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Better than Hamburger Helper
On 11/29/2017 9:11 AM, ardiente casa del amor wrote:
> On 11/29/2017 10:37 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 29 Nov 2017 07:41:36a, Ophelia told us...
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright"Â* wrote in message
>>> 9.44...
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>>> On Tue 28 Nov 2017 02:29:52p, Ophelia told us...
>>>
>>>> "Wayne Boatwright"Â* 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."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.
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Hamburger Helper boxes most often contain dry pasta, dried
>>> sliced potatoes, an envelope of sauce mix, various seasonings...
>>> Basically everything you nee except for the hamburger itself.
>>> Other meats include chicken, tuna, etc.
>>>
>>> https://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper
>>>
>>>
>>> Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Wayne Boatwright
>>>
>>> ==
>>>
>>> Good heavens!Â*Â* There are loads of different ones!!!Â* I wonder how
>>> they never made it to UK?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> My guess is that there are probably fewer convenience foods in the
>> UK.Â* Brits actually cook. :-)
>>
> >
> It's too bad they don't brush their
> tooth afterwards.
>
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Is that your trollish way of supporting flouridation of water?
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