/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14332286
It's what my poor friends ate when I was growing up, but I never tried it because their parents were too embarrassed to serve it when I spent the night.

Easymode but harmless, it's better to have a selection of spices and seasonings so you can just make the equivalent of hamburger helper with better ingredients

>>14332308
>(either homemade or in a box)
Have they stopped teaching reading comprehension in school? Or is this a symptom of social media? I recall having to read passages aloud and then standing in front of the class explaining what I'd just read.

>>14332286
The beef stroganoff is pretty kino, ngl.

>>14332286
Grew up on the Lasagna before they started really going full capitalist and cheaping out on everything. Then I migrated over to Cheesy Italian Shells for superior taste.
Last time I had it was a couple years ago and it had gotten even worse. Pretty sad what capitalism does to everything eventually.

>>14332286
I like it. Homemade is primo:

>>14332357
kino?

Just make a stroganoff you plebs.

>>14332331
Well damn nigga you might as well say stroganoff is fucking hamburger helper if you make it from scratch you fucking retard
You absolute buffoon
Someone puts a plate of spaghetti in front of you, you going to fucking scoff and say "aw gross, hamburger helper!"

>>14332389
And by this I just dump a can of cream of mushroom on some beef and noodles.

>>14332395
More failed reading comprehension. Let me help you out:

>>14332308 said:
>you can just make the equivalent of hamburger helper with better ingredients

That describes homemade hamburger helper, which the OP allowed.

>>14332404
No, you make the cream sauce from scratch, season as you please. Literally takes the same amount of time as the box shit but without the sodium and msg.

>>14332366
>going full capitalist and cheaping out on everything
Did you perhaps acquire this through Walmart?

Heard a story that Walmart wanted the boxes to be shorter on a product, to better utilize shelf space, and the manufacturer changed the product a bit to make it happen. Not sure if new SKUs were created, but I thought that was a Walmart supply chain specific change.

>>14332374
Short for kinography, a buzzword used to talk about good films whose definition has become so warped that it basically means the same thing as based.

>>14332428
No, I don't go to Walmart. It's all the same shit in any case. Not even a question of volume, just lower quality ingredients and more fillers and other garbage negatively impacting the taste while making it higher calorie somehow.

>>14332454
OK.
I had heard that the manufacturer was producing different styles for different retailers, so not "all same"; different size boxes, different pasta types (so that same weight would fit in smaller/cheaper box).

>>14332286
Hamburger helper is good. It’s cheap and not very healthy, but it will make a turd if that’s all you’ve got.

>>14332286
Heartburn and greasy poo

>>14332286
eurofag here. wtf is hamburger helper?

>>14332286
hamburger helper is the absolute shitiest food imaginable, only a step above microwaved food by a tiny bit. the absolute worst food imaginable, if you make this you cannot say you know how to cook.

with that said
HAMBURGER HELPER >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ANYTHING MEAL PREPPED

>>14332374
it's a /tv/ meme

>>14334020
>>14334020

i ate some yesterday but i didnt have milk to add. it was like powdered cheese concentrate

it looked like radioactive cheese

>>14332424
>but without the sodium and msg
>he still thinks salt and msg are bad for you...
Look at him. Look at him and laugh.

>>14334083
Lmao please, the amount in those fucking dried sauce packets would drain your body of every drop of water if you ate half of what it makes by yourself.

>>14334043
nice blog post faggot

>>14332286
i don't know why they call it hamburger helper...does just fine by itself

>>14332286
Good.

>>14332293
Well that's fucking depressing.

>>14334177
lmao

>>14332286
I eat it or Tuna Helper once a week. On your plate Mix some cottage cheese with your hamburger helper it’s life changing

>>14332286
isn't hamburger helper just a box of bread crumbs to make burger patties bigger?
what's it got to do with mac n cheese?

>>14332286
>What's your opinion on Hamburger Helper
>(either homemade
People can do WHATEVER they like in their own homes. Meat, starch, veggies, dairy, crunchy toppings, whatever, it's nearly a balanced all in one meal, it's all good for them, filling a mood or a comfy craving or reliving some childhood memories, or even saving money. Fresh herbs, higher tier cheese, higher tier eggy durum pastas, etc.

> or in a box)?
Pasta will not be ideal:
Thinner, kind of porous noodles manufactured intentionally to be quick-boil for one pot skillet meals or just to come together in under 15-30mins for busy households. Probably eggfree noodles substituted for what would have been egg noodles, to keep that allergen off the labelling.
Not ideal sodium content, yeasty, umami MSG like extracts, in order to build more flavors. Many people wouldn't want those migraine triggers or overall daily sodium content if they have BP issues, or water or inflammatory diseases.

From the sauce packet to the noodles, it's likely that boxed "helper" kits may not have a subtle negative problem. Their lack of overall perfect individual components may not completely satisfy a person, and therefore, they might overeat their portions. There are deluxe editions with topping packet(s) so you don't need to kick it up a notch at home, but still :/ If the job is to have dinner taking no more effort than browning meat and reading labels in <10mins, 15mins simmer? It fits the bill. It's also pantry ready food that needs no more than a frozen block of hamburger.

>>14332286
Love it just like I love rice-a-roni

>>14334677
I just had some porch chops with “The San Francisco Treat” as a side one day last week....and Double Cheeseburger Hamburger helper another night

>>14332685
walmart has does this/i bet is till doing it. they did this with rubbermaid and right guard.
if people think all products are the same everywhere you go, you should do some research. in colorado beer sold at the stores has to be below 4% so Miller in CO has less alcohol than CA.

