My single Mom swore by Hamburger Helper! It was one of the first things she taught my brother and I to make. Find memories of both the time and food. My brother and I are in our late 40s and still see it as a comfort food. ❤

@aubreyandsarahstanfield4326

11 ай бұрын

Same with my brother and I. Definitely always been a comfort food.

@lucascady4992

11 ай бұрын

80's-90's Kid's!! I am One and the Same!! That, Campbell's soup, and Lunchables! 😂😂

@clint4951

11 ай бұрын

80's kid here -- I am shocked Tuna Helper barely got a mention. Canned tuna used to be super cheap, had that plenty as well.

@SimuLord

11 ай бұрын

@@clint4951 There was plenty of canned tuna in my house too...along with loaves of store-brand 'wonder' bread and Cain's mayo (anyone who grew up in New England knows Cain's, "the good stuff.")

@HooLeePhucingSheet

11 ай бұрын

I feel like it doesn't taste as good as they used to. Such a shame.

I grew up poor in the 1980s, and this was a common staple in our family. I don’t think I’ve eaten hamburger helper for decades, but it still has some nostalgia associated with it for me. Thanks for the video!

@colkurtz17

11 ай бұрын

Couple times a year I still make it for old times sake.

@LUCKO2022

11 ай бұрын

No one gives a shit about you being poor. No one cares today, no one will care tomorrow either or ever.

@al821

11 ай бұрын

I actually like Hamburger Helper. It was something different from the standard stuff I ate growing up. Grew up eating lot of Asian food and sometimes you want something different.

@nhmooytis7058

11 ай бұрын

HH was kind of the Ramen of its time!

@j.d.contreras392

11 ай бұрын

Is this still available in stores? I'm a 70's kid.

A Weird History Food video on those “prosecutable” recipes of the 60s would be, like, the BEST thing ever!

@Down_the_Wind

11 ай бұрын

I second this.

@toastedt140

11 ай бұрын

It's super interesting how the post ww2 economy transitioned into forcing pre packaged and processed foods out to americans. There was a huge push to canned and packaged goods because you had all of these factories that were producing goods for the war effort suddenly run out of contract. Banana Pie, one of my favorite desserts, is basically a made up thing to sell nabisco crackers. A lot of it was aimed at giving housewives more free time as well. You can put everything in a jello mold, still go to your bridge club, and family will have a dinner.

@Aubreykun

11 ай бұрын

@@toastedt140 The UK (and europe in general) also had this issue, in part due to the destabilized infrastructure. But because they had less money due to that, the concoctions are decidedly more... sad looking. That's where "beans on toast" and "toast hawaii" as british and german things, respectively, came from.

@MonaLisaFire

11 ай бұрын

Agreed 😂

@zxyatiywariii8

11 ай бұрын

​@@toastedt140Oh yes I loved Banana Pie! But like Twinkies, you could put one on a plate and leave it there for 100 years, and it would still probably be there intact, because even mold knows it's not food.😂

Weird History actually managed to associate Bruce Campbell and Hamburger Helper, they truly are doing the Lord's work

@madamesalamander16

11 ай бұрын

Hail to the King, Baby! 😆

@spacewurm

11 ай бұрын

The glove should be sainted. 😆

@BigPoppaJ08

11 ай бұрын

And a clip from the movie Kung Pow lol

@stanford-nf4jk

11 ай бұрын

@chrisbuchaniec3765 Groovy!

@bashmore1977

11 ай бұрын

Shop Smart S-Mart

I'm 81, and was completly surprised that the Helper didn't come out until the 70s. I thought it was much older than that. But, now that I think about it, I never had it as a kid. Its been a long time since I've eaten it, and I'm not sure why. It was pretty good, and easy to make. May have to try it again.

@richborn6700

10 ай бұрын

Im genuinely surprised someone in their 80s watches KZread, let alone leave comments. Kudos to you sir my grandfathers would never have the ability

@williamromine5715

10 ай бұрын

@@richborn6700 Thank you for for your kind remarks.

