Would You Call This A Proper Kit ;-)

[Canary42]

While doing my boring [like this post I hear you muttering] weekly
supermarket shop today, I came across an item boasting the
title "Lasagne Kit".

That looks handy I thought, but on examining the package more closely
I noticed it stated "Just add mince and cheese".

Some kit ! ! ! !

[bookbinder]

It's not a 'kit', of course it isn't! A kit is a set of tools or items that are intended for a specific purpose, which means that you get everything that you need for making lasagne, and this 'kit' is not a 'kit'. That's misrepresentation, to put it mildly, and Mrs. bookbinder is still annoyed by what you have seen.

[woofgang]

well you get many similar "kits" that are designed to put with the fresh ingredients. I am guess ing that this one would have in it pasta, tomato sauce, the base for the cheese sauce, maybe herbs and spices.

[dannyk13]

What exactly were the ingredients of the 'kit' ?

[choux]

Lasagne minus the cheese and mince ;)

[gingejbee]

I suppose the idea of these kits is to have something in a cupboard as a standby....so, stored at ambient temperature. You couldn't expect perishable ingredients to be included.
Anyway, these kits are a very expensive way of buying a few ingredients....avoid!

[Buenchico]

I've seen those 'kits' too.

Basically you're paying a pound per person for a bit of tomato sauce, a bit of 'creamy sauce' and a bit of pasta. It also means that (unless you're prepared to muck about dividing up the sauces) you're forced into making a four-portion lasagne, even if there aren't exactly four people in your house to eat it.

I've never seen the attraction myself!

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/278481009

[Canary42]

There were only two ingredients, the pasta and some sauce.

[gingejbee]

I see that Chris and I both see the "rip-off" potential of kits......