>>14332286
never enough salt

>>14334686
Based and deliciouspilled

Good stuff

Sloppy joe is pretty kino

>>14332286
I like to put a few handfuls of frozen peppers and onion mixes into mine

>>14332407
HOMEMADE HAMBURGER HELPER IS JUST REGULAR FOOD
HAMBURGER HELPER IS PRE ASSEMBLED SPICE MIXES AND NOODLES
I KNOW THIS IS A TROLL FUCK YOU

Hamburger helper is a brand, not a food. Please be more specific and less stupid. Thanks.
As far as the thread goes, I like the cheeseburger Mac a little bit when my wife makes it, but she can’t cook without a recipe so she’s a shitty cook.

>>14333846
look it up before asking, that's what google is for, pretty sure there's even a wikipedia article about it, possibly in your L1.

>>14332424
Did you grow the ingredients yourself? No? Then how can you say from scratch? You used the same recipe the corporation does but it’s more special and “higher quality” because you did it yourself, huh. Don’t flatter yourself. You don’t deserve it.

>>14334646
did you hafta go to grad school to write that much?

>>14334043
>I didn’t follow a recipe and ruined my food and it’s the foods fault
Damn

Hamburger Helper is the shit, frankly if someone doesn't like it then I know they are un-american commies.

>>14332293
Feel ya. Grew up poor and we had this all the time, one box for a family of 4. We didn't starve by any means and my parents made it big eventually but my dad refuses to eat it 20 years later out of shame. I still eat it for nostalgia as sad as that sounds

>>14335181
Why yes, I did, for the most part. Outside of some of the spices. And those are all top of the line too. If there's one thing you should splurge on, it's the stuff you put in your body m8.

>>14332286
If you mix box mac n cheese with leftover sloppy joe meat you get the same thing.

>>14332286
It’s good with mashed potatoes and bread and cheese on the side

Absolutely disgusting. Mom made thst, i went hungry that night

>>14332293
its just a cheap fast food for families.. why all the hate? My parents were wellish off and we would eat it once and a while. I am well off and make it for kids. Yes you can make from scratch but not different from box. I add MSG to everything and use grass fed beef only.

>>14334020
its your choice of meat with basta and powdered cheese/gravy.... If you made from 100% scratch inc the noodles the nutrition would be near exact the same. 100 percent semolina flour noodles hand pulled. Broth made from reducing bones and herbs for 24 hours. Farm raised grass fed cow meat hand ground 50 chuck to 50 tenderloin. Health=damn near same. sodium and carbs with protine.

You can make American-tier goulash for cheaper and healthier and tastier without Hamburg Helper

prefer velveeta skillets

>>14332286
Lazy overpriced garbage considering you can but all the ingredients to make it separately at a much lower cost and much higher quality.

convincing idiots to pay more for pasta ..
smart

>>14335856
Wrong you cant get the good powdered cheese by itself

>>14332286
fuckin rocks

>>14335856
in what world is hamburger helper expensive what the fuck are you talking about

>>14332286
Cheap slop but good every once in a while

good stuff, messes up my pan

>>14332357
no no no that's disgusting

>>14335895
I bet they'd make a killing if they just sold the cheese/spice packet by itself, if they were 50 cents a pop I'd buy them by the goddamn dozen. Shit's like KFC, it's "bad" but there's a certain something to it you can't replicate so you've got to go to the original source for a fix.

>>14335905
Each box is a buck or more but there's a quarter's worth of pasta in each one if that so you're getting bilked for the flavor packet.

>>14335953
>if they were 50 cents a pop I'd buy them by the goddamn dozen.

Same, but I'm not sure it will ever happen.

Those McCormick spice packets usually range between $0.79 and $1.49 depending on sales and type. Those prices are just about the same as Hamburger Helper. I'm not sure the price could drop much further.

Practically speaking, it's still a deal at $1.49 which is the current price at Kroger. I bet you could go into a Sav-a-Lot or something and find them for something like $2/1.49.

I just find it embarrassing to have more than one of those in my cart, and it takes up too much space at home. I'd pay $1.50 for just the packet.

>>14332286
>Americans have the audacity to criticize other nations food
>this is an example of peak american cuisine

>>14332286
Too salty.

>>14334717
>in colorado beer sold at the stores has to be below 4% so Miller in CO has less alcohol than CA
America is so cucked.

I'm gonna keep posting thing every Hamburger Helper thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlZd9YSuDg

It's not bad for a cheap, give no fucks meal. I ate it too often growing up though. And my mom wouldn't even make that, she would get me to make it kek.

>>14333846
Just another disgusting example of burger "cuisine". Essentially a packet of pasta and flavourings to which browned mince is added, from what I can tell
>>14335179 Is too embarrassed to explain it, which is fair. I would be.

>>14335569
>he thinks you grind tenderloin

I like it, but I'll be the first to admit they're fucking bottom shelf shit. I make it because I'm a lazy depressed son of a bitch.
I don't get the stigma against it in Canada though. Kraft Dinner is 10 times more vile than hamburger helper, but hamburger helper gets the bad rep.

>>14332286
when i think about it i'm reminded of leftovers at my parents house, then i recall that hamburger helper is one of the least offensive reheated meals i've eaten throughout life to stay alive. so it's definitely not shit-tier to me despite what anyone else says.

>>14335226
>real herbs and spices
WTF?
>>14334177
You post this every hamburger helper thread. Are you samefagging?

I wish they'd sell sauce packets separately so I'm not stuck paying for their garbage pasta.

It's disgusting slop, even if you're poor you can eat better than this

>>14338692
Sounds like someones never had hamburger helper before

>>14332357
>beef stroganoff
It doesn't have to be beef!