You can't beat Hamburger Helper when it's on sale for $1. Even if you just make it for just yourself, the leftovers are good for another meal.

@alexwilliams5799

11 ай бұрын

Hamburger Helper is never good

@jer103

11 ай бұрын

It is when you haven't had it for a while, and you try a new flavor.

@alexwilliams5799

11 ай бұрын

@@jer103 not at all. It has always been gross

@jer103

11 ай бұрын

@@alexwilliams5799 Maybe you haven't had one you would like yet. There are 40 different flavors now.

@alexwilliams5799

11 ай бұрын

@@jer103 nope. Every Hamburger Helper was gross. I wouldn't eat dinner when my dad would make it. I am vegan now. That and Kraft macaroni and cheese were the two dinners I dreaded the most as a kid

Always loved Hamburger Helper night as a kid. Once every blue moon, I get a horrible craving for that cheeseburger macaroni.

Back in 1981 or so, punk icons Dead Kennedys did a song called 'Dear Abby' which featured the line 'just mix with my tuna helper and ta-daa!' Being in the UK I had no idea what a tuna helper was, so cheers for finally solving my mystery! I haven't covered what the song was about as this is a family channel, but if you know, you know.

Definitely ate my fair share of Hamburger Helper growing up! My family's favorite was always the cheesy hashbrown flavor, but it seems that flavor is either hard to come by or just plain discontinued now. One of my other favorite easy meal kit brands growing up was Chef Boyardee! I remember them having a pizza kit that had an extremely fluffy biscuit-like crust and didn't really taste like normal pizza and some sort of ravioli bake/skillet, and my sister and I loved them. Pretty sure those have gone the way of the dinosaur now too.

@btetschner

11 ай бұрын

There is a Pizza Maker box for Chef Boyardee, my mother and I made it the other day. It was really good!

@lizryan7451

11 ай бұрын

@@btetschner I'll have to see if I can hunt one down and give it a try! It's probably changed a lot since I was a kid

@cee8mee

9 ай бұрын

Cheesey hash browns is my all-time favorite!

@MatthewTheCCMA

Ай бұрын

My absolute favorite too! I’ve only found it at Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati Ohio!

This was a staple dinner in my house as a kid I always loved it. I need to revisit it.

As a 2002 kid, I used to have this sometimes when my mother couldn't cook. Definitely heavenly, at least in my opinion. My father was definitely a huge fan of it.

@largol33t12

3 ай бұрын

I went through college on that. I couldn't have survived without HH since it did what it was supposed to: fill you up without draining your wallet.

The other dinner staple from childhood that goes hand in hand, pun intended, is the LaChoy lineup. With the two cans and the hard as rock noodles, you knew dinner tonight was going to be special.

@btetschner

11 ай бұрын

That would be a great Weird History Food video!

@dawng.8836

11 ай бұрын

The Lachoy was the only "Chinese food" my mom would eat

@Down_the_Wind

11 ай бұрын

LaChoy... oh god. The taste and crunch of water chestnuts alongside soggy canned sprouts has come back to haunt me once again!

@stanggirl70

10 ай бұрын

I DESPISED La Choy when I was a kid. So much so that I didn’t want to try Chinese food from a restaurant for a long time. I was pleasantly surprised to find that type of Chinese food didn’t taste like soggy metallic bean sprouts!

@Down_the_Wind

10 ай бұрын

@@stanggirl70 same here. I thought all Chinese food was going to taste like that crap and thank goodness it didn’t!

I would have sworn and be damned that tuna helper was the product of the 80’s health food craze. Also what I find funny is that all of these convenience foods are associated with being poor or stretching a dollar. When I was a kid I wanted to eat this because my family thought it cost too much. I was mad because we are pork chops for breakfast, and homemade spaghetti sauce 😂😂😂 Edit: Haggis is the OG helper.

@a.dudeman7715

11 ай бұрын

So I'm not the only one that grew up being told that Hamburger Helper was too expensive! Dad always made his own..

