On 7/16/2014 3:05 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
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>> Adults who are actually interested in cooking probably do care. It
>> doesn't take more than a few minites longer to make a simple sauce
>> right there in the skillet. When push comes to shove it's the same
>> simple meal.
>
> The steps are not all the same. I made a lot of it because my mom loved
> it. 20-30 minutes from start to finish. Brown your beef, add the sauce
> and some water, stir in the noodles and boom! There is no thickening of
> the sauce because the noodles or rice do that as they soften.

While you're browning the beef you could also be cooking the noodles.
Might as well make it from scratch. I don't like eating chemical-laden
crap.

Jill