>he hasn’t taken the tuna pill

NGMI

This is the ultimate HH tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlZd9YSuDg

>>14340000
Nick made mac and cheese. Good job, Uli

>>14340000
I wish he finished his game.

>>14340060
He's still working on it and posts updates all of the time.

I remember when ground beef was considered the cheapest poor-people meat one could buy. Next to hog jowls and spam and shit. The boxed burger helper mixes were supposed to make it less of a garbage meal other than meatloaf or burgers again.

I think burger these days is about $8/pound? I'd rather spend that money on a steak, so it's been a while since I've had ground beef.

>>14340090
There's that joke in the Brady Bunch movie (the 90s one) where Mrs. Brady is at the butcher and orders like 10 lbs. of ground beef. She runs into her neighbor and the neighbor asks, "Girl, are you still feeding your family red meat?" and Mrs. Brady replies, "Well, you know, I've got to think about my family's health."

>>14340090
You remember Spam being cheap? Are you 50?

>>14340090
>I think burger these days is about $8/pound?
Mince is that expensive in the US? wtf?

>>14332286
it's great when you just want a quick dinner, but i wouldn't eat it everyday.

Just ate some last nite and it was crap, there was barely any sauce

Better to just make keema matar or a picodillo with peas then add potatoes, carrots, and garbanzo beans to stretch it out on rice. It will be more filling and cheaper than cheese, pasta, and ground beef. Taste better, and actually healthy. Serve with flat bread (naan or tortillas). Cook leftovers with fried eggs on top for breakfast bowls. I buy a bunch of Italian sausage when it's on sale and freeze it so I can pop a few out to mix with ground beef.

The painful part is stocking up on the spices but once you've gotten a bunch of bulk spices going it's very cheap to cook with.

Or, just go full on hamburger mac n cheese. It's fucking delicious. I tend to keep box crap like hamburger helper around too for when life goes batshit busy. 20 mins and grate on some real cheese, freshly ground pepper, wala.

>>14340000
>find out about him last year
>get obsessed with him for some reason
>realize he's nowhere near as active as he used to be
kinda makes me sad, at least he isn't dead.

You fucking assholes knit picking semantics over a god damn boxed meal. Go fuck your selves you little bitches.

>>14341360
hey just got back from fucking myself per your instructions and was wondering if it would be possible to make like a hamburger helper bread loaf

>>14335341
>my dad refuses to eat it 20 years later out of shame
I mean if he doesn't like it that's fine but if he'd still enjoy it then thats sad. A friend of mine grew up poor and has a similar relationship with processed cheese.

>>14341425
fuck yourself to death

>>14335543
>its just a cheap fast food for families.. why all the hate? My parents were wellish off and we would eat it once and a while. I am well off and make it for kids. Yes you can make from scratch but not different from box. I add MSG to everything and use grass fed beef only.
It's associated with white people. That is literally the only reason

>OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T HAVE SHITTY PASTA WITH MEAT

>Lol instant ramen is so good, so reminds me of being "poor" LOL, I love the zero nutrients, the fact that it can be cooked in the microwave and involves no prep, and the fact that it is literally hard shaped oil in salt water

I'm a Euro. I still haven't figured out what hamburger helper is. All I know it comes in a cardboard box so it can't be ground meat

>>14342328
you have a two digit iq if the name doesn't give it away

>>14342331
It helps hamburgers? Wtf

>>14335341
>I still eat it for nostalgia as sad as that sounds
It's not sad. It's a connection to your past. Just make it better. It's really nearly identical work to make it from scratch.

>>14342328
Gamburger Helper is just pasta with sauce. It's basically Kraft macaroni but with way more flavors. It is called such because the idea is you have a fucking shitload of "hamburger" around like most American households do but want to do something different with it, so you add it to their noodle/sauce concoctions rather than making more hamburgers or meat loaf

>>14342342
At least I truly see. Thanks Anomalous

>>14335856
>a much lower cost
It's not lower. These are loss leader items when on sale or with coupons, which is routinely just a literal $1. Yes, it's not quite the size of a 75c storebrand 1lb box of pasta, but you're getting a sauce mix, dehydrated veggies, etc. There are in fact a lot of "junk food" poor people can buy that is less expensive than fresh foods.

Sure it's better to make food from scratch, esp in bulk, but a box of hamburger helper is always going to cost less than a carton of sour cream, or a block of cheddar combined with the pasta price. I get your point, but for poor people eating on $50/week (I couldn't do it), this is one of those pantry staples ready to go, requiring zero fresh ingredients (just frozen meat), and like a bag of yellow rice mix or zatarains jambalaya mix, it can be left alone for months. No facepalm of "oh no we're out of celery" or "on no, the cheddar got moldy" or whatever else.

>>14333846
you put hamburger, butter, dairy, and the contents of a box called hamburger helper into a single pot and cook until the liquid is gone. It's kind of expensive for what you get but it's pure boomer food so that's typical

>>14342351
>No facepalm of "oh no we're out of celery" or "on no, the cheddar got moldy" or whatever else.
Yeah, I'd argue it's kind of stupid to *not* keep a few boxes around. It's a solid meal when you need it most.

>>14332286
it's literally salt and corn starch and cheese powder OP you don't really need it.

When my mom was away and my dad had to cook for us, he would often make "box food" which was hamburger helper. My brother and I loved it. I haven't had it since.

>>14339663
>You post this every hamburger helper thread.

nice. i have another loyal follower.

Hamburger helper is awful. Stroganoff is the only kind that's somewhat passable in a pinch, but just make your own.

>>14340090
> Burger is $8/lb

You have to be 18 to post here.

>>14342351
How about just making your own red sauce in bulk, freeze it, and if you want Bolognese you add some ground beef?

