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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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>> ==
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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.
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> That's true across the packaged foods spectrum, not just with HH.
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> https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...ood/620651001/
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> http://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/...05A0F%7D&cck=1
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> https://www.gurufocus.com/news/57601...t-a-52week-low
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> That must be a good thing.
I don't know too many people who cook. They often buy prepackaged stuff. One
friend used to buy one flavor of HH but she said they quit making it.