Do you buy Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima products?

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Uncle Ben's doesn't sell Indian or Thai sauces in the States.
I really miss their korma and tika masala.

I wish Aunt Jemima put out a blueberry syrup that I could buy at the grocery, I might start eating waffles again.

IMHO if you can't cook rice without buying converted rice, you are functionally illiterate and a failure as a human being.

Not being able to make pancakes from scratch just means you are dim or lazy.

Beat one egg with 3 tablespoons sugar and 3 tablespoons vegetable oil and half a teaspoon of salt until you achieve a smooth texture. In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup of flour and 2 teaspoons of double-acting baking powder. Then add 1 cup of milk to the egg/oil/sugar/salt mixture right before dumping in your mixture of flour and baking powder and stirring until it is just slightly lumpy. If you are a heathen you can add some vanilla extract as well. Fruit additions should be made on the griddle.

As for whether you like those prefab breakfast products, that's a matter of questionable taste.

^(2 posts up) I know. My Mum bought some pancake mix and handed it to me, because she knew I made pancakes. She's 78, but I gave her a bit of a telling off for buying it, when it's one of the simplest things you can make, minus the additives and for so much less money. When I hear 'Uncle Ben's', I think of boil in the bag rice. Nothing can be simpler than cooking rice. Why does it need to be in a bag? I buy dried food (cereals, legumes, etc), in bulk, from an on-line healthy foods supplier. I don't buy breakfast cereal, like cornflakes, because I mix up my own muesli. It's so easy, much cheaper than buying pre-mixed muesli and you can use the things you like and leave out the sugar, salt and sugar substitutes. It doesn't take much time either. Consumers are appearing to be treated as toddlers.

I buy Uncle Ben's rice. The kind I buy isn't boil-in-bag. As far as I know, it's just plain old brown rice. I measure it out, add water and boil it.