On 11/28/2017 5:18 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 11/28/2017 4:39 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 4:30:15 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Wayne Boatwright"Â* wrote in message
>>> 9.45...
>>>
>>> On Tue 28 Nov 2017 12:47:08p, Ophelia told us...
>>>
>>>> "U.S. Janet B."Â* wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:47:18 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "U.S. Janet B."Â* wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:52:47 -0500, jmcquown
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/27/2017 6:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 12:33:07 PM UTC-5, Julie
>>>>>>>> Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Had a pound of ground beef to use up and was feeling
>>>>>>>>> uninspired so made homemade mac and cheese and added the
>>>>>>>>> cooked ground beef.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pretty much anything is better than Hamburger Helper.Â* My mother
>>>>>> occasionally added ground beef to mac & cheese to "stretch it".
>>>>>> Sometimes she'd add cubed kielbasa.Â* It was a main dish meal in
>>>>>> our house.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Very good but filling!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Isn't that the point?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>
>>>>> the only HH I ever used was the Potato Stroganoff.Â* I got it for
>>>>> when we were camping for a couple of weeks.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>
>>>>> ==
>>>>>
>>>>> What are these 'Helpers' made from, or should I say, what do they
>>>>> contain?
>>>>
>>>> bad stuff, you supply the meat, usually ground beef.Â* Seasonings,
>>>> pasta or potatoes, and the meat (special Helpers for tuna and
>>>> chicken) you have chosen.Â* Thus, Hamburger Helper, i.e., helping
>>>> your hamburger meat become something.
>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> Oh!Â* You mean just flavouring or something?Â* I had thought it
>>>> might be a filling
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> You might it a "kit".Â* All things provided except the meat, water,
>>> (sometimes milk).Â* I rarely use them, but when I do I usualy serve a
>>> green vegetable with them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> A kit of flavouring?Â* If you have the meat, what more do you need to
>>> make
>>> hamburger?
>>
>> It's a casserole kit.Â* They provide starch and flavoring.Â* Hamburger
>> Helper is one of those convenience foods designed
>> to make the consumer think they're cooking without actually
>> having to make decisions (apart from which box to buy) or
>> spend much time or effort.Â* Like a box cake mix.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> Usually noodles of some kind with a packet of powdered seasoning mix to
> make a sauce.Â* You add ground beef.Â* Brown it, drain it, put it back in
> the pan then add the stuff from the box with water or milk (varies
> depending on the "kit") and simmer it on the stove until the noodles are
> tender and the sauce is thickened.
>
> Jill

And at the end of long hard day, it DOES work.