I'll give you that fresh cheese is expensive. But if I had to eat on $50/wk I'd just skip the dairy to keep eating real food. The stuff in Hamburger Helper is not really 'cheese.'

>>14342351
this can all be overcome with fresh ingredients and bulk ingredient purchasing. I understand easier and fast for hard working poor families. Not criticizing but let's be honest about whole foods vs. processed foods. You will not get cheaper than flour and water.

>>14332366

Ah, I remember being 16. If it weren't for capitalism you wouldn't even have convenience products like hamburger helper. You would get your biweekly bulk grains and vegetables.

>>14344030
assuming they wouldn't die from being useless having never worked at anything

>>14338733

Serious question: Why are you people so fucking obsessed with us? When you CONSTANTLY have to go out of your way to be shitty and passive aggressive, it comes across as an inferiority complex. I've spent time in China and very much disliked the experience, yet I don't feel the need to go into every random thread about Chinese food and be angry and bitter. As a matter of fact, I just ignore them.

Again, serious question. I've noticed that /ck/ is even worse than fucking /int/ when it comes to rabid, knee-jerk anti-Americanism.

>>14332331
>Have they stopped teaching reading comprehension in school?
In any case many people aren’t learning it properly.

>>14342331
In native English a hamburger is the whole hamburger, the meat in the hamburger is a hamburger patty, and the meat used to make the patty is ground or minced meat. As this product is actually a ground meat helper, its name can be a little confusing at first.

>>14332454
>It's all the same shit in any case.
That Anon JUST described how it’s not “all the same shit.” Some of you guys are legitimately stupid.

>>14335159
/thread

>>14335953
>I bet they'd make a killing if they just sold the cheese/spice packet by itself,
Just because your fatass wants it doesn’t mean anyone else does.

>>14344060
Social media and forums amplify negative emotions of vulnerable, psychologically wounded individuals.

>>14344060
>thinking that post was shitty and passive aggressive.
It's mostly a backlash to burger arrogance, and the fact that a lot of threads on the boards are literally about burgers or other septic slop. We get it, you have no culture or cuisine of note, yet the majority of american posters are constantly shitting up threads deriding other nation's food. Then you see an abomination like the subject of this thread, and it's too target that can't be resisted.
Glad you're seething though.

>>14338715
>Its kinda chill he doesn't use hamburger. Heart healthy, actually. I eat nacho cheese (on the border) and organic corn chips as a drunken munchie. Its very good energy, and monetarily highly efficient. About 5$ a day. And its very tasty with alot of vitamins. Greens are important. : )

>>14340684
30's

>>14341048
yeah dude. just wait. we're due for a recession soon, so the beef will be ridiculous

>>14343979
See
>>14344661
.

>>14344617
>It's mostly a backlash to burger arrogance,
What arrogance? I always hear you people make this claim, but you NEVER give any actual examples as to how middle America is more arrogant than any other nationality. You either rattle off about celebrities acting like typical celebrities, or you reference literal fictional characters.
>and the fact that a lot of threads on the boards are literally about burgers or other septic slop.
"Septic slop"? Stop being a child.
>We get it, you have no culture or cuisine of note
See? There you go with the passive aggressiveness. You're like a middle aged cat lady at a company, talking shit behind people's backs in the break room.
>yet the majority of american posters are constantly shitting up threads deriding other nation's food.
You are so full of shit.
1. How the fuck would you know it's a majority?
2. Prior to that, how would you even know they're American?

Just stop, man. It's fucking sad.

>>14344679
>You're like a middle aged cat lady at a company, talking shit behind people's backs in the break room.
He’s probably English.

When you are uninterested in cooking, havent been shopping, drunk, depressed, tired and in pain:
this is one dollar, one pan, one spoon, maybe a measuring cup. I am eternally grateful to hamburger helper, because there are many times when I needed the help.

>>14334020
When you meal prep you are sacrificing flavour for ease/convenience. Hamburger Helper is supposed to be easy and convenient. So meal prepped stuff is actually equal to Hamburger Helper.

>>14344679
>absolutely seething
Just browse some threads man.

>>14344981

>deflective non-answer because he can't actually respond
>"s-seething"

Thank you for acknowledging you've lost.

>>14344617
See, they are wounded people. Literally seething while accusing others of the same. Like a terrified child. This shit never ends on *chan and yeah it's even more SAD when it's on the goddamn cooking boards.
>boo hoo someone was mean to me so here's a bunch of imaginary shit I made up about other people who had nothing to do with that
what a fucking loser

burger mac and cheese is fucking delicious

>>14341323
How do you people have all of this fucking time in the world to do this shit or keep these ingredients on hand? The point of Hamburger Helper is feeding yourself or a family as quickly and as cheaply as possible, not slaving away on dinner for an hour.

>>14345308
You fry everything up in some oil for a few minutes then add in minced meat. Put rice in a rice cooker. Warm up bread.

>>14332293
i dont see why they should embarrassed

>>14345180
>>14345214
Is this peak septic cope?

>>14345538
Again, you've gotta take the time to buy and prep the ingredients, along with having a rice cooker on hand. People who cook Hamburger Helper generally don't have this shit, just a skillet and hungry people.

This board needs to get over the "cooking is a common sense skill for everyone" thing. It's not. Cooking your way would take me an extra half hour or more to do, and dirty more things.

>>14345725

>still no actual rebuttal

Just give up. You're only digging your hole deeper.

>>14332286
The "lasagna" is my favorite. It's not good, I can admit that. But I had it as a kid, so childhood nostalgia factor is big for me.

>>14346057
Rebuttal to what? I didn't get the impression you were even trying to present an argument.

