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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:29:19 -0400, jmcquown >
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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.
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>>>> 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.
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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.
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> It sounds dreadful!

When I was a kid I didn't mind the cheeseburger one so much. And believe me
when I say that we had a lot of dinners that I flat out would not eat. Like
the poached fish and liver. That being said, this is not a product I would
ever choose to eat.