On 11/29/2017 10:13 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
> 9.45...
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> On Wed 29 Nov 2017 07:41:36a, Ophelia told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
>> 9.44...
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>> On Tue 28 Nov 2017 02:29:52p, Ophelia told us...
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright"* wrote in message
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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
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>>>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:47:18 -0000, "Ophelia"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>> "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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> ******************** Wayne Boatwright
>>
>> ==
>>
>> Good heavens!** There are loads of different ones!!!* I wonder how
>> they never made it to UK?
>>
>>
>>
>
> My guess is that there are probably fewer convenience foods in the
> UK.* Brits actually cook. :-)
>
>
> ******************* Wayne Boatwright
>
> ==
>
> Not too sure about that.* You should see the baskets full of ready meals
> in the baskets of young people at the checkout!
>
That's a fair point.

I recall one episode of my then favorite Brit coking show (The F Word)
that examined prepared meals in supermarkets and their proliferation now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ik9KpUyytw

He also had some other segments that I can't locate which showed how
crappy pre-made meals are.

Btw - those who miss Gordon in his natural setting know only the
aggressive bluster he perpetrates on American TV.

He can be a very charming fellow.