>>14346078
To this entire post
>>14344679
your "response" was "j-just like b-browse some threads man" which is a complete and total non-answer.

Don't play stupid.

>>14346107
If you look at the threads you can see it happening. Should I link you to every thread on this board when you can just open the catalog? As for American arrogance, I could give you countless anecdotal stories, but you wouldn't believe me. The very fact that "American exceptionalism" is a common academic concept should give you a hint, however.

>>14334646
>yeasty, umami MSG like extracts
>migraine triggers

>>14346127

Once again, a completely unspecific non-answer. Do you think we don't see Brits/Germans/French who very clearly believe in their own sense of cultural/societal exceptionalism? But they don't have a specific term for it, so that makes it completely different, right?

You are a bitter, angry, intellectual fucking coward. You started this dialogue by making childish jabs assuming no one would challenge it because it has become the norm on this board, and then you panicked and backtracked as soon as you got called put. You are the very definition of a keyboard warrior. Best of luck out there in life, because if you carry on with this attitude, with this chip on your shoulder that you have, you'll desperately need it.

Have a nice night.

>>14332286
The box stuff is salty as fuck but it's essentially a tasty combo. I could see classing it up a bit.

>>14346168
I only skim read, but I can't find any counterpoints. The irony is palpable.

>>14335953
>there's a certain something to it you can't replicate
it's called MSG

>>14333846
Boxed American goulash

>>14332286

cheesy hashbrowns are my once-a-week changeup from chicken

>>14332286

It's aight. A it more growing up poor. Kind of crave it now that you mention it tho.

>>14340074
Where? His YouTube is long gone, and when I search for Platform Masters the results are flooded with that stupid documentary.

It’s basically American peasant food. My uncle used to eat it for every meal.

>>14346348
Search for Platform Masters on Facebook. That's where Nick posts now.

>>14346388
Hamburger Helper is the best. Admit it, you are a communist.

Kinda hilarious that foreigners can't figure out what hamburger helper is.

I don't think I ever ate hamburger helper as a kid. What is it, just pasta and seasoning that is supposed to be mixed in with beef? Sounds yummy and convenient.

i love hamburger helper but i hate meat yuck disgusting blech

>>14346436
Its pasta for cooked beef with butter, milk, water, and seasoning and its amazing. Only hipsters hate it because it appeals to the everyman.

>>14338715
>calculates that he needs 1.94 cups of milk
>it doesn't have to be exact, you can vary it by a fair bit
funny guy

>>14335895
Just get a block of some cheap stuff and add it to some bechamel (butter, flour, milk), literally four ingredients. Add some seasonings like cayenne if you want to give it a kick.

hamburger helper is fucking gay

>>14345812
Going to the grocery store and buying ground beef and some produce. Produce like potatoes and onions which are dirt cheap and last for a month.

>Cooking your way would take me an extra half hour or more to do, and dirty more things.

One cutting board, knife, and a large skillet.

>cooking is a common sense skill for everyone

Jesus H. Christ this is so sad I don't want to play anymore. Get your shit together and learn how to sweat down some aromatics faggot.

>>14346127
>I could give you countless anecdotal stories
lmfao obsessed. what a fucking loser.

>>14346647
do you know how I know you're geh?

>>14332286
I don't know, but I see old manual labor type guys with dirty hands in the super market buying huge family packs of ground beef and a box of two or hamburger helper all the time. The fucks probably don't even have a family and just cook it all up and eat it out of the pot all by themselves, probably tastes good too since its loaded with msg. Yea, I checked the ingredients one time on a box at the market to figure out this weird phenomenon.

>>14335159
>HOMEMADE BIG MACS ARE JUST REGULAR FOOD
>BIG MACS ARE FAST FOOD

You wouldn't call it a hamburger if you made a Big Mac at home. You'd call it a Big Mac. You might qualify it with 'homemade', but the idea is the same: you have recreated something.

Homemade hamburger helper is still hamburger helper.

>>14346734
sounds based af

>>14346078
>>14346127
Based poster picking up my mantle and pretending to be
>>14346107
Look at you now seethe to a completely different anon. Please start streaming and post a link, I want to see a blood vessel burst.

>>14346168
Holy fucking kek

>>14332286
Eh, it's okay. I've definitely had shittier food that was homemade. These days, IF I buy it, I end up having to add shit to it to make it have more flavor.

>>14346429
Not as hilarious as american's not realising how alien this disgusting concept is, or the mince/ground beef is being referred to as hamburger.
Fucking burgers, and unending source of amusement.

What flavor is the best, bros?

>>14332286
>Hamburger Helper
Europoor here, why is it called hamburger helper?
What does it have to do with hamburgers?

>>14346460
>Only hipsters hate it because it appeals to the everyman.
Some of us don't like the dairy/cheesy aspect and would rather it be replaced with a tomato sauce base instead.

>>14347236
cause you add ground meat to whatever's in the box.

>>14346460
Tried it once, made me feel like i was eating dog food.

>>14346734
That sounds sad but also really comfy.

Based Kroger has $1.00 Skillet Meals. Flavors are double cheeseburger, stroganoff, lasagna, and southwest. Might be others but those are the ones I know.

>>14335193
Mobilefags need the rope.

>>14347249
You're in luck, there's Hamburger Helper Lasagna with tomato in it.

>>14345308
>>14345812
Maybe if your waste of a mother learned how to cook and not fucking around sucking dick and getting knocked up, you might have a better chance at life. Give your whore mother this L, free of charge.

>>14339663
>>14342851
I used to be an Eddieposter too. Since like 2018. Keep up the good work, fellas.

What is hamburger helper? I always though it was just a spice mix people added to homemade hamburger patties.

