Oh my god - I had these for lunch at least one day a week on top of a piece of Wonder Bread. I remember a Turkey (or Chicken, well it was mystery poultry anyways) and Gravy one that was my fav.

These frozen meals were called Banquet Cookin' Bags. I LOVED the Chicken A La King and Sliced Turkey With Gravy. I did not care for the Creamed Chipped Beef variety. It's too bad that Banquet discontinued this item. It was a great lunch to have on a budget.

The chicken a la king was the best.

I ate my fair share of Turkey in Gravy bagged boiled dinners. Just think: you boil your baggie of mystery protein, add some frozen vegetables to the pot and serve over bread for a quick meal!

Oh I loved those...I sooo wish they would bring them back...a great quick meal over white bread

Do any stores still sell boil a bags? I would like to buy some.

I lived off these things for a while. Outright refusing to eat anything else! Loved all of them...especially the Chiken a`la King!

My Mom and I just had a discussion about them and she doesnt remember them.. I feel like that is all I had for dinner.... Forgot all about the chicken a la king.. it had funny red stuff in it.. I was a fan of the mystery poultry/w gravy. And yummmy with the icky white bread.. I think I would gag eating one now...

I really liked the Banquet cookin' bags. The turkey as well as the beef tasted great on toast. Nothing frozen today tastes as good. When did they stop selling them?

My mom would buy me the Sloppy Joe Cookin' Bags and I would eat them after I got home from roller skating every Friday night. I imagine they went out of style once microwaves came into being--who wants to wait for water to boil when you can nuke something in 30 seconds? It really takes me back...

They had chicken parmagiana too!

where can they be found?!!!!!!!!!!!!I miss them so much winn dixie use to sell them, but they closed the store/ if you find them email me at sassy5319732002@yahoo.com

They no longer make them. I just looked up SOS or creamed chipped beef on the net to see how to make it like the boil in the bags.

Did anyone find them yet there must be some out there i need some help were are they someone must make them boil bags beef chicken turkey

I loved the Chipped Beef, Chicken ala King I made a lot of Boiling bags when I was a kid... With out a Microwave that was the easiest meal for a pre teen/ teen to make themselve, that wasn't a Sandwich.

I am pregnant and craving a Chicken ala King boiling bag! Somebody hook me up - please where can I find one!

I used to really enjoy the Creamettes boil in the bag Macaroni and Cheese(late 1960's) and on Friday nights I used to make Celeste' bib ravioli just before Creature Features came on(WGN-Chicago-1960's). Wish they were still produced. Anyone know who makes similar items?

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As others have posted on here, there was a time when I practically lived off of Boil-A-Bags as well. I seem to remember the Chicken a la King & the Chipped Beef ones being especially good.

I remember my mom used to make the Chicken Ala King one whenever my dad didn't have to work on Saturday. They were sooo yummy! I wish they still had them!

what about the barbeque in the boilling bag?

i can't beleive they quit making boil a bag,talk about a cheap but a very good meal,why did they quit making them, it's obvious alot of people loved them too,come on bring them back!!!

My grandmother made Creamettes Boil in Bag Macaroni & Cheese every weekend for me while we watched the Muppets and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. They were the best meals. I wish they still made them!

please bring them back there perfect for a single person on the go no mess good meal over some bread aww they were all incredibly good we need them back mmmm yea

where can we buy your these bags it.why don;t kroger sell them an can we get them .

The beef ones were great.

I seen a coupon a customer had the other day and he said that he saw a boil in a bag entree at Kroger's. Since then I have been searching all over for these. I loved the ala king, salisbury steak, and the sliced turkey with gravy..Love to make an open face turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes, slice of bread and sliced turkey with gravy!! yummmm

Ah the memories of turkey, gravy and wonderbread. I was addicted to that and the chicken a la king. The best meal for a kid growing up in the 70s when no one was there to feed you!!!

There was a wide range of "boil-in-bag" entrees and sides by different companies. My favorite was Green Giant's Macaroni & Cheese, which was sold from 1977 to 1990. The cheese sauce was DEELISH!!