@jimbucket2996

11 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if haggis is helping the hamburger there.

@thepusherwoman

11 ай бұрын

I assume you're not American? Most American convenience foods are dirt cheap in the US but are ridiculously expensive everywhere else.

@quanbrooklynkid7776

11 ай бұрын

​@@thepusherwomanyea

@Oonagh72

11 ай бұрын

@@thepusherwoman You assume wrong. I am super Dee duper American. I grew up in the south eating soul food. I’ve come to learn that if a person knows how to cook, they don’t need convenience food. One can be much more creative with their dollar.

I grew up on Hamburger Helper, but the couple times I've tried to make it for my own family, I was the only one willing to eat it. Every now and then, though, I do get a nostalgic craving.

@pacadet

11 ай бұрын

Same. My fiancé won’t eat it, but a few of times a year I’ll still make it for lunch lol.

@spankynater4242

10 ай бұрын

I think my mom made it once, but nobody liked it.

@SquadPoop

8 ай бұрын

Any particular reason why? It’s basically just macaroni and cheese with hamburger in it, is that really something only you can stomach?

@spankynater4242

8 ай бұрын

@@SquadPoop My guess would be the seasoning.

Hamburger helper was one of the only things our mom ever cooked. Almost all of our meals were pizza rolls and chicken nuggets, but hamburger helper night (once every two weeks or so) was always a good night.

@obsidianjane4413

10 ай бұрын

You poor child...

@icankillbugs

10 ай бұрын

How many tons do you weigh?

How could you leave out the meatloaf one?!?! It even came with its own pan to bake it in! Truely an innovation in the 80's. I miss that one so much.

@largol33t12

3 ай бұрын

Damn, I didn't even know that existed. I was just a little kid in the 1980s (the GREATEST decade, I don't care who disagrees) so I must have missed that one or it wasn't very popular on the shelves at the local Albertsons. I did love their beef stroganoff. That was heavenly.

Growing up, we mostly ate meals cooked from scratch - a lot of stews. My mom taught us all how to make these. Hamburger and Tuna Helper was a treat. The stroganoff and lasagna flavors were favorites. When I moved out on my own I cooked the Helper beef lasagna, the tuna tetrazini and an odd but delicious tuna pot pie. Though I still cooked a lot from scratch. Today I mostly cook from scratch, but I do appreciate how convenient and tasty the Helper meals could be.

Coming home in the late 90s to the smell of hamburger helper simmering mmmm brings back memories

Loved it as a kid. Still love it.

I've loved Hamburger Helper since i was a kid. Thanks for doing a video on its history. :)

In related thoughts, how about an episode on the casserole? That's comfort food for many of us American GenX'ers!

@markwilliams2620

11 ай бұрын

Nope. Tuna casserole is a capital offence.

@mrslindsay

11 ай бұрын

Yes!

@FreeportHometown

9 ай бұрын

@@markwilliams2620Tuna casserole killed my entire family.

Awesome intro! Latchkey Kids deserve their own cuisine, they earned it.

Two AGGRAVATING things about modern Helper: 1) They used to require only water, most of them now require water AND milk. I assume they used to incorporate powdered milk in the sauce packet. This makes them less convenient AND more expensive, and 2) They stopped bagging the carbs (noodles, rice, whatever) and put them straight in the box, making them more susceptible to water or dampness ruining them, spoilage in general, or vermin. Even my local Piggly Wiggly store brand CHEAPER knock-off dinners package the carbs/starches in plastic. A great Helper tip: most flavors are amenable to the addition of diced canned tomatoes, plain/chili/Italian style. Just cut down the water a bit. Really adds something, especially to the Italian and Mexican inspired flavors. I also like to add mushrooms and/or black olives to the Italian type varieties. 😋😋😋

@Grinningfartking6969

11 ай бұрын

the milk was optional it made the cheese thicker and more kraft like, and for the bag part they used to do a bag also but stopped when they started giving us more pasta per box