Why did she do it?

>>14347823
>and southwest
is that supposed to be 'mexican style' or is it something else?

>>14347890
You moron, its the convenience, and if you have 3 kids and a husband, it's a lot of people to feed and keep happy. It's an easy to make meal that the kids wouldn't mind eating, the husband too, all you need to do is defrost questionable family pack ground beef and mix shit from a box. Now imagine a lot of people buy questionable ground beef in family packs that are on sale that tastes like shit when made into regular burgers, the Hamburger Helper is going to mask that shit taste. Good luck trying to do that yourself and keeping the kids all happy when you mix in a bunch of spices, there are def. going to be complaints, I mean you can probably use knorr stock cubes, salt and maybe some shit tomato sauce and pasta elbows and then let the little shits sprinkle grated cheese on top if they want individually. Wait, there's more, you could have just made pasta bolognese to begin with :^)

>>14335586
Honestly this. I've found myself finishing off goulash more than I have ever enjoyed eating Hamburger Helper.
To add to the overall thread I fuckin' hate hamburger helper. Homemade probably would be different, and sometimes I do a variation of kraft mac n' cheese with ground beef, but that's if I literally have nothing else to eat or if the fiance is really craving it.

>>14348034
I dunno, I haven't tried it yet. Don't really want to waste a pound of beef to learn I don't like it.

>>14345812

It is always people who are either professional cooks or autists who had the luxury of being able to fuck around in the kitchen for years who are like this. Also for all you know their food tastes like complete trash that no one else would eat.

>>14347823
Hamburger Helper or bust

You know what? Those slow cookers are probably convenient for large families nowadays making hamburger helper somewhat obsolete.

I like tomatoes both raw and cooked. I even like marinara as a dipping sauce. But I greatly dislike pasta + marinara + meat, for some reason. I'll eat it, but I won't feel satisfied. Hamburger helper is basically the only way I ever get to enjoy pasta. The lockdown proved the value of pasta. Not only did it sell out during the hoarding phase, but the little I could get my hands on is still well within its expiration date.

>>14347027
Big Mac is a branded burger from McDonald's with a double sided no crust bun and dressing. Hamburger Helper is boxed macaroni and even less original than a fucking hamburger. If I made a dish with macaronis, seasoning, spices, cheese, and hamburger I'd call it anything but "hamburger helper", because that is genuinely fucking retarded.

If I was a momo wearing fat chick in a trailer that decided to kick it up a notch and learn to make my own food? Sure, I'd call it hamburger helper.

>>14348075
>calling other people moron while describing a family that can barely feed itself as an acceptable scenario

>>14346705
Bro, you're the one coming into a thread about Hamburger Helper and being mad it exists. It's a simple meal for people who don't know much better or don't have the time for your shit. Have you ever come home from a hard day's work? Maybe an hour commute on the train and had hungry kids to feed? Probably not, you're most likely a zoomer still in school who has all of the time in the world.

>>14348140
Exactly. My roommate considers himself this world class chef and everything is overseasoned to oblivion. He can grill a nice burger though.

>>14348800
They're obviously feeding themselves and with the of HAMBURGER HELPER, ha ha checkmate greentext goblin monster!

>>14348947
>Hamburger Helper and being mad it exists
>I tend to keep box crap like hamburger helper around too for when life goes batshit busy.

lol I literally keep boxed meals in the house.

Bro, you're just self-conscious. If you are really so afraid of the kitchen and a little prep work that you make up shit in your head maybe this is the wrong board for you? I legit just posted 2 recipes that poor families make because they are cheap, healthy, and fast. Your little spergout about hard work doesn't change jack shit about families. Dragging the goal post along to some blue collar fantasyland is fucking stupid.

You're being a total faggot, and are obviously just a degenerate loser who has time to masturbate here but doesn't have time to chop up a tomato. Don't reproduce. Our society needs less of you.

>>14348947
>My roommate
LOL also you're poor.

>>14346389
Unbelievable. He's still goofing around with the graphics. This game is never going to be finished.

>>14349100
>maybe this is the wrong board for you?
FOOD and cooking, brainlet. Not "autistically rage everytime someone doesn't make a home cooked meal from scratch." I cook sometimes but also sometimes I'm lazy and want something easy, or *gasp*, I'll order in.

>>14349105
>LOL also you're poor.
I own my house and see no reason at all a spare bedroom shouldn't be filled up by a buddy that pays 75% of my mortgage and is here to make sure the place doesn't burn down when I'm away. Maybe you should rethink your life.

>>14349143
right it's the food board so you can come here and pathetically limp along talking about hamburger helper then sperg out when someone suggests adding a few more ingredients, or switching it up.

l o s e r

>>14349151
I didn't make the thread, bro. You're the one who either got mad someone would ever eat Hamburger Helper or is defending the guy who did, in a thread about Hamburger Helper.

>>14349168
you're fucking gay.

>>14332286
Oh FUCK yes that looks delicious

>>14335540
Your mom just can't cook for shit, embarrassing how she can fuck up a boxed dinner lmao

It's kind of sad how so many ubiquitous food products were just scams built on people refusing to take the barest amount of effort. Half the shit I ate growing up became obsolete after watch cooking videos for a couple weeks.

>>14349419
How is it a scam if people like it?

It's not just about convenience. It's also about needing food that can last months inside of storage.

>>14349653
2 cups nonfat dry milk, instant
1 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup chicken or beef bouillon granules
2 tablespoons dry onion flakes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 tablespoon garlic powder

These ingredients can be repurposed for many variations and situations. Including the opportunity to bring fresh product into the pantry.