I loved these. Salisbury steak, turkey, chipped beef. Used to eat them on rice. During a particularly tough financial period in the late 70s, I survived on these. Miss them. Great gravies.

I grew up with these I loved all of them .The creamed chipped beef was a favorite. PLease bring them back.

Telling my daughter all about them .. NEED TO resurrect them.. LOVE these as a kid. Crave them as an adult!

Before microwave ovens had achieved the ubiquity they enjoy today, the Boil-in-Bag ('Boilin' Bag'?) entrees were a high-tech novelty. A TV dinner might take 45 minutes to bake in an oven, so the seven or eight minutes (not counting the time it took to get the water boiling in the first place) required to heat the Boil-in-Bag seemed modern-wonder fast. Seems quaint now to think of that transitional period between old-fashioned cooking and prefab microwave cuisine, when our convenience foods were still prepared using heat. The chicken a la king was far and away my favorite, with those firm peas that popped when you bit them... but in every bag or two there was a messy hunk of chicken with tendon attached - a tough and unpleasant surprise. Other than that, the sauce was like nothing I've tasted recently. Flavorful, without relying too much on salt. Tasted great over toast.

My favorite boil in bag was Birds Eye Hawaiian style vegetables.I also used to make Bavarian style vegetables and pretend I was Conan!( You know,Conan the Bavarian):p

Tesco use to do birdseye chicken in gravy just boil it flew off the shelves no more why do they always discontinue the most popular stuff now the birdeye beef has disappeared really really annoying

Contact these people to bring them back and spread the word homemarketfoods.com

well i'm gonna try to make these myself and put them in the freezer. I'm gonna have surgery on my wrist so I won't be making food or washing dishes for a couple of month's. Please wish me luck that my homemade meals are a success. lol By the sounds of it i'm your age but i don't remember any boil-in- bag meals.

The Schawns pot pie taste a lot like the chicken ala king which led me to this site. I was looking to refresh my memory as to who made them years ago as I too loved them.

I just happened to find cans of Swanson chicken ala king at Schnucks here in St. Louis, 2 days ago. I can't wait to try it! I miss those boil I. Bags of it from my childhood! Ate it on white bread, yum...

I remember boil in bags too. I think they were made by Banquet. I like the chicken a la king over rice and the chipped beef on toast. All of them were good. We should all contact Banquet and tell them to bring them back.

I raised my kids on Banquet chicken ala king boilin bags. I wish they would bring them back. My kids are in their 40s and just recently asked about them. They think their kids would like them too. If I knew who to ask to get them back, I would.

Bring them back I remKember them as a child we need theese

I loved the macaroni and cheese. Those were great! The SOS can now be gotten in the Stouffer's brand - still boil in a bag!

WISH THEY WOULD COME BACK. WOULD BE NICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS JUST BOIL HAVE FF WITH THEM. NOT MUCH COOKING TO DO.

Stouffer's macaroni & cheese tastes ALMOST EXACTLY like the Green Giant and Creamettes......watch the fat intake though....

I miss them so much as well! I got the chipped beef entree at Krogers yesterday! It was like heaven again, but can not find any others we use to have! Stouffer's makes the chipped beef....it was great to taste it again!

Yep, those Banquet Boil in Bags were a staple,too; a definitely item on the weekly grocery list. When my dad left and the older brothers and sister moved out, it was just me and my mom. When she was taking classes at CUNY, these were a great headstart to a meal when she was too tired to cook. The turkey w/ gravy and chicken ala king were favorites served w/ bread, or potatoes or rice. YUMMY!

These Boil in Bags were a staple in our house when I was growing up. They were super cheap and served over Wonder bread made a great meal. The Chicken Ala King was my favorite. Someone mentioned red things in the meal, which were red peppers. And I agree with Tom about the chewy chicken here and there which was gross, but didn't stop us from eating them. We would throw that away and keep eating. Banquet, bring them back!

Remember the BBQ one? They were all pretty good except the creamed beef.