@dylanbinkley266

11 ай бұрын

Can confirm, you don’t NEED milk, just gives it better texture. I’ve done with milk/water, water only, and more milk than water. I’d rather have more milk to water ratio, than what it says on the box. If you don’t have milk, just use less water than the box calls for, or add in any thickeners you may have on hand like flour or more cheese if you have spare cheese

@Sniperboy5551

11 ай бұрын

@dylanbinkley266 Corn starch (or any starch really) is probably better than using flour, since flour has a distinct taste to it that has to be cooked off, which takes at least 10 minutes

My favorite was the Lasagna for the regular Hamburger Helper. But my favorites were the Tuna Helper line of dinners. Why? Because you didn't need to brown the ground beef, just open up and add two cans of tuna, skipping the whole messy step of cooking the beef then draining off the grease.

@NormanFoxLee

10 ай бұрын

Never drained it. Just put the meat on the skillet w/o any additional oil. Wait 7 mins and it is done. There is some natural fat but it is eatable and tasty. What was the point to drain it? To lower the calories?

@alexwilliams5799

9 ай бұрын

@@NormanFoxLee probably so it won't be runny

I remember the hamburger helper. What about rice Rice-A-Roni. And also Shake and Bake and Ortega taco mix.They were all powdered flavors we added to common plain foods back in the 70s and 80s.

@susanrobinson910

11 ай бұрын

“It’s Shake and Bake, and I helped!”

@giraffesinc.2193

11 ай бұрын

You are so right! Another one was Lawry's ... Lawry's seasonings were everywhere as well (they still are). I remember going to a Lawry's restaurant in LA when I was young, and my Mom threw that taco mix into hamburger and we thought it was the best dinner ever.

@dutchdykefinger

11 ай бұрын

here in europe we had aromat odlschool but it' was still pretty good all purpose seasoning stuff, actually does good on steak too if you add some black pepper but they turned it into garbage now, it's barely more than overpriced yellow colored salt these days, so i'm back to the old style stock cubes, they were good enough for my grandmother

That cheeseburger macaroni with a little bit of tiger sauce (sweet chili like sauce) is just amazing

My favorite Hamburger Helper is Potato Stroganoff. My Mom was a working college student. When she broke out a box of HH, I knew it was gonna be a good dinner time.

This stuff got us through the great recession. To this day my husband will ask "what helper are we having tonight?"😂 I'm not a chef or even a cook. HH saved our butts more than once.

As an incredibly lazy person who loves beefy pasta food byproducts, I love it. And the sodium isn't even that bad, I just checked the box in my cupboard.

@SquadPoop

8 ай бұрын

It’s the perfect “don’t worry about it” meal. Just fry some hamburger, throw in everything from the box with some milk and water, then stare at it for 30 minutes until it’s done. Simple.

@13blackcatzzz

3 ай бұрын

Yea, as long as you're not eating it everyday. The sodium really shouldn't be a problem

Does anyone else remember the Tuna Helper Tuna Pot Pie? Me and my whole family loved them. I don't know why they discontinued them. They could take unappetizing tasting tuna, and make it into the tastiest buttery, flaky pot pie. I miss it so much, and still get cravings for it sometimes. I wish they would bring it back. 😢

Love Hamburger Helper! My favorute kind is Cheeseburger macaroni. I add a packet of taco seasoning to it to make it into chili mac and cheese.

Ugh! I remember eating Hamburger Helper and Riceroni so much as a kid because we were low-income -.- almost every weeknight a box of it was made. I now have an aversion to it.

@Down_the_Wind

11 ай бұрын

I empathize wholeheartedly.

At least 45% of all meals I ate as a kid were probably the beef stroganoff hamburger helper. My parents aren't exactly cooks so hamburger helper made it a lot easier for them to make meals that weren't horribly bland. Although, it was a big reason why I started to teach myself to cook food for myself.