>>14332286
It's good, but I think most people don't take full advantage of it. You should probably be adding some aromatic veggie to it, which still keeps it cheap and adds a lot of flavor that you cant get from powder. I usually only get the philly cheesesteak as a lazy meal, but I'll sautee onion and pepper in the beef fat, then continue making it, maybe shave in parm if I have it at the end.

>>14349690
You probably need something like nutritional yeast too. There's usually powdered cheese in those packets which carry a lot of the weight. Of course, if you have bulk powdered cheese, use that instead, but I never really see it on shelves.

>>14349690
why cornstarch and not flour? other than it being instantly ready to add water

Hamburger helper is one of the first meals my parents made growing up that I started refusing to eat. My dad fucking loves it but I find it so greasy (at least the way my mom made it) that I couldn't handle it. Rather go to bed hungry than go to bed sick.

>>14350248
Honestly, can this thread get any more tragic?

>>14332357
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFMbW7P6NZk

>>14342307
This is complete victim complex horseshit. I was a poorfag with poorfag friends and family in a pretty diverse shithole neighborhood in NYC and literally everyone had some form of Hamburger Helper in their pantry.

It's unhealthy associated with poverty, that's literally it as a reason for disdain.

Still tastes great.

>>14335181
Based

Making hamburger helper with actual hamburger is more expensive than buying some chicken breasts and making shredded taco meat.

>>14344617
>>14338733
I can't imagine being made to seethe this hard. Why do you have such an inferiority complex?

>>14341048
Anything over 80% is like 4.99/lb. 90% is usually 5.99, and anything ~organic free range~ is like 7.99 for 1lb of beef.

>>14346146
Ok Karen

>>14332286
I can dig it.
I only like the Beef Stroganoff and the Tuna Cheesy Pasta ones.
I use less water and add more pasta, though. Otherwise the sauce is runny and you don't get enough food.
And for the Tuna Cheesy Pasta, I use albacore instead of tuna, because canned tuna is trash.

https://m.soundcloud.com/hamburgerhelper
They did a mixtape about Hamburger Helper as a promotional stunt and it actually has some bangers on it.

>>14351060
>that's literally it as a reason for disdain.
And the fact it's digusting slop.

>>14351135
Holy shit that's crazy. How do other variations effect the price? Corn fed vs grass fed, pumped full of hormones like a tranny vs hormone free?

>>14351129
U mad bro?
U seem mad.

>>14351430
Region seems to be a big factor, I've heard some crazy prices for various parts of the country but up in WNY you can get discount-store (think Save-a-lot) 75% for $2.70-$3/lb and out premier grocery chain has fuckhuge bulk packs where you can get 80% for $3 and 90% for $4. Nastier places will fleece the fuck out of you though, and of course that's for "normal" ground beef whereas the Organic stuff'll set you back a minimum of $6/lb.

>>14351482
Very interesting. Over here the deranged remainers have been screeching about "hormone fed beef1!1!!11" but I've never thought it would happen. Our beef is cheaper than that and nearly always grassfed so it must be scaremongering.

>>14351430
I don't know where the fuck these idiots are shopping, but my grocery store Harris Teeter REGULARLY has ground beef for 2-3 dollars a pound, and I don't buy it unless it's priced that low.
I am never in a situation where i want ground beef but it costs over five dollars

>>14351502
Interesting. Could these other posters be canadians spreading high meat price propaganda to make their own country seem more reasonable?

>>14332395
Heh *buffoon* hehehå

>>14351505
Pretty much a guarantee.

>>14332374
Fucking christ just go back.

>>14332357
this

>>14352763
>>14352769
>>14352776
Very sad.

Ground meat, cheese and pasta

How is it possible not to like it?

>inb4 in usa cheese has to be made from corn syrup and pasta on kraft one otherwise its not real helper

>>14352776
the boxed pasta with the powder cheesy sauce doesn't bother me, but those green beans are depressing. Are those canned? Did you boil frozen green beans until you were absolutely sure they were dead? what gives

>>14353269
This. It's meant to be a base, not the main entrée by itself. Toss some veggies, more spices, and real cheese into it, or bake it with a breadcrumb topping and it's the best.

>>14353276
This is what I don't get, Hamburger Helper isn't going to win any awards and anything made from scratch will blow it completely out of the water but as far as instant pasta shit goes it's completely edible though pretty bland.

I make a variation called scum gullet. Ingredients:

4 lbs ground beef
2 lb pasta
1 lb American cheese
8 C water/broth
Salt
Pepper
Herbs
1 C ketchup

Brown beef. Do NOT drain (we need that flavor). Add the broth, ketchup, and pasta, bring to a boil. Drop the heat, simmer. Add the cheese til it's melted. Continue cooking until pasta has reached your desired consistency. Season.

You guys should try the Aldi brand. Get the deluxe cheeseburger flavor, it comes with the liquid cheese packet like Velveeta mac and cheese does. Kino.

>>14350216
Presumably because it has a much less noticeable taste than flour. And it thickens quicker.

>>14346078
Imagine typing this post on 4chan and not realizing you're mentally ill

>>14346168
Did you seriously include Germans in your enumeration? Germans learn from preschool about their country's history and the dangers of nationalism, and they are arguably the most humble and hard working people in the Western world. Contrast that with how Americans have to stand for the pledge in elementary school and learn a completely white washed version of their history, including how George Washington was a hero, as opposed to a genocidal maniac, and how the United States were always liberators and on the right side of every war. That's why so many Americans grow up with a superiority complex, despite being demonstrably more ignorant, obese, wasteful, entitled, etc.

>>14355860
fuck off kike
t. angloid

>>14332357
I prefer beef strokingoff

>>14332395

Learn english.

