"Family Size" has no meaning anymore
"Family Size" has no meaning anymore
My expectations were already low based on the box's physical size, but it still somehow managed to not even meet that
"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.
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
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'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.”
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.
It’s 300 calories per serving (4 servings per box). If you’re on a 2000 calorie diet, a meal is 500 - 700 calories, so this would be a snack or a dish that requires a side. Or eat the whole box yourself and it’s about the same as a Big Mac combo.
The real term here is : Family size but you're divorced and it's not the week the kids are with you
Why call me out like this
"Family Size" has no meaning anymore
Never did.
It means more calories than we can justify for a meal in a 2000 calorie day.
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.
That's what I'm saying! One more tooth with experience the delight of biting into food. I don't see what's wrong. 🤷♂️
If one must emphasize that the cheso is indeed cheesy, I would be suspicious.
"Cheesy queso" is there for a very specific reason: they can't legally put "cheese" on the box because that has a legal definition, and there must be a minimum percentage of cheese in the product for the box to legally bear the word "cheese".
"Cheesy queso" has no legal definition. So even if the product only has 0.1% cheese in it - or no cheese at all - it's not illegal to write "cheesy queso".
It does say "now with more cheese" so maybe it's 0.2% even!
"More cheese than what???"
More cheese than ... not cheese.
IMHO, that orange liquid Kraftesque garbage doesn't count as cheese anyway.
What is this? A family size for ants???
How do you translate "cheesy queso"? ...queso quesoso?
Queso caseoso I think
I guess they write it like that because queso means nothing legally, and cheesy means "almost like cheese" to confuse customers while selling fake cheese.
Family of mice
My expections would be extremely low based on the brand. The less in the box might be a good thing.
It was actually ok, not terrible, but also not great. If it was a bit better I could have forgiven them on the portion sizes lol
I don't think I could eat stoufers, I find that stuff really not good.
Besides its so easy to make. Beans, rice, a rotesserie chicken if you want to get fancy cheese and enchilada sauce. Make in advance and freeze portions of it. Cheaper in the long run and actually tastes good.
„Now with more cheese“ - so 0.1% instead of 0.09%?
Are you kidding. This is murica! Cheese is practically a waste product of our over subsidized dairy industry. Theres a reason that there's 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in our strategic cheese reserves. Theres no reason those enchiladas couldn't be 50% cheese product.
Yes there is: chemical cheese flavor is cheaper than cheese.
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
Family size - probably as an intermediate course between the soup and the main course.
Out of curiosity: how much does it weight?
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.
A family of 2
Presumably there would be other sides though?
Well, you are supposed to eat them with rice or some other side
Family sized, if your a single parent with no kids 😂
Was it any good? Never had and just wondering.
It was alright, not terrible, not Great lol
What are these, enchiladas for ants? Yes, it is. For a family of ants
Are you trying to feed your family on just enchiladas?