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[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 84 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Powdered Cheese is ass. Eat the rich.

[–] fsociety@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Idk, I like hamburger helper every now and then. It reminds me of childhood. But I’d rather eat the rich.

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

You haven’t had the right recipe. You need a lot of acidity to cut through the richness.

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[–] lennee@lemmy.world 47 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

wtf is a hamburger helper and how is it helping me making hamburgers

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 48 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It…. Doesn’t help make hamburgers.

Hamburger helper is a boxed spice mix, you also need ground meat, then you brown the meat and add the seasoning mix. You end up with sorta a taco meat (different flavor of course) that you can then eat, mix with pasta.

It’s…. Fine? But it’s pretty depressing in this context.

[–] lennee@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

it sounds depressing tbh but i never had it so take my opinion with a big bag of salt

[–] Tm12@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Have eaten it. It’s depressing. I think it’s like 1600 kCal for the mix and ~0.5kg of Lean Ground Beef.

Edit: Big bag of salt included. You will feel bloated for days.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Hamburger Helper is a boxed pasta mix you add to ground beef to increase the volume and "make it go farther".

TBH, it's not awful.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's because Americans on the whole think "ground beef" is "hamburger". Like the lettuce is "salad" thing.

They need an anthropomorphic glove to sell them on the idea of adding a protein to a carbohydrate so they can manage to feed their families.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

I only eat greens cause if I don’t that green giant will go from jolly to angry and nobody wants that

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It is a shelf, stable pasta and cheese mix that you are supposed to mix with a pound of ground beef to make an easy stove top meal. Tldr it's kind of like Kraft dinner but different cheese.

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[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Finland, there is a dish called "Nistipata" or "Junkie's pot". It's the cheapest macaroni with the cheapest mincemeat. Gourmets add ketchup.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hamburger helper is good yes, but I’m in the mood for eating the rich yum!

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

almost like you need to seize the means of distribution to have democratical rights upheld

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this some marketing campaign or something.

Why am I suddenly seeing so many posts mentioning some cheap American junk food I've never even heard of before?

[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 16 points 3 weeks ago

Might be that it's because Lemmy is such a small place. We had the hamburger helper meme in all yesterday and now people are posting about the general concept.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Hell who can afford hamburger meat anymore?

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

It jumped 30% in three months in my area.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

you technically don't need the hamburger to have the helper. 🤷‍♂️

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice assumption that people can afford the hamburger needed. Boxed mac and cheese is more likely, or if milk and butter is also too costly, ramen.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Must be with they started putting “try it with hot dogs” on the package.

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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Beef is unaffordable and hamburger helper is more expensive than buying the basic ingredients.

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[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

America is a rancid and failed country. 99% of their population don’t see the empire crashing before their eyes, but the rest of the world has noticed and China will come out as the dominant fiat currency for decades

[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What about the Euro? That's also a good contender for reserve currency. Maybe they won't be one but 3 or 4

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That raises a question - what's better, easier commerce with a financial powerhouse, or easier commerce with the country that makes everything?

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[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Can’t afford hamburger. It’s tuna helper now.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

The good tuna isn't cheap either. I don't want the quasi cat food from a can.

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[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ground beef? In this economy?

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Try it with Lentils (until they're too expensive too...)

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[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can’t afford to have your cake, so you can’t eat it.

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[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We need Billionaire Helper when we start eating the rich

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[–] nectar45@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago

Life is so fucking fair

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

What does Hamburger Helper taste like? I'm English

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's like taco meat mixed with Mac and cheese but with less flavor to both. Honestly anyone's just better off making taco Mac

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[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

As long as it ain't Avocado Toast, the right people will eat it all up.

I say we're gonna get a revolution and things are gonna look very not pretty if the capitalists don't back off

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

So you know how in North Korea the government tells its citizens to forage for grass and stuff? How long before we see that in the States?

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