Hamburger Helperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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語源

hamburger +‎ helper; initially a genericized trademark; introduced nationally by General Mills' Betty Crocker brand in 1971.

固有名詞

Hamburger Helper

1. (US) A boxed, one-pot meal product consisting of dried pasta, rice, or potatoes and a packet of powdered seasonings; to prepare it, home cooks combine the dry ingredients with browned ground beef ("hamburger") and water or milk.

名詞

Hamburger Helper (uncountable)

1. (cooking) Any quick, one-pan meal made by combining ground beef, a starch (like pasta or rice), and a seasoned sauce; applies to generic store-brand versions or recipes made completely from scratch.
   • 2016, Crystal Kei, We're Gonna Have to Hide the Body‎:

     “I ordered lumber for a new one,” Hopper told her while she handed him a bowl of last night’s reheated hamburger helper.

   • 2019, cheekaspbrak, Run While You Still Can‎:

     It’s a good opportunity to try new dishes, and Bill is very appreciative of some real food in the apartment that isn’t a microwaveable meal or hamburger helper.

2. (by extension, figurative) Anything that extends, enhances, or bulks up a limited resource.
   • 1995 November, Canada Computer Paper Inc., The Computer Paper‎, page 43:

     Barter is basically a marketing tool. It is the "hamburger helper" of business. It stretches cash while bringing in new customers [...]

   • 2003, Alan de Mause, Mel Bay's Complete Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Book‎, page 120:

     In many cases the diminished seventh chord is the in-between, the hamburger helper of ascending harmonic movement.

   • 2025 May 26, The New America, The New America 2012-Current‎, page 43:

     UNE is also very smartly made, polished, captivating, and cohesive, with no perceptible cinematic hamburger helper; there are no wasted words.