An Open Letter to Marie Callendar

[stoutfellow]

I appreciate your care for the health of your patrons. Also, I like broccoli quite a bit¹. However...

Fettuccini alfredo is supposed to be a pure and sensual, panicking-arteries experience. Pasta, creamy sauce, and pepper are all that are required. Small chunks of chicken are not unwelcome, though they do dilute the quality of the event. However, a side dish of broccoli and carrots is entirely superfluous.

If I wanted a frozen Sunday dinner that actually promoted my health, I would purchase something from a different company. From you, I want luxurious excess. Please, recognize your ecological niche and stay in it.

1. And I liked it even before Bush the Elder denigrated it, in case you're wondering.

Comments

[kattsune.livejournal.com]

When I lived in California, my parents would take us all out to Marie Calendar's restaurants all the time. I must disagree with you on one thing, luxurious excess is not necessarily arterial panic. As a six year-old, I could finish two toureens of vegetable soup all by myself. If my mom hadn't said no, I would have skipped bowls entirely and eaten straight from the toureen with the ladle. Not since then have I tasted such wonderful, rich, flavorful (healthy!) veggie soup.

I am simultaenously awash in fond memories and sad because they're half a continent away. :D