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orangecrush

(28,813 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 03:38 PM Jul 2025

Chef Boyardee is now persona non grata [View all]

Last edited Thu Jul 17, 2025, 05:30 PM - Edit history (1)

So the SO and I had a disagreement.

I contribute a variable amount to food purchases monthly.

I made the mistake of coming home from the gym on my bicycle with the remains of a large Cofair sub which I proceeded to eat in the kitchen.

This initiated a lecture about not making unnecessary food purchases when we have food at home.

So to learn a lesson, I was to buy my own food and cook for myself for the remainder of the month.

This really sucked, because the SO is a gifted cook, cooked professionally for 20 years, and I have been known to burn water.

So we went grocery shopping together.

When we got to canned goods, I grabbed Chef Boyardee. Several varieties.

Like 20 cans worth.

Then to deli for a big bag of Smith's Bologna, and bread.

"Why are you buying so much of that?" You should get healthy food!"

Then it began

As a bachelor for decades, a can of Boyardee and a sandwich is a gourmet meal.

Cereal for breakfast.

Pop Tarts for snacks.

She would follow me to the pantry.

"Are you eating that again?"

"No wonder you can't lose weight!"

"That's so unhealthy! Full of sodium!"

(Very true. But I ain't hungry either )

Days later - "ISNT THAT SHIT GONE YET?!"

A week later, tried to sneak a can up to my attic man cave for the ham radio net, eating C ration style cold from the can...

"PUT THAT BACK! I DONT WANT THAT UPSTAIRS!"

The next evening, got a text while in the cave - "Get your stupid ass down here, it's dinnertime!"

Homemade chicken pot pie soup to die for

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"Don't ever let me see that crap in here again!"

Thanks, Chef Boyardee!

(If you ever have time, check out the history of Chef Boyardee.

He helped feed the hungry during the depression.

Still a bargain at $1.25 a can.


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I can relate/identify with all of that. rubbersole Jul 2025 #1
Adaptability orangecrush Jul 2025 #11
And the can opener is the father. rubbersole Jul 2025 #28
When I was in college we called it 'Chef Boy, Oh Boy'. LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #2
Good vittles! orangecrush Jul 2025 #10
Chef Boiardi fed the troops during WWII bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #3
Poor people food orangecrush Jul 2025 #9
Moral of the story: Finish your sub before you get home JoseBalow Jul 2025 #4
Not possible orangecrush Jul 2025 #7
SO is a smart person snowybirdie Jul 2025 #5
I love her. orangecrush Jul 2025 #6
Cross-post this in Cooking and Baking! justaprogressive Jul 2025 #8
Will do! orangecrush Jul 2025 #12
I used to have an SO. And I was the INSO (insignificant other). Now I'm an EXSO. erronis Jul 2025 #13
... orangecrush Jul 2025 #17
The real chef Boiardi - Wikipedia erronis Jul 2025 #14
Thanks orangecrush Jul 2025 #18
There's a name from my past. llmart Jul 2025 #26
Interesting article, but it doesn't mention his work feeding Russian troops in WWII as mentioned in an earlier post. TheRickles Jul 2025 #25
Real easy and quick Botany Jul 2025 #15
Thank you! orangecrush Jul 2025 #19
No one will EVER change my mind; johnp3907 Jul 2025 #16
I'll have to try that! orangecrush Jul 2025 #20
"Chef Boyardee is now persona non grata" Collimator Jul 2025 #21
... orangecrush Jul 2025 #22
Totally agree with your feelings. A couple of times in my life I had nothing but erronis Jul 2025 #27
Hubby came home with a can two slightlv Jul 2025 #23
I keep cans in the pantry that i pick up whenever Figarosmom Jul 2025 #24
Hard to beat paired with a sandwich orangecrush Jul 2025 #29
It's hard to beat with buttered bread. zanana1 Jul 2025 #30
I had some of the canned ravioli not too long ago. Intractable Jul 2025 #31
My son was a very picky eater as a young child Danmel Jul 2025 #32
Great memories orangecrush Jul 2025 #33
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