Culinary standards

Clodfobble · 06-23-2004, 09:06 PM

So I was talking to my dad on the phone while cooking dinner for the kiddos tonight, and I mentioned that we were having Cheeseburger Macaroni (Hamburger Helper (TM)) for dinner.

He chastized me, saying first of course that box meals were "ugly," which is a sentiment I've always known he had--but here's the thing: he insisted that I should instead be making it "from scratch"--i.e. brown the meat, boil the macaroni, and mix in some Velveeta.

What? Don't you mean I should be cooking a healthy, tasty, seasoned and complete meal instead of the box crap? No, the meal was fine, I should just be using Velveeta instead. Apparently it's important to make my own crap from scratch instead of buying it together in one box.

So how often does your family eat the cheap fast box meals--not just Hamburger Helper, I mean any kind of quick cop-out meal?

06-23-2004, 09:06 PM	#1
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Culinary standards So I was talking to my dad on the phone while cooking dinner for the kiddos tonight, and I mentioned that we were having Cheeseburger Macaroni (Hamburger Helper (TM)) for dinner. He chastized me, saying first of course that box meals were "ugly," which is a sentiment I've always known he had--but here's the thing: he insisted that I should instead be making it "from scratch"--i.e. brown the meat, boil the macaroni, and mix in some Velveeta. What? Don't you mean I should be cooking a healthy, tasty, seasoned and complete meal instead of the box crap? No, the meal was fine, I should just be using Velveeta instead. Apparently it's important to make my own crap from scratch instead of buying it together in one box. So how often does your family eat the cheap fast box meals--not just Hamburger Helper, I mean any kind of quick cop-out meal?

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