"ardiente casa del amor" wrote in message
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On 11/29/2017 2:50 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>> "U.S. Janet B." wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:51:09 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
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>>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message news
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>>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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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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>>>> What are these 'Helpers' made from, or should I say, what do they
>>>> contain?
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>>> Some form of starch. Either potatoes, pasta or rice. All horrible
>>> because
>>> they are designed to cook quickly in a skillet. Also a ton of chemicals
>>> and
>>> salt. My mom was enamored with them. Ick.
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>>> ==
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>>> Oh dear, so you are not a fan either)
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>> there are millions of fans of them in the USA.
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>> Really? Well they can't be all bad then!!
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> I don't think that's true. I don't know anyone who likes it and sales have
> dropped.
That's true across the packaged foods spectrum, not just with HH.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ood/620651001/
http://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/...05A0F%7D&cck=1
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/57601...t-a-52week-low
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That must be a good thing.
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