Stouffer's Lasagna — Worst meal ever?

Your dog will love it, maybe

Your dog will love it, maybe

I’ve been out of town, and returned, hungry, to an empty refrigerator, but was thankful to remember that I’d made an impulse buy of a Stouffer’s frozen lasagna a couple of weeks ago, and still had it stashed in the freezer. Cooked it per directions (took 75 minutes), and was absolutely gobsmacked at how horribly it tasted: gummy, grossly spiced, and literally inedible. I tossed the thing into the garbage and went to bed hungry.

I had a good friend in Greenwich back a couple of decades ago who was the retired head of Stouffer’s and if we hadn’t lost touch, I’d ask him how such a product could be produced. Surely there has to some sort of product quality board that tests new items, but how on earth could a panel comprised of human beings dig into this horrible mess and proclaim it fit for consumption, let alone release it as a product? Alan? Any thoughts?

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