Measuring Up

Theo: “I’d really like to find out who publishes these idiotic nutritional panels.” Sheila: “What’s the deal?”
Theo: “According to this box of Burger Buddy, their Untidy Joseph variety, one pound of ground beef, plus these noodles, is supposed to provide four servings.” Lightfoot: “Sounds unlikely to me.”
Sheila: “I hope you’re making a double batch there, tiger.” Theo: “You’d better believe it. One box would only be enough for four starving refugees.” Lightfoot: “On a good day.”
Theo: “Wait a minute, it says five servings!” Lightfoot: “Ah, supermodels.”

The real joke here is that we’re not kidding. When last I checked, Ms. Crocker really did publish the notion that a box of noodles and a pound of hamburger would feed five average adults. That’s not even a “quarter-pounder,” folks! This is one case where I’m actually quite happy to be above average, thank you all the same. I confess that I could afford to lose a pound or two, but I don’t think that I need to do it by starving myself to death. I mean, I’m not eating the entire box-and-beef all by myself. Well, not recently, anyway…

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John Dunkelburg
February 25, 2019, 3:48 am | # | Reply
You need to add almost as much in frozen veggies and extra meat to extend one box of those meal mixes to make it feed more than three. Provided, of course, you can deal with the ludicrous amount of salt in each box! He’d be better off making something from scratch with that hamburger.
 
MviluUatusun
February 26, 2019, 2:38 am | # | Reply
Nah! Not supermodels just simply models. If it was for super models, it would say 12 servings. LOL.
 
Edgard Aedo
February 27, 2019, 8:34 pm | # | Reply
When Photoshopping models isn’t enough! XD