"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/15/2014 7:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > "Gary" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> jmcquown wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I seriously doubt a family of four could survive spending only
>> >>> $200/month for groceries and sundries unless all they were eating was
>> >>> pre-packaged junk such as like hamburger helper.
>> >>
>> >> Hamburger Helper is not really junk. It's mostly ground beast that
>> >> you use anyway, and some noodles that you would use too. Your only
>> >> "junk" argument is with the spice mix and you would make a spice mix
>> >> too. What's the problem?
>> >>
>> >> They have some decent varieties and it's no cop out to use them. Many
>> >> people buy them too. It's a quick fix when you are pressed for time.
>> >> Taste-wise....probably better than what half the people here make
>> >> themselves from scratch. Seriously.
>> >
>> > I have issues in that I think the pasta is par boiled or something.
>> > Just not to my liking. I ate tons of the stuff s a kid. My mom loved
>> > it. I do know of people who get it for free and either make it without
>> > the meat or save up the noodles and use only those for something else.
>> > It is one thing that you can get for free with coupons given the right
>> > circumstances.
>>
>> Yeah, when you buy about 3 boxes of the stuff. That's the problem with
>> coupons. Most of the time they are for boxed crap I wouldn't buy and
>> then they want me to buy three of them in order to save $1.
>>
>> Pasta is dirt cheap. It doesn't make sense to buy Hamburger Helper and
>> save the noodles from those boxes to use for something else. Those
>> people are obviously brainless twits.
>>
> Oh, but Jill.... they saved SO MUCH money when they buy two and get
> one free when they didn't need any. LOL

They didn't have to buy three or even any. They got overage so were paid to
take them from the store.