Loved the microwave singles when I was a kid. Also the killer shark eyes comment was hilarious 😂

I always loved Hamburger Helper and still do at 67-years-old. I never realized how many flavors they have or had. I looked for tuner helper in my local IGA and they didn't have it. I keep forgetting to look in the bigger supermarkets. It's back on my radar now

@TheWolfeDen

11 ай бұрын

I haven't seen Tuna Helper in a long time either, but I have noticed that a lot of the boxes suggest swapping out tuna for chicken (like the tetrazinni or alfredo)

@royordway9157

11 ай бұрын

@@TheWolfeDen That sounds good. It's defiantly on my radar now. Is HH the best thing in the world for you? probably not. Do I care? probably not.

Hamburger and tuna helper are my go to quick cook meals for when I’m tired from work

@coreychristian2312

11 ай бұрын

So easy

Thank you so much for making a video about Hamburger Helper, it makes everything about it more meaningful.

Hamburger, help me.

@CourtneyLynn630

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I just laughed out loud 👋😂

I remember so many of these. Tuna helper worked with chicken just as well and you could take the underlying idea to make so many casseroles. We werent poor poor, but my grandma survived the depression and she was in charge of the kitchen, so it was a cheap kitchen. A helper style skillet or casserole, and pillsbury biscuits was 4 nights a week. She made scratch stuff the other 3, usually an awesome pizza, a grill night, and taco night. But the casseroles were the best.

Back when I ate this type of food, the Crunchy Taco was probably my favorite.. I did prefer the Velveeta dinners, but HH generally was less expensive and had a bigger variety of flavors

@zeroxwarrior

10 ай бұрын

@@michaelmurdock4607 my man

I ate it as a kid growing up poor, and I eat it still now with a family of my own. We aren't poor, but hey its quick, easy, and enjoyable. I do take liberties when cooking it now though, like seasoning the meat while I'm browning it, etc, but its still on regular rotation in my house.

Oh snap, always cool seeing an HEB product show up. I grew up on these skillet dinners, I still keep them on hand in case of emergency.

I watch all of your episodes and I gotta say, this is a top 5 for sure.

For the names of the hamburger alternatives, they should have gone with “Tuna Tutor”, “Fruit Facilitator” “Chicken Collaborator”, and “Pork Partner” All about that alliteration, baby 😂

@4:38 - Awesome description, love it!

I loved the Hamberger Helper stroganoff. I haven't had it in years and just added a box to my grocery list.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s It was the Rice Oriental Hamburger Helper I was introduced to and learned how to make. It no longer exists. Finding myself craving this comfort food from the past, i am reduced to looking for knock-off version recipes of it. I wish it would be brought back.

The history of Nashvile Hot Chicken would be interesting that or Red Drink and Soul Food in general.

Thanx a lot, now I'm fina bumbpin this mixtape 😂 straight fire bro🤣

My mom made Hamburger Helper quite often in the 1980's. I loved it! I still make meals to this day with ground beef that are similar to Hamburger Helper.

I grew up eating Hamburger/Tuna Helper, and it's still one of my favorite foods

I still listen to feed the streets ... its' great!

Thanks for the video, I've eaten Hamburger Helper since I was a kid, I still eat it once every two months. Beef Pasta for the win!

i started cooking dinner for my family of 5 when i was 8 years old and i started out cooking hamburger helper. for cheese lasagna, cheesey shells and stroganof are still nostalgic favorites despite having not had them in years. the way the meal is made also worked in my favor as if you didnt cook the noodles and sauce with the meat i doubt my first attempts at cooking ground beef would have been safe to eat. for the record i started cooking by choice and as only my dad was home my first dinner i made i did as a suprise, i was a kid ok? it wasnt to bright at the time but as life got better for my family i got better at cooking other stuff and making fresh food. it all began with that little box though.

Their Hamburger Helper Meatloaf was the best! My family also liked the pizza bake and taco bake. Of course, they don't make those varieties anymore.

@5:38 - The original Evil Dead Trilogy (Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness) is THE BOMB! I have probably watched each one of those 10 times. At my college (Doane University), the theater department presented Evil Dead: The Musical.

