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Better than Hamburger Helper
"ardiente casa del amor" wrote in message
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On 11/29/2017 10:15 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> "ardiente casa del amor" wrote in message
> news
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> On 11/29/2017 7:41 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "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
>>> 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
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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:
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>>>>>> On 11/27/2017 6:45 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>>>>> 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
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>>>>> 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
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>>>>> ==
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>>>>> 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
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>>>> ==
>>>>
>>>> Oh! You mean just flavouring or something? I had thought it
>>>> might be a filling
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>>> 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.
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>>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright
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>>> A kit of flavouring? If you have the meat, what more do you need
>>> to make hamburger?
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>> 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
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>>
>> Wayne Boatwright
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>> Good heavens! There are loads of different ones!!! I wonder how they
>> never made it to UK?
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> Good question.
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> If curiosity strikes Amazon.uk has it:
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> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamburger-H...ger%20Help er
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> ==
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> I was at the supermarket today and purposely looked for them, but they
> were not in that one.
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Tesco, Sainsbury's?
I guess shelf space is on to local tastes as it should be.
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Sainsburys.
I will look in Tesco next time I am in. As for local, they have a whole lot
of shelves with Polish food, and another lot for Indian food
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