Hamburger helper is bullshit. They give you some dry noodles and a “spice” pack of dubious powder, you have to provide the beef and milk. That’s not helping very much.
But by the time you add enough beef and noodles to it, there’s not enough spice and it’s all bland. So you gotta add extra spice. May as well just cook.
Grab some mac n cheese and put some hotdogs in it. If you are wealthy*, you can add ground beef instead and toss in some green chilies and some Italian seasoning. (It’s really good. Go ham on the seasoning.)
“hamburger” or “hamburger meat” is what many people in the US call ground beef. Just as in other places they might call it “mince.”
The product proposes to help make one pound of hamburger meat fill a family of 4. It’s not as nourishing or effective as adding a bunch of vegetables and spices but it’s shelf-stable and quickly prepared.
Yeah it’s basically in the same category as spam and other great depression or great depression derived foods. It’s more or less filling the role thin soup once filled.
I remember in college they had an “instant” hamburger helper where you just added water and it had dehydrated bits of hamburger in it. It probably wasn’t actually hamburger… Probably for the best to add the meat yourself.
Hamburger helper is bullshit. They give you some dry noodles and a “spice” pack of dubious powder, you have to provide the beef and milk. That’s not helping very much.
for real, and it’s not even enough noodles. So you end up adding more noodles too… at that point you’re paying for a box with some “spice” in it.
But by the time you add enough beef and noodles to it, there’s not enough spice and it’s all bland. So you gotta add extra spice. May as well just cook.
Thats why I make 2 of them.
For me, it’s just too salty.
Grab some mac n cheese and put some hotdogs in it. If you are wealthy*, you can add ground beef instead and toss in some green chilies and some Italian seasoning. (It’s really good. Go ham on the seasoning.)
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How… Does this help in making a hamburger? I have never had a noodleburger, are they good?
“hamburger” or “hamburger meat” is what many people in the US call ground beef. Just as in other places they might call it “mince.”
The product proposes to help make one pound of hamburger meat fill a family of 4. It’s not as nourishing or effective as adding a bunch of vegetables and spices but it’s shelf-stable and quickly prepared.
Yeah it’s basically in the same category as spam and other great depression or great depression derived foods. It’s more or less filling the role thin soup once filled.
i think the intent is if you have meat for hamburger it helps stretch it into more meals
It’s the equivalent of: “I got rolling papers, any body got any weed?”
True slacker energy.
It’s not for a hamburger. It’s basically to make a noodle and ground beef meal that you eat with a fork.
I think the “helper” might have more of a “helping” meaning, as in a helping of hamburger.
Although idk if a noodle burger would be all that bad with the right kind of bread
I remember in college they had an “instant” hamburger helper where you just added water and it had dehydrated bits of hamburger in it. It probably wasn’t actually hamburger… Probably for the best to add the meat yourself.