I was just thinking of those boil a bag and wanted one so bad. When I was in college, that was all I ate. 50 cents a package I believe. Wish they would come back out with them, even for a limited time.

I just emailed banquet. Let's see what they have to say. I have four kids. An 2 out of 4 would probably eat them. I grew up in the 90's. I was born in "87" my favorite was the chipped beef an Salisbury steak.

I really miss the Chicken ala King. Was totally a favorite growing up. A store by our house has the Swanson in a can and we have it from time to time but its just not the same. Different flavor to the sauce and its a bit thicker. The boil in bag CaK over rice was devine.

I lived on Banquet Boil-n-Bags. I made $89.00 a week back in the mid 70's. I could make myself a good meal with these. I LOVED the Chicken a la king, so good with toast. I lived on these, pot pies or a hamburger patty, no bread, just chilies and mustard. Boil-n-bags were the best, hands down. I can now afford to make great meals at home, but I will fondly remember those great meals on toast.

I make big batches of chipped beef gravy, sloppy joe gunk, or whatever and seal-a-meal/vacuum pack individual portions. Sauces and gravies come out better in boiling bags than in the microwave; something about the texture. I always plan to wash the bags and re-use them, but I never do.

Was my X-WIFE`S idea of fine dining.Needless to say i............

THESE WERE CONVENIENT TO MAKE A COMPLETE MEAL WITH. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK.

Practically lived on the Chicken-ala King pouches in the mid 70's. I think they were $.29 each and I put them on top of rice or flat noodles. Way better than what you get today for a lot more $'s.

I just emailed them (ConAgra) and they thanked me for my input. He said that they had no plans on making them again. I think if enough people right to their company we could get them back. Everybody that reads this should email them PLEASE?!! 1-877-CONAGRA http://www.conagrafoods.com/

I sent them this list with all of our comments.please contact ConAgra and express that you would like them to bring them back. 1-877-CONAGRA http://www.conagrafoods.com/

Oh yes!!!!! I contacted Banquet a few years back and got the same story, they aren't bringing them back. I loved the Chicken a la King, which I have now perfected on my own. If anybody wants the recipe look me up on FB and send me an IM. I'd be happy to share!!!

I wish they would bring these back they were just perfect for a lunch my late husband loved these so much i always had them in my freezer yummy stuff !!

these were the best, loved roast beef, figures make something you like and discontinue them need to complain to the Banquet company!!!

OMG,as an always "dieting" teenager in the pre-microwave'70s, I LOVED these! Am I the only one who remembers the "barbecued beef"? Really thin slices of meat in barbecue sauce. Like everyone else, I ate these atop white bread. Also like everyone else, I LOVED the chicken ala king. These days I rely on the Stouffers version, but they're very hard to find. I literally drive 20 miles out the freeway to stock up on the one Walmart that carries them. I also miss the Stouffers Chicken divan. As far as I know, it's gone forever. Sigh.

I loved them all please bring them back.

I LOVED those! Quick, Easy, & Cheap. My daughter just brought them up when we were at lunch. She liked the Beef--I loved the Chicken ala King. Wish we could get them back!

Oh yes - all you needed was a pot of boiling water and a pair or scissors. My favorites were the veal parmigiana, meat loaf in tomato sauce, Salisbury steak and Chicken a la King.

I loved these as a kid and hoping there was a place to still get them

My god i loved these as a kid they really need to bring them back

I remember them. My mom would put them over toast. They delicious

I loved the Green Giant Mac and cheese. Got so I could eat two is one sitting! Great when I got home from work and easy to make. No mess! I asked Green Giant to bring them back and they obviously did not remember them. They kept pushing the broccoli and cheese sauce at me! Stouffers is good, but not as good as the Green Giant was. The cheese sauce was incredible!

Lived on these back when Great Scot saled them ten for a buck in the mid sixties when I was a kid. Always a stack in the freezer. Turkey/gravy my fave over rice!

I also ate these for lunch. I was on split sessions for school and both of my parents worked. I started school at 12:30 pm, so about 11 am I would boil one of these. Salisbury steak was my favorite. I do remember the Chicken Ala King one too.