I love hamburger helper it got me thru tough times 😊

I had a boyfriend in high school who's mom wasn't the best cook. My mom on the other hand was somewhat of an almond mom. We never had soda in the house, cheerios and corn flakes were the only cereals and she never made dinner from a box. So it was at his house that I had Hamburger Helper for the first time and LOVED it! I still love the single cups you pop in the microwave. Long live Hamburger Helper!!

@Thrillhou

11 ай бұрын

"Almond mom" is an amazing phrase, and I'm stealing it.

@shootermcgavin3643

11 ай бұрын

@@Thrillhou lol its a whole genre of mom! Give it a google

Everyone needs a helper around the kitchen.

Cheeseburger helper and the cheesy tuna helper are really good. Which reminds me I need to get more at the store. Great vid!

This was an amazing video, Weird History! My favorite Hamburger Helper meals are the Cheeseburger Macaroni [unfortunately I am the only one in my family who enjoys it], and the Four Cheese Lasagna. I am curious to try Tuna Helper, if that's still around, as I love tuna. Weird to think Lefty first started in the late 70s, as he seemed to have been around forever, which I sadly can't say for most other non-cereal mascots. Speaking of mascots, will you please do a video on mascots voiced by famous voice actors one day? I already have a few mascots for the list. 1: 70s era Jack [Jack In The Box]: Paul Winchell, who also did the other 70s era Jack In The Box characters, Burger Chef from Burger Chef, and the Tootsie Pop Owl. Although Paul is best known as Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, he also had his own puppet show [Winchell-Mahoney Time], and invented the artificial heart. 2: Tony The Tiger [Thurl Ravenscroft] 3: Toucan Sam [Mel Blanc] 4: The Frito Kid [Richard Beals, funnily enough he was also the voice of Speedy Alka Seltzer] 5: Claudius Crow from Post Corn Toasties [Jesse White, the Maytag Man himself] There are TONS of mascots voiced by famous voice actors, but these are IMO the most interesting.

I had forgotten about these, I went and bought them again.

@0:54 - That image is a gem! They had the craziest gelatin creations.

@Mordecrox

11 ай бұрын

Apparently aspic is still taught at culinary schools Chefs still measure their peers worth with omelets not aspic, tho

@btetschner

11 ай бұрын

@@Mordecrox Aspic, very interesting!

Loved Hamburger Helper when I was a kid. As an adult now and vegetarian I make it with Impossible ground and eat off it for a few days.

I grew up with this stuff. It was good. Easy to make. Didn’t know it had such a history behind it. Going in some strange directions!

This is the best video this channel has ever made, love it! Potato stroganoff for life!!

@btetschner

11 ай бұрын

I'll have to pick that up at the store next time I go.

"I used to be a latchkey kid, but I still am too" -Mitch Hedberg, maybe. I still love their stroganoff, nostalgia for sure

I loved this stuff!! My favorite was the bow tie pasta. It was the 1st thing I ate when moved out on my own. It was the first thing I learned to make..& it was a staple for me. I remember sitting in my 1st place with a plate of this, in front of the 📺TV-comfort food!! I'd love to have a "plush" of the glove 🖐 (glove) im a sucker for stuffed animals.. :)😊❤

I love Hamburger Helper. So simple yet so satisfying. Especially when your stomach feels like its touching your back.

Some of those flavors absolutely slapped and y’all know you can’t say otherwise

I had a Hamburger Helper White Glove alarm clock a long time ago. Wish I still had it... Might be worth a few bucks.

We ate our share of HH lasagna! Crunchy taco is good. Tuna helper was ok when the hamburger was to expensive.

I loved PIZZA hamberger helper from the 70s & 80s…… it had wagon wheel pasta in it. Wish they would relaunch this flavor.

We used to get HH once a week as a kid as a treat! When I first got married, HH was the only thing I knew how to cook. Luckily over the years, I have become a much better cook. I freaking love this stuff. I don't eat it anymore because I can cook and I don't want to get a years worth of sodium in one serving. But I still love this stuff.

Went to the store and bought a box of Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni! Will make that for my next Weird History meal.

