Hamburger Helper

limegreenc · 09-21-2013, 06:04 PM

Did anyone notice they put less noodles/sauce into the box of hamburger helper? It's down to 158 grams from 200. The price is the same (of course). On the box it now has other assorted foods, as a suggested serving; one way to trick the consumer that your pound of hamburger isn't going as far as it used to.

lumberjim · 09-22-2013, 08:12 AM

.79 lb of hamburger you mean.

BigV · 09-23-2013, 12:11 PM

Cutbacks are happening everywhere.

It's in keeping with the reduction of the number of letters in the name of the product previously known as "Hamburger Helper", now known as "Helper".

bbro · 09-23-2013, 07:11 PM

Try this - doesn't take that long to make, either

http://www.preventionrd.com/2013/01/...burger-helper/

DanaC · 09-24-2013, 04:12 AM

Why is it called hamburger helper, when it isn't for making hamburgers? *confused*

Pete Zicato · 09-24-2013, 07:39 AM

Ground beef helper didn't have the alliteration.

Clodfobble · 09-24-2013, 09:11 AM

You would call it Mincemeat Helper.

Undertoad · 09-24-2013, 11:43 AM

Mincemeat Mate.

DanaC · 09-24-2013, 12:33 PM

Ahhhh. Ok, that makes sense. And, yeah, 'mate' rather than helper

limegreenc · 09-24-2013, 09:12 PM

Basically yeah to the above. I use a 1/4 pound of beef and pork, add fresh mushrooms and onion plus a cup of frozen vegetables. Now that'll feed a family.

limey · 09-25-2013, 01:38 PM

I was recently told about a recipe called sausage stretcher which does much the same thing with bangers (cue doubles entendres).

Sent by thought transference

Undertoad · 09-25-2013, 02:37 PM

sausage stretcher

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(sausage stretcher is not on Urban Dictionary.)

DanaC · 09-25-2013, 02:50 PM

Ahh yeah. 'Stretcher' would be even more likely than 'mate', thinking about it.

Clodfobble · 09-25-2013, 02:51 PM

On the other hand, "undertoad" is. The most popular definition is roughly what one would expect, referencing The World According to Garp.

The second definition, however...

Quote:

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limey · 09-25-2013, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

sausage stretcher

Welcome to our new game, "Is that a term on Urban Dictionary?"

(sausage stretcher is not on Urban Dictionary.)

Nope. It was just the more obvious sausage that was up for grabs, so to speak.

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09-21-2013, 06:04 PM	#1
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	Hamburger Helper Did anyone notice they put less noodles/sauce into the box of hamburger helper? It's down to 158 grams from 200. The price is the same (of course). On the box it now has other assorted foods, as a suggested serving; one way to trick the consumer that your pound of hamburger isn't going as far as it used to.

09-22-2013, 08:12 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	.79 lb of hamburger you mean. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-23-2013, 12:11 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Cutbacks are happening everywhere. It's in keeping with the reduction of the number of letters in the name of the product previously known as "Hamburger Helper", now known as "Helper". __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

09-23-2013, 07:11 PM	#4
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Try this - doesn't take that long to make, either http://www.preventionrd.com/2013/01/...burger-helper/ __________________ Camping

09-24-2013, 07:39 AM	#6
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Ground beef helper didn't have the alliteration. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-24-2013, 09:11 AM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You would call it Mincemeat Helper. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-24-2013, 11:43 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Mincemeat Mate.

09-24-2013, 09:12 PM	#10
limegreenc shed door curio Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 406	Basically yeah to the above. I use a 1/4 pound of beef and pork, add fresh mushrooms and onion plus a cup of frozen vegetables. Now that'll feed a family.

09-25-2013, 01:38 PM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I was recently told about a recipe called sausage stretcher which does much the same thing with bangers (cue doubles entendres). Sent by thought transference __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

09-25-2013, 02:37 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	sausage stretcher Welcome to our new game, "Is that a term on Urban Dictionary?" (sausage stretcher is not on Urban Dictionary.)

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