I remember comming home from school,boiling a bag of beef enchiladas,very easy to make mom didnt have to b around ,wish i could go back in time and buy some for the freezer lol anybody know if there still making them?

Stoffers makes the creamed chipped beef in the frozen single meals section at Kroger.Have to use 2 slices of bread with it!! I grew up on those cooking bags!!!! Miss them too!!

My mother was an alcoholic. Before she'd go on a bender we'd go to the grocery and load up on these 'boil in a bag' meals. They were little frozen bags of meats and gravy that we could boil, cut open and pour onto white bread. Those would be our dinners for the several days she'd drink. I thought the BBQ was pretty good and recall the turkey and beef ones as also being pretty good.

These were actually freezer queen. I miss the chicken ala king soo bad. The company closed down . They were located in Buffalo N.y. I wish they would come back 😭

Banquet also made the Boil-n-Bag Chicken ala King. It was delicious!

On the Chicago scene. A Green Giant radio commercial for Boil-In-Bags. Sprout (son of Green Giant) and a farmer discuss cheese and broccoli plus macaroni and cheese meals. Commercial ends with usual "HO HO HO!" This aired on WGN with Wally Phillips in March, 1979. Since 1965, only five people worked the morning show at AM720. Phillips, Bob Collins (tragically killed in plane crash, 2001), Spike O'Dell, Jonathon Brandmeier and, currently, Steve Cochran.

I have an unopened salisbury syeak boil in bag from the mid 80's. Have moved it everywhere with me. Has never thawed.

I found one at a grocery store about 20 years ago. It was buried in the back of the freezer section. Hate to admit it, but i bought it. Dont even remember if it rang up. It was the some type of roast beef. Either way i still remember it fondly. It probably expired 20 years eariler, but still ate it on white bread. Been looking for another one ever since. Half my kingdom for just one more! I feel so sad, shame and depressed now. I WANT ANOTHER ONE! If you ever had one you know what i mean.

I just looked online to see if theey still made this and came across this. I loved these things. The Chicken ala King over toast, making a hot roast beef (or turkey) sandwich with bread and mashed potatoes....yum! I can't remember how we ate the chipped beef, if it was over toast too but man, I loved these things! They need to bring those back. Think of all the children who are not getting to experience this greatness!! :D

I loved these as kid. We used to have them several t8mes a week. These companies could be making a lot more money if they'd bring them back.

I used to LOVE creamettes boil n bag macaroni and cheese. It was so easy and soooo good. Wish I could find some now. Kids today have no idea the things us oldsters used to eat.lol Ahhhh the good old days.....

Con Agra discontinued them to make more profit with additives instead of real meat.

I ate Boil-In-Bag meals religiously from the late 70s to about 1986 when I went to college. I ate lots of Stouffer's beef stroganoff and spaghetti but my favorite was chicken paprikash. It came in two pouches; one was hunks of chicken breast meat in a pinkish sour cream sauce and the other had egg noodles with cheese curds. Some time in the 90s I got to searching for my fav and couldn't find it. I called Stouffer's and the CSR had no idea what I was talking about but said they had a policy of bringing back products in the new pakaging if enough people asked for it. I located chicken paprikash recipes but I have never been able to replicate that masterpiece.

Akkk, bachelor food! I literally LIVED on these things when I was in college! I had been trying to remember what they were called, did a quick search, including "70s", and boom, here I am, transpoted to the 70s! What a trip!

James Cummins, you're a master of the English language!

When I ran 10k to 13.2m competitively, the need to consume lots of Kcals was essential. Boil in bag meals were a lifesaver. Protein, veggies, sauce poured over the largest baked potato that I could find were perfect nutrition.

Loved them was looking for something to make quick beef in a bag was what I wanted. I have not had it in many years. I would put on a old school bum open face and eat with a knife and fork

I used to eat the chicken a la king, the turkey and gravy, and the veal parmigiana all the time. Quick, easy, and tasted good, and thus a favorite of mine as a kid! Also inexpensive, and so my mom likely approved of my choosing it for that reason, as well.