• yesman@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    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.

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      14 days ago

      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.

    • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      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.)

      • ground beef is freaking expensive nowadays 😩
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    Give yourself so much hypertension that the inevitable heart attack is so quick you won’t need to worry about paying medical bills

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    14 days ago

    We did this all the time when I was a kid, my dad would make macaroni and cheese and toss in some hot dogs. It was delicious then and its delicious now.

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    This shit taste good. I once microwaved and ate this on a plate. My ex looked at me and said that I eat puke like dog. I didn’t flinch I was happy eating that like a dog eating puke indeed

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    14 days ago

    Caution! Yellow fat emulsion was prepared on machines that can contain traces of actual cheese!

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    14 days ago

    I call that “American”

    I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I can classify it as food

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      13 days ago

      Depending on your definition of “real,” they’re probably correct. It was real cheese, before it was dehydrated, powdered, and mixed with an emulsifier (probably sodium citrate) so it would reconstitute itself into a cheese sauce. I’ve become a little more sympathetic to this sort of thing since I bought of pouch a sodium citrate off the interwebs and started emulsifying things I didn’t think could be emulsified, like an entire wheel of brie.