New member-exclusive episode!

ATP Eats: Frozen Dinners
https://atp.fm/atp-eats-frozen-dinners

@caseyliss made us do it. Our stomachs may never recover.

Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Eats: Frozen Dinners

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

@atpfm Next will be different types of Kraft Dinner.
@atpfm - at least John now knows how to eliminate the evidence….in a hurry.

@atpfm @caseyliss madness. Frozen dinners occupy a weird space of being more expensive than ramen and PB&J yet less expensive than a “59¢ taco meal” at Taco Bell.

I’m not sure who the target audience is.

@pixelscience @atpfm @caseyliss Me. I work from home and need something I can make for lunch that won’t kill me. Healthy Choice fills that gap.
@atpfm @caseyliss I cannot explain how excited I am to listen to this.
@atpfm @caseyliss Oh this is 👨‍🍳🤌🏻💋
@atpfm @caseyliss I guess it's finally time for me to become a member. I would love to see you guys play Destiny with @siracusa next 😅
@atpfm @caseyliss ok I’ve been trying to ignore the membership for while because I’ve already got enough podcasts to listen to, but now you have my attention
@atpfm @caseyliss bahahah going straight from that into the popcorn opening of The Hunt for Red October episode makes me want an Accidental Food Podcast now
@atpfm @caseyliss did he make you eat Sbarro frozen pizza?

@atpfm @caseyliss
Q1: is it a Top Four crossover event?

Q2: I am delaying listening to some of the movie episodes until I can watch the movies. Do I have to eat all the dinners before listening to this?

@marinaepelman I wouldn't recommend eating them no
@caseyliss @marinaepelman It’s not food you eat, it’s food you trick your friends into eating 🤣
@atpfm So I have to pay to hear about food so bad Tiff won’t allow it in a Top Four?
@atpfm We need a return to toasters, since the prior research is all outdated now...
@atpfm @caseyliss - ATP: Accidental Toilet Paper. 😂 Love you guys!!
@atpfm @caseyliss FYI your membership login emails are getting marked as spam by Gmail (on a Google Workspace account)
@atpfm This episode’s chapter art makes for the best/worst Lock Screen….art?
@JCMann The color accurately represents the taste
@atpfm this is turning into do by friday
@atpfm I thought it was funny. It auto played while I was cooking actual food (as it sounded like you usually do). Really strange juxtaposition. Siracusa’s overcooked green beans point was strong.
@atpfm @caseyliss Such a privilege to hear about these wondrous meals. I now need to check if I can get them locally. Especially Hungryman Select.
@atpfm @caseyliss My recommendation is to just eat the box they come in instead.
@atpfm Can’t wait to listen to this, already know it’s going to be amazing!

@atpfm

Nice to see @siracusa giving his intestines a workout after his colonoscopy that he spoke about on @RecDiffs

@atpfm Wow, this has got to be the most American episode you’ve ever made. 🥴
@rene 🤢 U-S-A! 🤢 U-S-A! 🤢
@caseyliss You know, I always wondered what those TV dinners taste like. I don’t think we have something like that over here. So, thank you for your service 🫡😉
@atpfm ‘Salt gravy’. Mmm. Sounds delicious.
@atpfm @caseyliss As a foodie and health nut, this episode was simultaneously hilarious and mildly terrifying. 😂

@NathanKing mistakes were made.

We do it for y’all. 🙃

@atpfm this was hilarious.

Regarding the first meal. Putting sauce onto breaded thing in packaging without separation is just plain wrong, there is no way it won't get soggy.

@atpfm @caseyliss I can’t believe this is what’s going to get me to buy membership.
@niekvdpas This is the way.
@caseyliss @atpfm Update: it’s worth it. Also, microwaving these dinners is the correct way. You must embrace the filth.

@niekvdpas 💙

With regard to microwaving, completely agree. This is why I had grievances to air!

However, John was right that to get the timing synchronized, doing the in the oven / in parallel made sense.

@atpfm @caseyliss
I has sad. Honestly, these are among my favorite frozen meals. In my defense, I've been in the Army, where I learned to eat anything and pretend to enjoy it.

@jeber As I said on the show, I was (am?) a Hungry Man apologist. This one was particularly... not-good... though.

Consider also, we optimized for things that we didn't expect would be particularly delicious. 😆

@caseyliss
Hungry Man has quit selling (at least around Richmond) some of their better (?) meals. There's only 3 or 4 available now.
@atpfm @caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment I'm not sure I've ever laughed this hard at a podcast in my life. Well done, gentlemen. Well done. 🤣
@bencollins @atpfm @caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment I'm afraid this may have undone the "digestive improvement" John previously had vis-a-vis the latest RecDiffs cc: @hotdogsladies

@bencollins @atpfm @caseyliss @siracusa @marcoarment I shall finally become a member. I can’t NOT listen to this episode. Plus it’s the only podcast I listen to 100% so membership seems justified.

Keep up the fine work, gentleman.

@JoeWelch This is the way

(Thank you 💙)

@caseyliss yeah, baby! Keep the exclusive content coming. Has to be the best way to increase conversion (I would assume). Hands down my favorite podcast. 🙏
@atpfm @caseyliss I think I made a mistake listening to this episode over breakfast.
@caseyliss @marcoarment @siracusa
@atpfm Pictures like these are why Instagram made filters 🥴
@atpfm This was basically an Episode of Top 4 with @marcoarment cheating on Tiff with @siracusa and @caseyliss which per series tradition, nobody actually followed the ostensible rules and format of Top 4. Well done!
@atpfm @caseyliss The chapter art photos are so bleak and depressing. Does sodium hide the taste of despair?

@atpfm @caseyliss

Well this somehow got me to finally join the membership

@_theodorebrau 1) This is the way
2) FAR more importantly, thank you for your service. 💙
@atpfm i have never laughed so hard listening to a podcast. ATP Gold!!