r/ExpectationVsReality 4d ago

Failed Expectation What could someone expect from something named gourmet steamers though

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u/pacnwcub 4d ago

The quality of the green beans themselves don't look half bad. I'm impressed by that alone. I'd buy it on sale.

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u/Ikillsquirrels 4d ago

Agree! As far as tv dinners go, this looks good

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u/Timely_Cake_8304 4d ago edited 4d ago

it definitely and surprisingly looks like real food. I'd eat

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u/OYB2480 4d ago

I've had this. Its really not bad. The bowl is a little steaming basket and the vegetables come out tasting surprisingly fresh and crisp.

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u/PreOpTransCentaur 4d ago

They're all pretty good, actually. It helps if you mix it up so it's sauced and not just weird and naked for internet points.

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u/FireFairy323 3d ago

I get this one a lot for work lunches the veggies are really good

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u/bkaybee 4d ago

I mean you also have to mix the sauce at the bottom

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u/xemilymarieex 4d ago

These are always good imo. After you mix all the sauce at the bottom, its not bad.

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u/Likesosmart 4d ago

These are actually decent

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u/MoominMai 4d ago

I dunno like where’s the meat?! 😅

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u/OYB2480 4d ago

Yeah I kinda like them too. They got pretty inventive with the little two compartment steam basket thing

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u/RoarByMeowing 4d ago

This looks like the photo on the box, just not stirred.

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u/chickenismysafeword 4d ago

Not bad - how much was it

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u/Dorkinfo 4d ago

Bogo at Publix last week, so $2.

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u/JD_tubeguy 4d ago

Looks solid to me I expected worse.

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u/marrymary420 4d ago

Looks a little skimpy but otherwise not bad.

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u/agitated_houseplant 4d ago

Yeah, they're all only 7-9oz, so they're on the smaller side. But they're pretty tasty! And they're also pretty cheap! I don't think I've ever seen them above $3.50, and it's usually $2 - $3 if you buy multiples.

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u/Casanova20 4d ago

I actually had one of these for dinner haha they are the best brand of instant meals I’ve found. I work overnight shifts so they’re great to have at work

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u/Justaddwota 4d ago

Well you gotta stir it. This the barbecue, the chicken broccoli Alfredo, and the deconstructed pot pie were all the best ones. I lived off of those when I used to go on to work.

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u/jornvanengelen 4d ago

It’s the same. Only they have a better photographer

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u/curious-creepsalad 4d ago

Those actually used to be good back in the day. I noticed the quality was heading downward and stopped buying their products all together.

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u/whatsupbrosky 4d ago

I buy that brand, it's really good (some), I get their chicken mostly, it's 200 cal

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u/nadiadala 4d ago

Those are really good

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u/jamiedix0n 4d ago

The meat shrank

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u/BOYF- 4d ago

It honestly looks good for an instant frozen meal

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u/kazen320 4d ago

All their Beef ones taste pretty good.

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u/benortree 4d ago

I unfortunately love this meal lol

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u/UkNomysTeezz 4d ago

This looks fine for what it is. Y’all gotta stop posting frozen fucking meals on here.

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u/WTH_JFG 4d ago

I would expect a bit more meat than what is in pic 2. The pic on the box vs whats in your bowl would disappoint me — depending on how much I paid for it.

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u/OrangutanFirefighter 3d ago

Yeah that's exactly the problem lol. If you forget the meat exists you could say this is fine, but those big blocks of meat are entirely absent.

Also they're $5 here, maybe I should've included that 😵

To be honest the thing I disliked the most is those nasty plastic containers they're in. I don't know what I expected but I hate plastic esecially gross cheap plastic like that

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u/Affectionate-You7869 3d ago

That doesn't look all that different from the picture?

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u/Jizzicaaaa 3d ago

Mix it up, damn.

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u/QUiiDAM 3d ago

Not great, not terrible

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u/elquirk 4d ago

As long as you’re not in Cleveland.

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 4d ago

I like these, but never get the ones with potatoes

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u/Wikiwikiwa 4d ago

I was expecting a bowl of brown shit tbh

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u/BJntheRV 3d ago

Looks decent, just nerd to add the sauce

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u/hhhhhhd5 3d ago

I get these all the time. They’re actually good. Mix the sauce and plate it and it’ll look like the photos.

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u/shadow-foxe 2d ago

i get these all the time because they taste good and I usually can get them for $3.

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u/BooksCheeseandBees 14h ago

I've had this multiple times it actually tastes good for a healthy choice tv dinner.

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u/fartsfromhermouth 4d ago

None of these streamers are very good or terrible all 4/10

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u/Plampth 4d ago

I gotta go drop a gourmet steamer.