"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "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:
>>>> >
>>>> > "Gary" > wrote in message
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>>>> >> 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
>>
>> 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.
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> 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.

It sounds dreadful!

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