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Offline danny76

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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2013, 01:55:12 PM »
How come aHorseradish is a condiment and a horse apple is a lump of crap?

why do you go Hoarse?

also you get taken away in a Horse, well nearly :headscratch:

its a damn conspiracy :old:
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2013, 02:44:53 PM »
Quote from: Rob52240 on March 14, 2013, 12:58:36 PM
You won't catch me shopping there, a proper grocery store bags the customer's groceries and then follows them out to their car to load it.  When I was in Germany I was astounded by the lack of work being done by their employees.

The local IGA still does this, but they are the only one.  I worked there back in the late 80's and enjoyed the tips.


Quote from: rpm on March 14, 2013, 09:01:47 AM
No it isn't or Hamburger Helper would go out of business. It's also more expensive to do it from scratch. Hamburger Helper .99 cents. Sour cream .99 cents, noodles, .99 cents, flour & butter .99 cents... It costs 3 times as much to make from scratch.

Hamburger Helper is just a cheap filler with flavoring. Keyword: cheap.

But that $3 will make 5-6 boxes worth of "helper" since they contains only @ 3 oz of noodles each. 

Homemade is about 2x cheaper than boxed.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2013, 05:20:22 PM »
Quote from: Dragon on March 14, 2013, 02:44:53 PM
Homemade is about 2x cheaper than boxed.
Guess that's why Betty Crocker went out of business.  :headscratch:
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2013, 05:35:38 PM »
logic such as rpm is displaying in this thread is why poor people tend to remain poor

(and eating Hamburger Helper)
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #19 on: March 14, 2013, 05:44:18 PM »
Quote from: danny76 on March 14, 2013, 01:55:12 PM
How come aHorseradish is a condiment and a horse apple is a lump of crap?

why do you go Hoarse?

also you get taken away in a Horse, well nearly :headscratch:

its a damn conspiracy :old:



Horse Apple as they are known in Texas, also called Bois d arc Apple or Osage Orange..
Yes basically a lump of crap.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #20 on: March 14, 2013, 06:16:55 PM »
Quote from: coombz on March 14, 2013, 05:35:38 PM
logic such as rpm is displaying in this thread is why poor people tend to remain poor

(and eating Hamburger Helper)
Logic as in simple math? You are just assuming the scratch made is cheaper because you are buying a bag of noodles making a bigger batch. It doesn't play out that way per serving. You forgot about tripling the cost of the other ingredients to make that batch.

Is the scratch made healthier? Probably (although stroganoff isn't a healthy dish to start with) and I'm sure it tastes better, too. But it's not cheaper and it takes longer to prepare. That's the whole point of the product. Cheap, quick and only 1 sklilet.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #21 on: March 14, 2013, 06:44:17 PM »
hamburger helper = cheap, quick, 1 skillet method for preparing something for the doggies.

There are a lot of things I would go without before I'd feed that stuff to my family. 'Bout the only thing worse would be to take them to McDonalds.  :old:

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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #22 on: March 14, 2013, 10:25:14 PM »
For a while I lived on the $1 box of creamy tuna helper from save a lot. 1 box = 1 meal.


Stuff was delish
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2013, 01:47:08 AM »
Quote from: Meatwad on March 14, 2013, 10:25:14 PM
For a while I lived on the $1 box of creamy tuna helper from save a lot. 1 box = 1 meal.


Stuff was delish

Yea, tuna helper FTW.  Use at least 3 cans of tuna though, and add half a bag of frozen peas when the timer is down to 4 min remaining.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2013, 02:59:46 AM »
Zack do you make cheeseburgers too or just pies ?
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #25 on: March 15, 2013, 06:20:44 AM »
Sometimes we make homemade "Stroganoff".. We call it, SOS gravy on egg noodles..
All you military guys will remember that stuff, right?.. It is cheaper to cook a bit more,
and freeze it in portions for later use, saves money and time in the long run..
We do this with a bunch of different dishes, alternate as we choose..

Made from scratch, great stuff, comfort food on a cold dark winter evening..

But the Corporate box full of preservative noodles, and metallic packet of Zyklon/B?
Gives me indigestion from hell, and leaves me sitting on the crapper all day, every time!

We have been able to quit using meds for stomach problems, since we
stopped eating that process food crap.. Problems just vanished, amazing!
Big sign right there..

It does store well tho.. :lol
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2013, 12:33:35 AM »
I don't know why they call it hamburger helper, it just does fine by it's self.  Cousin Eddy.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2013, 12:35:07 AM »
Quote from: Shifty on March 14, 2013, 05:44:18 PM
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Horse Apple as they are known in Texas, also called Bois d arc Apple or Osage Orange..
Yes basically a lump of crap.

Those aren't apples.  Always heard they are poison.
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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2013, 04:51:04 AM »
Quote from: Rob52240 on March 15, 2013, 02:59:46 AM
Zack do you make cheeseburgers too or just pies ?

No but i do make a pie burger :old:

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Re: Hamburger Helper
« Reply #29 on: March 17, 2013, 05:11:18 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on March 17, 2013, 04:51:04 AM
I have challenged both of them in the DA but Danny is washing his cat and Bizman is eating acorns :old:
I've challenged you to meet me in person in the sauna but it seems you're afraid for your acorns...  :t
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