"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:50:29 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 4:30:15 PM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
>> 9.45...
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>> On Tue 28 Nov 2017 12:47:08p, Ophelia told us...
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>> > "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >
>> > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:47:18 -0000, "Ophelia"
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >>"U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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>> >>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. My mother
>> >>>occasionally added ground beef to mac & cheese to "stretch it".
>> >>>Sometimes she'd add cubed kielbasa. 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. 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. Seasonings,
>> > pasta or potatoes, and the meat (special Helpers for tuna and
>> > chicken) you have chosen. Thus, Hamburger Helper, i.e., helping
>> > your hamburger meat become something.
>> > Janet US
>> >
>> > ==
>> >
>> > Oh! You mean just flavouring or something? I had thought it
>> > might be a filling
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> You might it a "kit". All things provided except the meat, water,
>> (sometimes milk). I rarely use them, but when I do I usualy serve a
>> green vegetable with them.
>>
>>
>> Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> ==
>>
>> A kit of flavouring? If you have the meat, what more do you need to make
>> hamburger?
>
>It's a casserole kit. They provide starch and flavoring. 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. Like a box cake mix.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>==
>
>Ahh thanks very much for that explanation!
>
>Starch and flavouring, eh?
>
>I suppose it is helpful to some folk!

by starch she means either potato, pasta or rice, plus seasonings.
Most of the ingredients are dehydrated, therefore you cook the meat in
the pan, add the boxed ingredients and then add the prescribed milk or
water, cook covered for the length of time indicated. Food Snobs
adore them because they are so easy to take a shot at.
Janet US

==

Why would they want to take a shot at it?? To each their own yannow)

So you are saying that HH contains things like pasta etc?

That sounds like a better addition.




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