"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
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>>> On 7/15/2014 7:16 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>> > "Gary" > wrote in message
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>>> >> jmcquown wrote:
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>>> >>> 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
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> I am sure someone told me once what 'hamburger helper' is but if they did
> it
> escapes me. If it contains noodles, is it a 'side' dish? Would someone
> be so kind as to tell me what it is, please? I always thought it was some
> kind of filler, to bulk out the meat.

It's an all in one meal. Contains a starch such as potatoes, rice or pasta.
All of these things are precooked and dried. You brown your own ground
beef, then add the dried sauce packet, some water and your starch. Cook for
a few more minutes and it's done.