I STILL enjoy HH once or twice a month. Total comfort food! Cheeseburger Mac and stroganoff are my faves!

Hamburger Helper, on its own just made by the boxes directions is OK. But it only takes a few extra ingredients and a little more time to make it really really good. Example: the tomato basil penne recipe. Make it by the box but add some diced tomatoes, use Italian sausage instead of beef, add some onion and garlic and when it's done, top it with some actual fresh basil and grated parmesan cheese. Is it restaurant quality? Of course not, but is it quite a few steps above just making it plain? Absolutely. Also, Watch The Glove was fire. I know it was released on April Fools as a joke but it was actually a great album.

I want the history of the voices of this channel. Tom does a great job!!

This was good. I've been eating it for years and didn't know all that.

Hamburger Helper helped me learn how to cook as a lock and key child.

I remember making a comment about what happened to the gloved hand of hamburger helper months ago. Thanks for the video 😁👏

The hamburger helper glove is so cute! ❤😊✋🏻Never had any of them but very smart product that they came up with! Very interesting learning the history!

The crunchy fruit ones and the pork fried rice look so good 👌.

Although my mother is/was a fine cook (she is in a care home now and no longer can cook), she did work for a good part of my growing up years. Sometimes there was no time to spend cooking if we wanted dinner before 8PM! So when Hamburger Helper showed up on the grocery store shelf in 1971 (we were on the West Coast), Mom tried it out and it was a hit. Even my picky brother would eat it. Mom would put the skillet on, make a salad while it cooked, and dinner was served in plenty of time to still watch prime time TV before bedtime. Over 50 years later I still buy Hamburger Helper on occasion; hubby never turns it down. But hamburger sure isn't cheap anymore! So pork and chicken are "helped" as well.

Fun to find out about how Hamburger Helper was able to help jump start the careers of Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi. Truly not just a helper in in the kitchen. My favorite flavor of Hamburger Helper is the Southwest Pasta flavor, especially with some extra taco seasonings added. I don't make it much anymore, as I can get good dinner outcomes just as easily with hot sausage and rice-a-roni, or just whip up some chicken tikka or chicken curry with rice if I have more energy that day. Besides that, it's easier to mix up a pot of box mac and cheese and just mix in a can of chili. I do a lot of simple meals, but we kinda burned ourselves out on Helper a couple years ago and try to limit our use of it nowadays.

Lefty's mixtape was lit! 🔥🔥 I love hamburger helper

Those hand puns and lines were inserted so masterfully and smoothly that they just hit me about four hours later.

I grew up on Hamburger and Tuna helper! I made some 2 week ago,the size of the boxes definitely got smaller. I had to add a half cup of extra pasta but still good! The cheesy Italian shells are really good!

I hear you, when I was a kid it was an awesome meal with fried potatoes and a vegetable, yeah it is nostalgic and I still get excited about a skillet of it today too and I'm 39

I'm in Scotland on vacation and I'm absolutely going to look for Haggis Helper at ASDA this weekend.

This is such a staple growing up. I loved tuna helper and the original cheeseburger. But my absolute favorite was cheesy hashbrowns

This is so weird! My family and I had Hambuger Helper and Tuna Helper growing up from the 1980s all the way to the present, and I still enjoy these foods today.

I haven't had it in a while. I'm going to the store later this afternoon. I wasn't planning on buying a box but after watching this video I'm craving it now. Thanks.…I guess...? 😂

We started getting HH in northern Canada in the mid 70’s! We ate a LOT of them and just looking at a box I can taste the salty starch!

Great eoisode!!!! More 1970s stuff please!!!!!!!

Beef Pasta and a couple of slices of bread. All we had when times were tough.

I remember eating this growing up. Nowadays I make my own pasta, and just do all the work😁👍👍

5:45 Holy shit I never knew that scene was a reference and i've been an Evil Dead fan since I was 5

I have always loved Hamburger Helper especially as leftovers.

@5:22 - I will have to check out Attack of the Helping Hand (1979). What a find!