Have you ever eaten Hamburger Helper?
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Have you ever eaten Hamburger Helper?
I must've seen the commercial a thousand times, but I don't think I've ever eaten it before (mixed into a burger, not on its own). Is it any good?
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I tried the sloppy joe version and it's incredibly salty and somewhat revolting.
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I've tried several types.
Don't be afraid, it's just noodles and spices.
Some suck and some are ok.
The best though is the beef noodle one.
It's basic and yummy.

Don't be afraid, it's just noodles and spices.
Some suck and some are ok.
The best though is the beef noodle one.
It's basic and yummy.

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Grew up on Hamburger Helper. It's not great, but some's tolerable. The Mexican and Stroganov are good, but the mac and cheese isn't. Avoid Tuna Helper like the plague.
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Full of sodium and other preservatives, but relatively tasty.
Tuna Helper has actually been outlawed by the UN Human Rights Council.
Tuna Helper has actually been outlawed by the UN Human Rights Council.
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It's about time the UN Human Rights Council did something useful.... 

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I never had it growing up, and once I moved in to my first place, I tried it a couple times. I never found anything that I was very comfortable with, but I did take to a cheesy tuna helper. But I haven't had either in many years. And I haven't really felt the need to either.

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I used to make it a lot when the kids were little. Beef stroganoff and the lasagna one were the best, iirc. I would usually make it with ground turkey instead of hamburger, to cut the fat content. But yeah, it's still Chemical City -- chock full of sodium and unpronounceable bits.
I haven't made it a long time now and I don't miss it.
Speaking of near-starvation: this stuff and Kraft mac & cheese (or the store equivalent) were staples for us for a long, long time.
I haven't made it a long time now and I don't miss it.
Speaking of near-starvation: this stuff and Kraft mac & cheese (or the store equivalent) were staples for us for a long, long time.


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i haven't had hamburger helper since i lived in the trailer park (oh 'bout 37 years ago now) nor shake n bake neither!
i grew up and learned how to cook.
my brother informs me they had the stroganof one last night for dinner, he and my mother. heh. (correct. my mother grew up but DIDN'T learn how to cook, i.e. make her OWN sauces instead of relying on powdered ones)
i do, however, remember liking the stroganoff one. god help me, i liked the tuna helper too!!
i have invented my own version of the tuna helper using bechamel.
i do add peas.
or...i put tuna and peas in mac and cheese, which is really good too!
(and garnish with jellied cranberry sauce, yum yum!!)
we also have our own version of beenie weenies. dijon mustard is the secret ingredamunt.
i grew up and learned how to cook.
my brother informs me they had the stroganof one last night for dinner, he and my mother. heh. (correct. my mother grew up but DIDN'T learn how to cook, i.e. make her OWN sauces instead of relying on powdered ones)
i do, however, remember liking the stroganoff one. god help me, i liked the tuna helper too!!
i have invented my own version of the tuna helper using bechamel.
i do add peas.
or...i put tuna and peas in mac and cheese, which is really good too!

(and garnish with jellied cranberry sauce, yum yum!!)
we also have our own version of beenie weenies. dijon mustard is the secret ingredamunt.

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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~