Do you like Macaroni and cheese?
I hate it. >.<
Every girl I've ever known has liked it. Only some of the guys I've known have. That's a strange gender divide…
So, what do you think of this horrible gooey, cheesy gunk? :)
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Macaroni and Cheese
I adore macaroni and cheese. It's one of my comfort foods (so I try not to eat it too often- cheese and pasta in moderation please!) Homemade kind, boxed kind, sometimes grocery-store deli kind… not most microwave-dinner kinds though, and the canned ones are icky. I found Double Gloucester cheese here to be a wonderful mac n cheese ingredient :)
I grew up eating it though. :) Along with other meat-and-potatoes type of things…
I like the "Kraft Dinner" type but most home-made varieties I don't like. My mom makes this casarole-style cheese-topped noodle thing that I hate. It's served in slices! I can't eat pasta in slices! The best Mac n' Cheese I've had was this vegan dish that my friend Shawn made, the sauce cooled a bit fast and of course it wasn't real cheese but it was pretty convincing as fake cheese goes. And it was spicy which made it better.
I grew up eating it though. :) Along with other meat-and-potatoes type of things…Me too. :(
Although a lot of the other "meat and potato" stuff was nicer… Except boiled cauliflower and carrot… In fact most vegetables when they're boiled! >.<Ew! Bacon in there! I'll eat bacon if it's cooked crispy on its own but in Macaroni it reaches a new level of ick- we move up to Defcon Urk!
Ew! Bacon in there! I'll eat bacon if it's cooked crispy on its own but in Macaroni it reaches a new level of ick- we move up to Defcon Urk!
it's not bacon, it's speck! with bacon you can cook "carbonara" (spaghetti, bacon, eggs and pepper)… and it has to be smoked, not crispy
Depends on my mood – and the shape of the noodles, and the type of cheese. Macaroni is any shape non-egg-based pasta… So, technically, fettuccine alfredo is "mac and cheese" – and delicious.
The right-from-a-box Kraft stuff is just sustain-my-life cheap food – a step down from Top Ramen – except I have to actually have milk on hand. Those straight tubes and never-quite right psychedelic orange powdered cheese don't cut it. Mac and cheese is best with elbow macaroni and some *good quality* creamy cheese (I like good cheddar, or white cheddar). It's also best with some added spices, veggies, etc. In college, I got pretty good at dressing up the cheap, crap food to create appetizing meals.
Every girl I've ever known has liked it. Only some of the guys I've known have. That's a strange gender divide…Hmm… I'm not sure about the people you know, but most men I know lack a certain amount of culinary prowess. When they make anything, it's straight out of the box, into the microwave, no stirring, no dressing up – as quick as possible from cupboard to stomach. More of the women tend to modify recipes, add things, and take more time in the cooking process.
Or maybe it's a dairy thing. A lot of guys I know don't like most dairy products (ice-cream, yogurt, cheesecake, cereal…) as much as the women. I don't know why. (Inherent drive to fulfill calcium needs?)
Ew, don't put things in the macaroni and cheese! Then it becomes… I dunno, something else. Cheesy bacon melt or something.
Cheddar isn't the best cheese for mac and cheese, it's too strong and doesn't melt well. People just use it because it's common. You wouldn't make macaroni and cheese out of LOTS of cheeses. Many italian cheeses work a lot better :)
The only two english cheeses I've found that I like in mac and cheese are double gloucester (mild and creamy) and red leicester (stronger but not as singular as cheddar). And you don't just put the cheese on the noodles. T_T You make the sauce separately with some butter and flour and milk, and salt and pepper (and a tad of mustard if you like that) and the you mix them and put it in the oven and bake it T_T
Evidently none of you know what real macaroni and cheese is. Real macaroni and cheese doesn't come from a box, like Kraft, and isn't littered with different things inside.
It is simplicity. It is delicious.
And the best macaroni and cheese is easily my mother's non-secret recipe that involves crunching up a bunch of Saltine crackers to dust the top of it, almost like a casserole but without the consistency of a casserole. And served nice and hot, filled with various types of melted cheese, well let me tell you, there is no greater joy on this planet.
Except cheesecake, and that's a topic for another discussion.
Oh, and I'm male by the way, and actually I don't know anyone who doesn't like my mother's macaroni and cheese. Heck, even guests love it at meals.
Evidently none of you know what real macaroni and cheese is. Real macaroni and cheese doesn't come from a box, like Kraft, and isn't littered with different things inside.
It is simplicity. It is delicious.
And the best macaroni and cheese is easily my mother's non-secret recipe that involves crunching up a bunch of Saltine crackers to dust the top of it, almost like a casserole but without the consistency of a casserole. And served nice and hot, filled with various types of melted cheese, well let me tell you, there is no greater joy on this planet.
That sounds like what my family makes as well–it's like a casserole, just as you said. We don't use saltines, though. We use breadcrumbs and scoop large portions of it onto everyone's plates and pour stewed tomatoes over the top. Delicious.
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