>>14355904
That's about the level of intelligence I expected in response.

>>14355921
>hurr durr nationalism bad americans bad
This isn't the board for that stupid shit, but in the case of Germany that was less a lesson in why nationalism was but just one of many examples of how Woodrow Wilson somehow managed to be the cause of all the world's problems.

>>14332286

Used to eat it all the time as a poor kid, but i dont fuck with it anymore because almost anything with a flavoring packet is terrible for you. I do make a really thin red wine bolognese (its a cooks illustrated recipe if you want to find it) that my gf and i call "fancy" hamburger helper cause texture wise its not far off and were both ex-midwesterners so its comfy.

>>14355941
>how Woodrow Wilson somehow managed to be the cause of all the world's problems.
Impressive how you call him stupid while saying something actually dumb.

>>14344166
Yes, but the native English are all homosexuals and only want to put meat in their mouth

>>14332374
He meant qinoa

>>14332448
Surley you mean baste?

>>14332286
Never had it.
Your pic looks comfy and good though.

>>14353595
filename bro

>>14355316
Elaborate.

>>14332286
Not a first choice by any means but helps when trying to use up meat that is starting to go brown without having to put in much effort.

>>14332286
Never had it. Looks like it could be okay with some paprika or Tabasco mixed into it.

>>14332286
>What's your opinion on Hamburger Helper (either homemade or in a box)?

>>14355907
ayyy

Gonna make some Kroger double cheeseburger today, bros.

>>14332286
Easy
Cheap
Tasty
Cant go wrong

Thread inspired me to make a box of lasagna flavor yesterday.
Ground beef: 1.46 pounds
extra milk, extra cheese, sauteed onion, plus spices
Result: woke up with gut cramps, a lot of dangerous farts, hiccups and heartburn
The taste was pretty good

Probably one of the best one-pot meals of all time. I dare you to name a better one.

I always have exactly four dishes to clean when I make it: a pot, wooden spoon, coffee cup, and fork. Washes up in just a few minutes with minimal scrubbing. I prefer a pot with hide sides to a skillet. You've got to stir it more frequently, but otherwise it works just fine.

Great for lazy days desu. I try to load it veggies so it's not just pasta and meat. My favourite is beef noodle with added zucchini, mushrooms, and green peas. Otherwise I just do a quick salad as a side.

I make it home made 1lb of pasta is less expensive than the boxed stuff. Plus adding your own spice blends is a great way to make custom yum yums.

>>14357708
>custom yum yums

Just left Kroger with TWO boxes of hamburger helper, thanks based /ck/

>>14358377
What flavors, anon?

>>14357614
>My favourite is beef noodle with added zucchini, mushrooms, and green peas.

This sounds pretty good, unironically.

>>14358632
Deluxe double macaroni and 4 cheese lasagna

>>14358713
based

>>14332286
Thoughts on Tuna Helper?

>>14358862
It's technically a MRE that you can buy at a supermarket. I approve.

>>14335417
lmao u splurge on penises lol

>hamburger helper

>>14360136
>Hamburger Helper
>No hamburger, so just eating Helper

Mom was a lazy/shitty parent so this stuff is the only reason my brother and I had anything to eat most nights. I'll eat it very rarely as an adult (since unlike her I have the time/ability to cook) but I always regret it every time.

i prefer making beefslop homemade, but i can never recreate tuna helper. it always tastes so much worse homemade.

>>14347236
Ground beef is called hamburger
Ground pork is called sausage

How is this thread still going, are you guys ok?

>>14360450
Uh... so... beef is ham and pork is sow...???

>>14334142
>he doesn't know how sodium works
back to highschool kid.

>>14360450
>Ground pork is called sausage
It's not sausage unless it's been blended with salt and seasonings.

Its ok if you dont use hamburger. You can use helper instead as long as youre not a boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH5BfM3WAJE

>>14360450
American's are truly retarded

>>14332286
that takes me back.

>>14360456
Yes, we're just enjoying our hamburger helper. How are you today?

>>14361381
You misused an apostrophe in "Americans", retard.

>>14361902
English isn't my first language, bitch.

Hamburger... Hinderer.

>>14335953
You can basically do that, there's a whole section of McCormick and store brand packets at most every regular grocery.

>>14332286
I started making my own without the noodles.

Sub in cauliflower for noodles

Can of chicken stock instead of water

Make like you normally would with ground beef

Mix in shredded cheese towards the end

>>14362391
damn, can i come over to your place

>>14362391
It doesn't have noodles, it has pasta

>>14362229
This, there's no way to form patties after using hh.

>>14364296
kys

Four cheese lasagna with peas and carrots tonight lads

>>14364674
>lads
Why do Americans act like British people online?

>>14364704
Why do bongs pretend to be people online?

>>14364291
For all intensive porpoises they're the same thing

Cheeseburger Macaroni has always been my favorite
But I never understood why they make DELUXE Cheeseburger and DOUBLE Cheeseburger, I got them when they were out of the regular and holy fuck I regretted making them they taste like shit compared to the original

Have it all the time. Grew up poor and got fucking hooked to it and still make it as an adult.

>>14364445
What's the matter?

>>14332286
For the looks of this thread and length of time it’s been up Hamburger Helper is the official food of /ck/

For me? Definitely cheeseburger macaroni

>>14365452
>For the looks of this thread and length of time it’s been up Hamburger Helper is the official food of
mutts*

>>14348785
Why are you feeding the troll

>>14332286

It was delicious. I also made meatloaf with that srf fagyou beef. Shit was cash

>>14366064
>Shit was cash
No, it was the opposite of cash.

>>14366064
What kind of bun did you put your hamburgers in?

>>14366064
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