - there are at least two major brands that list one ingredient - potatoes.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-i-had-the-first-really-good-microwave-meal-of-my-life/652243/22 "2013-03-07T20:38:43Z")

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> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> I was in college in 1977. Each dorm got a certain amount of discrectionary money (about $1000) each year, which was usually used for parties. My dorm voted to use the money to buy a microwave oven for the kitchen and it was expensive..we used the full thousand and had to come up with another $200 or so.
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> I bought my microwave oven in 1986 and it still works great, I’ve never replaced it.

Omg, is it one of the dial ones? I remember my grandma having a dial one in the 80s. I can’t imagine still using a kitchen appliance from the 80s.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-i-had-the-first-really-good-microwave-meal-of-my-life/652243/23 "2013-03-07T20:42:04Z")

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> [@Zjestika](#):
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> Aldi’s Priano brand eggplant parmesan is awesome. They only have it a couple times a year though. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that when I first tried it I went back and bought ten packages, all that my local store had left.

We don’t have Aldi’s here. ☹ I’ve heard good things about them.

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**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonight-i-had-the-first-really-good-microwave-meal-of-my-life/652243/24 "2013-03-07T21:16:15Z")

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> [@AngelSoft](#):
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> Omg, is it one of the dial ones? I remember my grandma having a dial one in the 80s. I can’t imagine still using a kitchen appliance from the 80s.

I got my first microwave in 1988. It is not a dial one. I say “IS not” because I gave it to my friend over 10 years ago and she is still using it. And it works. 😃

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