On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 4:24:42 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> Gary wrote:
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> >Hamburger Helper is not really junk. It's mostly ground beast that
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> >you use anyway, and some noodles that you would use too. Your only
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> >"junk" argument is with the spice mix and you would make a spice mix
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> >too. What's the problem?
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> >They have some decent varieties and it's no cop out to use them. Many
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> >people buy them too. It's a quick fix when you are pressed for time.
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> >Taste-wise....probably better than what half the people here make
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> >themselves from scratch. Seriously.
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> Hamburger helper and the like are very expensive when you factor in
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> how little you get aqt that inflated price... you pay for that small
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> can and all the profits made by all the middlemen... it's far less
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> expensive to prepare a big batch from scratch and freeze portions. And
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> what one prepares themself will probably be a far better product, at
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> least they'll know what/who is in it. Hamburger Helper and other
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> products of that ilk are much more a convenience, good to have a
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> couple cans for when one doesn't feel like cooking and/or hasn't the
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> time. Hamburger Helper is not a junk product, it's just not a good
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> product, it's passable, barely.... good for feeding youngsters because
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> most times they won't clean their plate and you'll be scraping half in
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> the trash, or out into the yard for critters like I do with the
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> grands, so why bother feeding them food you slaved over. My grands
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> don't even want Kraft Mac n' Cheese from the box, they won't eat it,
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> they want Kraft Mac n' Cheese in the microwaveable cup, just add water
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> and nuke... it's disgusting but they love it... I love how it saves my
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> efforts... and no pot to clean.
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> http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kraft-Orig...e-6ct/10295762

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