My expectations were already low based on the box's physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that
The real term here is : Family size but you're divorced and it's not the week the kids are with you
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"Family size" simply means "can serve an entire family". It doesn't mean "Can stuff 4 American bellies full". It's hard to judge the size of the box in your photo, but I can see serving one of those enchiladas per family member, along with pasta and salad or something.
Enchilada and pasta. GTFO
Then OP goes and suggests mac and cheese as a side for it, that's many levels worse.
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You do realize this is to enchilada what Papa John's is to pizza right?
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Fair point, but here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides and if you wanted to go from satisfied to "stuffed full" then you could whip up a quick side of Mac and cheese or something
I'm old and I don't think that's true. Frozen entrees have ways been on the light side. And frozen dinners for one would be 3 oz of meat, and a couple of spoonfuls of boiled peas or something.
here frozen family meals in the past would have at least satisfied everyone at the table without any sides
American in his fifties here. No idea what you’re talking about. Family size has only ever meant “larger pack.” It has never meant “complete on its own with nothing accompanying it.”
Well okay, maybe I wasn't clear. I agree with you that you certainly aren't getting enough nourishment for an entire family - and in fact, even if you have enough food volume for an entire family, this crap wouldn't count as nourishment anyway. And you're probably paying this box of goopy shit dollars on the pennies it cost to make.
I was just pointing out that, like most things the agro industry puts on boxes, "family size" has no legal meaning and therefore is technically correct depending on how you interpret it.
Incidentally, another thing that means jack squat on your box of dubious food is "Now with more cheese". If they started out with zero cheese (and no, the stuff with a cheesy taste used in ultra-processed food isn't legally cheese) then adding a flake or two of real cheddar makes it technically possible to say "Now with more cheese".
I wonder if it would be legal in America to print "No cyanide!" on the box to make people pick it over other stuff from the sea of frozen garbage.
I very much imagine it would be. It's the same as when they put 'gluten free' on ridiculous stuff like raw meat, packaged raw vegetables, raw nuts, and the list goes on.....
As someone with celiac disease, and how much stuff gluten is in (some French fries, soy sauce, tomato soup, etc), I don’t care how ridiculous it seems, I appreciate when manufacturers make it known their shit is gluten free.
Yep - grated cheese is a good example. The stuff they put in to make it not stick together can contain gluten.
One of my personal favorites is seeing salt advertised as being non-GMO.
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A family size meal should have enough to at least be the entree for four people. With enchiladas that means two per person, not one. It's a corn tortilla with stuff rolled in it, barely larger than a taquito, you need two for it to not look like a depression meal (we're already cooking frozen enchiladas, we're there already, it doesn't need to be rubbed in).
I've noticed that sizes are shifting. Party size is now what used to be family size and can actually feed four, sometimes it's called mega family size or some bullshit. Family size now means two adults and maybe a child <10 yrs. I remember a family size lasagna had leftovers when I was a kid.
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Any phrasing that isn't regulated is subject to abuse by marketing.
"Family Size" has no meaning anymore
Never did.
It means more calories than we can justify for a meal in a 2000 calorie day.
Family of one
There's 4 items in that package...wtf are u all talking about.
Somebody get this guy 4 grains of rice so he can feed his family!
But it has more cheese
I'm afraid to ask how little it had before, because the amount i see are rookie numbers.
It's got what families crave.
My expections would be extremely low based on the brand. The less in the box might be a good thing.
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For my family of three, I’ve had to start buying “party size” of too many things.
Family size cereal is ok though, since I’m the only one who eats it
It looks like each enchilada +cheese sauce is like 500+ calories (I would bet closer to 700). All it needs is a small side to make a meal.
Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.
Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?
Well, you are supposed to eat them with rice or some other side
Family of mice
Family sized, if your a single parent with no kids 😂
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