On 11/29/2017 2:02 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "ardiente casa del amor"* wrote in message
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> 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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>>> 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.
>
> ==
>
> Ahh Ramsey!** I have to say though he is not my favourite cook)

He is good at what he does though, very quick and precise.

I enjoy Jaimie Oliver's persona more, but the best is Hugh Fernely
Whittingstall for my money.

His series "River Cottage" is a joy to watch.

And what on earth has happened with Nigella - she seems to have vanished
of late?

That said our BBC America feed has degenerated into such dreck -
endless Star Trek Next Generation reruns.